Emergency Karma Shutoff Valve

Okay, it's happened too many times now to be a fluke. Consistently I hear from people after articles, telling me, "Right on!" and "I completely agree." Hey, always good to know we're not alone. But then I look down at the sig, or notice the email address. It'll be one "Dudley Doright USMC", or ddoright.death@army.mil.bs, or dudleyd@lockheedmartin.com.

And suddenly I feel more alone than ever.

I'll tell you what, I don't want to hear it. I've been polite. I've been a nice guy. One of you statist welfare whores writes me again, I'm just gonna send it right on out in style. Consider it your own personal freak show. You think I don't understand? I work with databases, for crying out loud. In DC! I've had headhunters stop calling me because they couldn't understand how they'd sell a gig over the phone, and we'd both be like, "Yeah, it sounds like a good fit," only to have it die as soon as the company was named. Who wouldn't want a nice job at the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, or a good deal writing programs to calculate load factors for the gymnasium floor of the Death Star? If I punch in the keywords for my profession around here, it's guaranteed that at least 80% of the jobs returned will be impossible to consider. So don't cry me your river.

There are some who figure that we're all corrupted anyway because we finance the program. That's where a solid concept of exactly what you believe comes in handy. Allowing your property to be stolen, as dishonorable as it may be, is not aggression. Knowingly receiving stolen property is. Receiving stolen property in exchange for building the Death Star? C'mon, let's stop playing games here.

This is a difficult subject on the margins. The state has wormed its way into almost everything we do. And who knows the entire labyrinth of corrupted fiscal flow at even one company? So don't sweat the details. Just ask yourself, "Is this job I have in keeping with my stated beliefs?" There are some jobs I wouldn't even waste time putting through the ringer. Are you an employee of the United States federal government? You're cooked! There is no way that you can morally defend your job. And yes, USPS is the federal government. Don't even start with that one.

You work for a company that couldn't exist without trading with the feds? You do the math. Are you a cop in the untenable position of swearing to uphold the Constitution and then arresting people for owning guns? Do you give people tickets for not wearing seatbelts? What are you thinking?

Probably some guy out there is thinking, "But you don't understand. I'm working on this big plan to sabotage my entire department for liberty." Ha! Guess again. The theory that we can expand and porkify government (your ultimate result as a saboteur) to accelerate its demise is too silly. There is only one way out of this mess, and that is to help the masses change their opinions. If I had a button in front of me that would destroy all federal and state governments in one swoop, I wouldn't go near it. Government would instantly be recreated from the same mind set that made the current regime, with the noticeable result being more restrictions of my liberty, and greatly increased theft to pay for the result of my button press.

You see, people in America can generally only think of life right now as it's being lived, running to government for an ever-expanding list of "needs". And every person taking part in that system voluntarily is contributing to tangible hurt, in this country and around the world. It may be distributed, but it's very real. Your reading of LRC would tend to indicate that you're aware of the problem. So if you're aware, are you making a liar of yourself at work?

Let me guess: You have a mortgage. You have children in college. You have a car. Just a leeeetle bit longer. You need juhhhst a few more years to get settled and find that dream freedom job.

Robert Klassen is much more controlled on this issue than I am, though he's the man who brought it up here, as far as I know. Me, I couldn't give a rare damn what you think gives you the right to spout liberty malarkey on one hand and then steal the property of your supposed brothers and sisters in Liberty while increasing their burden of opposition. Oh, it's just a trickle? It wouldn't matter one way or the other if you got a job somewhere else?

If you're working for the man voluntarily, getting paid with stolen goods and helping the state, you're a thief. Go to your nearest 7-11 and rip off a candy bar. It'll be a drop in the bucket compared to the salary you pull down every day. And it's not just the salary. Anybody on the dole is creating demand for the dole. Just by taking the money you're not only using the monster, you're building it. You are. You're on the inside, pally! What you do once you're there almost doesn't matter.

Here it would seem easy for me to say, "I'm sorry if this causes you pain." That would make me sound like a nice guy. Instead, I'll tell you what I'm thinking:

I want my money back, scumbags. I want those people in the World Trade Center back and breathing. I want Vicki Weaver walking down the street with a bow in her hair.

August 12, 2003

Charley Hardman (send him mail) was born in Washington DC.

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