The US government lacks legitimacy and credibility
No doubt as I post this, someone reading it will think "I know this, I took a class on it" The US government is illegitimate, uncredible, and irrelevant. Hopefully the members of the US government will become like the Stuart legitimatists, increasingly a bunch of old men in social clubs pining for some sort of different era. Sent with [ProtonMail](https://protonmail.com) Secure Email.
On 6/26/19 6:04 PM, Ryan Carboni wrote:
No doubt as I post this, someone reading it will think "I know this, I took a class on it"
The US government is illegitimate, uncredible, and irrelevant.
Um, well... "Legitimate" means, in accordance with your master's wishes. Note the root word "leige", which means "lord." By definition, obedience to the State "is legitimate" while disobedience "is illegitimate." I always cringe a little when I hear anarchists and other anti-authoritarian types use the word "legitimate" as if that was legitimate. :D Uncredible, meaning can not be trusted to convey accurate information: That fits. States maintain control over their subjects by any means necessary, including deception at every scale from simple lies to elaborate hoaxes psychological warfare. Irrelevant? One must ask, in what context can we call a network of institutions with the power to steal, kidnap and murder at will - and defend these prerogatives from competitors - within a given geographic boundary irrelevant? Academic writers broadly accept the above description as a definition of State sovereignty. As George Orwell pointed out, language shapes thoughts, beliefs and behavior. As a contemporary example, these are the synonyms of "activist" per Merriam-Webster: addict, bigot, bug, crank, crazy, demon, devotee, enthusiast, extremist, fiend, fool, freak, maniac, militant, monomaniac, nut, radical, ultraist, visionary, zealot Not listed as synonyms for "activist": advocate, champion, engaged, leader, motivated, populist, pro-active, self-starter Are these really synonyms for "activist"? Advocate as in one who advocates for a cause or position, Engaged as in one who actively takes part, Champion as in one who fights for a cause, Leader as in one who takes the lead, Motivated as in up on your feet and down to the street, Populist as in by and for the people, Pro-Active as in not waiting for others to act, Self-starter as in taking personal initiative. http://www.thesaurus.com/browse/activist Sticks and stones can break my bones, but words can murder millions. :o/
On Thu, 27 Jun 2019 12:19:55 -0400 Steve Kinney <admin@pilobilus.net> wrote:
On 6/26/19 6:04 PM, Ryan Carboni wrote:
No doubt as I post this, someone reading it will think "I know this, I took a class on it"
The US government is illegitimate, uncredible, and irrelevant.
Um, well...
"Legitimate" means, in accordance with your master's wishes. Note the root word "leige", which means "lord." By definition, obedience to the State "is legitimate" while disobedience "is illegitimate." I always cringe a little when I hear anarchists and other anti-authoritarian types use the word "legitimate" as if that was legitimate. :D
no, "legitimate" simply means "legal", "in accordance with law" - and in the context of anarchism it obviously mean in accordance with natural law, natural rights, natural justice, common sense morality etc. "legitimate" comes from latin "legitimus" which in turn comes from the root "lex" (law). feel free to provide a source showing that "lex"(law) actually means "lord" meanwhile I'd point out that "lord" in latin is "dominus", and "house" is "domus" so I imagine "dominus" is the lord of the household or something like that. Notice that "dominus" is the obvious source for the english word "domination" which clearly implies authority. (I mentioned all this in a previous reply to you - maybe you never saw it?)
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