{"id":7600,"date":"2009-03-26T20:08:34","date_gmt":"2009-03-27T03:08:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/?p=7600"},"modified":"2010-06-26T10:27:40","modified_gmt":"2010-06-26T17:27:40","slug":"reflecting-upon-the-obamanation-love-of-our-brothers-thats-when-we-learned-to-hate-our-brothers-for-the-first-time-in-our-lives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/7600\/reflecting-upon-the-obamanation-love-of-our-brothers-thats-when-we-learned-to-hate-our-brothers-for-the-first-time-in-our-lives\/","title":{"rendered":"Reflecting upon the Obamanation: “Love of our brothers? That\u2019s when we learned to hate our brothers for the first time in our lives.”"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’ve been thinking about the disgusting spectacle of millions of Americans presuming to have an opinion about whether or not some AIG employee deserves to be paid a bonus. This was once a country where the idea of minding one’s own business was virtually a sacrament. And then I can’t turn on the television without seeing some grandmother bragging that Medicare makes it possible for her to dine on her own grandchildren. And to top it all off, tonight I’ve been trading depressing emails with Joe Strummer about our progress down the Road to Serfdom.<\/p>\n

I know people think they understand what I’m talking about, when I talk about political philosophy, but I’m pretty sure that’s not true. The simple truth is this: I am sovereign in my person — and so are you. I do not have the right or power or privilege or duty to push you around by force, and you do not have that right or power or privilege or duty with respect to me. That’s easy to understand when we’re only talking about we two: If I overstep the boundaries, you will surely help me find my way back to the righteous path. But there’s no difference whether we’re talking about two people or two billion people. Each one of us is free in our person, free as a necessary consequence of being what we are.<\/p>\n

Does that mean that other people cannot<\/em> try to push us around by force? Obviously not. It simply means that failing to respond to human beings as sovereign entities, each one of us a unique end in himself, is wrong — epistemologically incorrect, morally unrighteous, politically criminal.<\/p>\n

All of economics is based in collectivist premises, which leads to statements that are true but fundamentally irrelevant. Smith taught us that leaving men free to produce is better for everyone — which does not matter, because each one of us is free regardless of the benefits freedom yields for other people. Hayek among others points out that enslaving us is bad for everyone, which also does not matter. The impact upon the collective is meaningless. Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I’ve been thinking about the disgusting spectacle of millions of Americans presuming to have an opinion about whether or not some AIG employee deserves to be paid a bonus. This was once a country where the idea of minding one’s own business was virtually a sacrament. 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