Voluntaryists in 2016:
I can’t believe how many self-labeled Voluntaryists are jumping on the “Trump Train”! They’re being duped! What a bunch of idiots!
Voluntaryists in 2020:
The KKK is not changed by joining it, and then “dissolving” it from top the down.
Why? Because it is an evil organization by very intrinsic design, created for the express purpose of keeping power in the hands of one class of individuals, and wresting power completely front the hands of another. Heck, you can’t even join a good organization and abolish it from the top down via its own processes and systems.
You could lie to join a group, saying you are something you are not, and then once inside, sabotage it. But getting rid of it through its own established processes? That’s silly.
(You could join your grandma’s bake sale group, say, and then vote to end the group at one of its meetings, but that doesn’t make much sense, and in the end will likely just make you look like a weirdo, getting you kicked out the front door of the Rotary hall, as all the grandmas gaze on in bewildered astonishment.)
The state—commonly known as “government”—is demonstrably identical to the KKK, or any other group, in that it exists in large part to make sure it continues to exist. The state and its multitudinal mechanisms of force have been set in place for the express purpose of keeping power in the “hands” of the state.
How is it then that someone could imagine they might enter the state, openly and explicitly declaring disdain for it and its illegitimacy—from the highest echelons of its power all the way down to its electoral process—and then presume to take a seat of high power by those very same processes they have just declared illegitimate (elections, acquisition of power via political mandate, etc) in order to dismantle the state from the “top down,” still believing said plan is practical, logical, legitimate, and/or non-contradictory in nature?
This person would have to be:
A. Dishonest
B. Deluded
C. In a state of ignorance / mistaken, illogical thinking.
D. All or any combination of the above.
)Maybe this lady can change the Klan from the inside. image source.
Let me give one final illustration:
Take Joe. Joe is a black man from Mississippi. Joe hates the KKK because they suck. Joe gets a great idea. He will become Grand Dragon of the Ku Klux Klan, and once he does, he will immediatley proclaim the KKK to be abolished. Brilliant!
But that’s not all. Joe is going to infiltrate the group loudly proclaiming their evils and preaching about the necessity of their destruction! He’s got a real chance at winning! Let’s give him all the support we’ve got!
Go, Joe!
See how silly that is?
Hell, even “Clayton Bigsby” (hilarious Dave Chapelle Show character) couldn’t have pulled this off. He only got in because he was a vocal proponent of the KKK!
In closing, the US federal government is a mega beast of massive, highly organized brutality, weaponry, and intelligence-gathering capabilities
in size and scope far beyond anything the Ku Klux Klan could ever hope to be. To imagine that one could shout it down as evil, openly and explicitly calling for it’s demise, whilst simultaneously ascending to one of its highest seats of power is contradictory, illogical, and delusional. A cursory look at even the weaker entrenched powers and their practices, such as the electoral college, should make this clear. Not to mention all the more gruesome, cruel, and brutal means by which power has been maintained over the years by the state.
Yes, as crazy as a black guy trying to change the KKK “from the inside,” or a vocal Buddhist monk becoming head pastor at Westboro Baptist Church, is a self-proclaimed “voluntaryist” who states that the electoral process is not legit, and that the government is evil and must be abolished, just as soon as he is legitimately elected by the evil processes to do so. It just ain’t gonna happen. And more importantly, it defies the law of non-contradiction.
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Thanks for reading. Even if in some dream world, parallel universe out there Adam Kokesh does become president, his plan remains incompatible and ultimately irreconcilable with voluntaryist principle. For the detailed and cited/sourced breakdown of why this is, please see:
A voluntaryist perspective on the Kokesh plan:
https://steemit.com/anarchy/@kafkanarchy84/by-the-power-vested-in-me-kokesh-2020-chooses-platform-over-property
~KafkA
Graham Smith is a Voluntaryist activist, creator, and peaceful parent residing in Niigata City, Japan. Graham runs the "Voluntary Japan" online initiative with a presence here on Steem, as well as DTube and Twitter. (Hit me up so I can stop talking about myself in the third person!)