It's true, but unfortunately, there are no places to exile oneself to — all are worse than the USA.  We must fight to regain our freedom here.  The virus called democratic-socialism is a scourge on the planet, and the illness only gets worse if not eradicated completely.  The only defense is abstinence of such mental retardation that takes root in the mind.  Don't be conned! 

It's really not complicated.  Let's make a distinction between 'laws' and 'rules.'  The 'law' is immutable (like the law of gravity), it is preexisting and forever.  Rules are what have been determined the best way to act within the boundaries of the law, so as to avoid the inevitable price of 'breaking' the law. 

Simply, 'the law' can be summed up as 'As you sow, so shall you reap.'  Thus the Golden Rule: 'Do unto others as you would have done unto you.' Why? Because of the Law.

When we don't clearly understand the difference between law and statute (i.e. legislation), the State becomes transformed into a god meting out judgement. 

The Common Law is more than enough to adjudicate disputes over violations of rights.  Commercial law is a set of rules for regulating commerce particularly for agreements made for commercial purposes and for regulating commercial use of the public commonwealth.  

These two jurisdictions should remain clearly distinct to prevent the common man from becoming beholden to all rules of commercial law and thus subject to its regulation. 

For the Common Man, no one may subject him to regulation, only to hold him accountable for his actions and any violation of another's rights.

When my children were growing up, I would remind them that they are only as good as their word, and if their word means nothing, then they have nothing.  Don't become good at lying, otherwise that will become what you are most skilled at doing.  Self-respect is paramount — retain your honor, no matter the cost.

I get it.  We should remember that the People were never expected to 'trust' their representatives — that's why 'checks and balances' were implemented because power can corrupt. 
The Constitution, and the Bill of Rights particularly, were written to limit government power which history provides plenty of examples of abuse by 'well-meaning' rulers.  We should never trust our elected, but 'chain' them to the Constitution.

If only 'democracy' was understood for what it is: mob rule.

In the USA, only land holders (via their land patents) were considered to be electors for Governor and President for the very reason that they understood the danger of allowing those with no stake to vote away the property of those that do.  If tenants can vote away the property of their landlords, it only becomes a matter of time before they do. 

Remember that even communist countries consider themselves 'democracies' — just don't dare to not vote for 'The Party.'

Honesty is not a matter of perception — the truth is the truth, whether it is perceived correctly or not.  My experience differs from Waffler's, the closer I have gotten to the boss, the more evident the 'act' the boss is putting on to keep the position becomes. Since 'perception is reality,' the goal is to keep up the act. 

Particularly true for politicians for whom bending the truth is the primary way to get elected — deception and mass psychology becomes clearer the closer one gets to those that practice it.  Authenticity rarely survives populist appeal.  Politicians get elected by making promises they know they can't keep — promise the world, it doesn't matter because once elected, there is no firing for breach of contract.  Power attracts the dishonest because lying pays very well.

The truth has always been the enemy of power.

The US Constitution never 'legalized' slavery.  The Constitution was established as a rule book for the government, not as law for the people.  I'm not sure the Constitution abolished slavery either.  The amendments that followed emancipation took on a different tone than previous amendments, more reflecting a statist tone in which the meaning of the Constitution shifted as a rule book for government and more a rule book for the States.

Fifteen years later, the Occupy movement proved to be nothing more than political theater that only resulted in solidifying Wall Street's power, not diminishing it.  All the while the unlawful fiat money system and making nothing but gold and silver the lawful medium of exchange is completely ignored. The next crash is inevitable.

Huh? Socialists don't support force as a method of change?(!!) I think you are confusing socialists with republicans.  Statism by its very premise is 'force' by the state of the individuals it treats as 'subjects.'

As a truth-seeker, I have found that as long as there is a commitment to answer honestly, the question is the seed and the answer the fruit.  And with AI, the clearer the question, the clearer the answer.  Devil's advocates merely ask questions to distract from the truth — they don't care about an answer, only to sow doubt and hesitation.

It is the result of seeking Power rather than Truth.

While the USA is not a Christian theocracy (thank God), the framers and signers of the Declaration of Independence and the US Constitution were all Christians — signed "in the year of our Lord."  Oaths of office were sworn over the Bible. Prayers open every session of Congress. 

The 'way' of Christ is still the ideal of 'civilization' because a free people must still govern themselves in accordance with 'the Law' — otherwise, the republican ideal cannot stand. 

I suppose atheists prefer to be ruled (and to rule ultimately), and to keep even the faithful as far away as they can from acknowledging the Creator and his idea for man.  Pitifully ungrateful and ignorant if you ask me...

I can relate.  Love conquers all.

There is no greater wasteful spender than Congress — remember, they can do nothing without paying private interests to deliver, whatever it is.  The issue is that if American government was run like a for-profit business with proof of delivering the results promised at the price quoted, 90% of what is spent today would not be necessary. Most of the social ills addressed by social programs are in fact caused by other social programs. 

Lying is still the most effectual way to gain power — it's the number one racket in the world.  Our politicians lie, our so-called money is a lie, social security is a lie, our media lies, lawyers and judges are lying — the whole thing comes crashing down once the Truth is made known, that is why truth is always crucified. 

But lies are unreal, and the truth is the truth is the truth eternally and forever and can never be destroyed for it stands on its own without effort.  It is no surprise that the spiritual disciplines of the world hold 'Truth' as the ultimate foundation of the world, and everything built upon lies lives on borrowed time — the taller that tower is built on a foundation of sand, the greater the crash will be.  Buckle up!

Hear, hear, Logan!

It's not a bug, it's a feature. 

To conquer a nation, the masses must be impoverished in every way.  Americans are the most protected from such destruction than any other nation, which is why only through their ignorance have they managed to dig themselves into a hole so deep, starvation and civil war are likely the only way out.

The assumption that the government could be trusted with the savings of the People was the first mistake.  But it's not like the people had a choice — they were merely coddled with a progressive liberal's promise.  Nothing new under the Sun — those in power must be kept in check, they are NEVER to be merely trusted but bound by the chains of the Constitution.

You cannot win a rigged game.  When the tokens used for trading labor and capital are interest-bearing debt instruments, every 'dollar' saved loses its buying power in proportion to the annual interest rate AND the rate of introducing paper money higher than the rate of production to back it.  A nickel could buy what a dollar does today 50 years ago.  Every kid today will need to be a millionaire to live as my parents did back in the 50's making $100 a week (if even that).

;-) This is straight out of the authoritarian's playbook.  "You can't enjoy freedom unless you are ruled by your betters."  FDR officially put America on the road to socialism — somewhere between Stalin's communism and Hitler's fascism, and America has never been able to return to true Republicanism.  Saddest of all is that the majority of the population doesn't even know it.

Some of the more 'liberal' of the teachers we hired started trying to expose our children to their form of social justice.  Without good parental oversight, teachers can preach their progressive religion all day without opposition. 

That's why it is so important that our teachers be possessed of sound morals — they should be wise, not fresh out of college with a teacher's certificate (that's a red flag right there).  Teachers are examples the children follow — blue hair and nose rings should be nowhere NEAR our children.

My children flourished in Montessori school, then once we began travelling the world, home schooling, we later joined with other families who were in the same boat and formed our own little school to educate our children free from political indoctrination.  It was not perfect (nothing collective really is), but parents learned as much as the students. My children are better for it and lived an incredible adventure that no school curriculum could ever provide.

I believe Nock refers to the 'masses' as the unthinking collective that is herded like cattle to the slaughterhouse.  The 'Remnant' are those that realized they could jump the fence and were in fact not just 'meat' but possessing of 'spirit' free and unbeholden to the designs of those that laid claim to them. 

Freedom requires the desire to be free and the knowledge, courage and effort needed to live so.  The masses are doomed unless they wake up and turn off that road to perdition and follow the road less travelled.

It is indeed unfortunate that the education necessary to resist such a con of colossal proportions is intentionally kept from the classes of common men and their governors.  In fact, the fall of every monarchy in Europe can be traced to this very scam.  Those that know how it works are only too eager to profit from it at the expense of the liberties and welfare of the People. 

Every dollar in circulation is in fact a debt — the more 'money' you have, the more debt you are holding.  It is in fact 'Monopoly' money, and we are treated as but pieces in the game.  Those that run the game already lay claim to everything and everyone, now it is the simple pleasure of playing God. 

Being beholden to the insatiable Leviathan, the rulers’ perverted desire for ever more power can never be satisfied, for they, too, have conned themselves out of true wholeness.  As they sow, so shall they reap — it is the law.

All I can say is, the science is never settled. Science should not be used as a revolutionary force.  The search for truth is the search for 'reality' — what is, what was, and what may be.  The 'Truth' is ever in front of us, hidden in plain sight by our false understanding of it, whether that be intentional deception or those sacred cows we never question (often it is just plain ignorance). 

Rather than a revolutionary force, Science should be 'revelatory' and liberating from the chains of the mind and heart. 

Does God exist?  It seems self-evident to me, for the artist is known through his art and the designer through his designs.  If humankind is a million years old, and the Earth 4.5 billion years old, it is thus mathematically impossible for the creation of all life on the planet to have 'evolved' from a primordial soup without an intelligence behind it.

Bertrand Russell may have been a smart philosopher, but like so many of his ilk, a poor mathematician.