The Law - 2024

As It Always Should Be... Part Four When Will It End

As we continue from Part Three of The Law 2024 we find that we have deviated so far from the proper purpose of Law that it seems to be an insurmountable task to get back to using the law for its intended purpose. To be used only as a DEFENSE against the attack of someone against the life, liberty or property of another… let us continue. Where are we today? Look at the world with a open mind and you can see the calamity caused by ignoring the only purpose for “The Law”. From Gaza, to Ukraine to the streets of New York City, to our Southern Border, the list of cause and effect for ignoring the only proper purpose can been seen most everywhere! One commenter asked…how can we get this information out to the masses? That’s your job, dear reader. Go for it! C.L.

The High Road to Communism - Are We There Yet?

One politician would extend his charity only to some of the industrial groups; he would demand that the law control the consumers to benefit the producers.

Another would sponsor the cause of the labor groups; he would use the law to secure for them a guaranteed minimum of clothing, housing, food, and all other necessities of life.

And yet another of these busy bodies would say-and with reason-that these minimum guarantees are merely the beginning of complete fraternity; he would say that the law should give tools of production and free education to all working people. And where does the free come from? That is what we ask! It comes from the theft of the labor of others so it is not free.

Another person would observe that the arrangement would still leave room for inequality; he would claim that the law should give to everyone-even in the most inaccessible hamlet-luxury, literature, and art.

All of the proposals are the high road to communism; legislation will then be-in fact, it already is-the battlefield for the fantasies and greed of everyone.

The Basis for a Stable Government

Law is justice. In this proposition a simple and enduring government can be conceived. And I defy anyone to say how even the thought of revolution, of insurrection, of the slightest uprising could arise against a government whose organized force was confined only to suppressing injustice.

Under such a regime, there would be the most prosperity -and it would be the most equally distributed. As for the sufferings that are inseparable from humanity, no one would even think of accusing the government for them. This is true because, if the force of government were limited to suppressing injustice, then government would be as innocent of these sufferings as it is not innocent of changes in the temperature.

As proof of this statement, consider this question: Have the people ever been known to rise against the Court of Appeals, or mob a Justice of the Peace, in order to get higher wages, free credit, tools of production, favorable tariffs, or government-created jobs? Everyone knows perfectly well that such matters are not within the jurisdiction of the Court of Appeals or a Justice of the Peace. And if government were limited to its proper functions, everyone would soon learn that these matters are not within the jurisdiction of the law itself.

But make the laws upon the principle of fraternity-proclaim that all good, and all bad, stem from the law; that the law is responsible for the individual misfortunes and all social inequalities-then the door is open to an endless succession of complaints, irritations, troubles and revolutions. Why is this not obvious to even the simplest of people?

Justice = Equal Rights

Law is justice. And it would indeed be strange if law could properly be anything else! Is not justice right? Are not rights equal? By what right does the law force me to conform to the social plans of any politician who might think otherwise? If the law has a moral right to do this, why does it not, then, force these law makers/politicians to submit to my plans? Is it logical to suppose that nature has not given me sufficient imagination to dream up a utopia also? Should the law choose one fantasy among many, and put the organized force of government at its service only?

Law is justice. And let it not be said-as it continually is said-that under this concept, the law would be atheistic, individualistic, and heartless; that it would make mankind in its own image. This is an absurd conclusion, worthy only of those worshippers of government who believe that the law is mankind.

Nonsense! Do those worshippers of government believe that free persons will cease to act? Does it follow that if we receive no energy from the law, we shall receive no energy at all? Does it follow that if the law is restricted to the function of protecting the free use of our faculties, we will be unable to use our faculties? Suppose that the law does not force us to follow certain forms of religion, or systems of association, or methods of education, or regulations of labor, or regulations of trade, or plans for charity; does it then follow that we shall eagerly plunge into atheism, poverty, ignorance, misery and greed? If we are free, does it follow that we shall no longer recognize the power and goodness of our Creator? Does it follow that we shall then cease to associate with each other, to help each other, to love and succor our unfortunate brothers, to study the secrets of nature, and to strive to improve ourselves to the best of our abilities? The truly needed have always been taken care of by those more fortunate, because that is one of the true basis of human nature.

Should We Not Follow The Path to Dignity and Progress?

Law is justice. And it is under the law of justice-under the reign of right; under the influence of liberty, safety, stability, and responsibility-that every person will attain his real worth and true dignity of his being. It is only under this law of justice that mankind will achieve-slowly, no doubt, but certainly-our grand Creator’s design for the orderly and peaceful progress of humanity.

It seems to me that this is theoretically right, for whatever the question under discussion-whether religious, philosophical, political, or economic; whether it concerns prosperity, morality, equality, right, justice, progress, responsibility, cooperation, property, labor, trade, capital, wages, taxes, population, finance, or government-at whatever point on the scientific horizon I begin my researches, I invariably reach this one conclusion: The solution to the problems of human relationships is to be found in liberty.

Proof of an Idea

And does not experience prove this? Look at the entire world. Which countries contain the most peaceful, the most moral, and the happiest people? Those people are found in countries where the law least interferes with private affairs; where government is least felt; where the individual has the greatest scope, and free opinion the greatest influence; where administrative powers are fewest and simplest; where taxes are lightest and most nearly equal, and popular discontent the least excited and the least justifiable; where individuals and groups most actively assume their responsibilities, and, consequently, where the morals of admittedly imperfect human beings are constantly improving; where trade, assemblies, and associations are the least restricted; where labor, capital, and populations suffer the fewest forced displacements; where mankind most nearly follows its own natural inclinations; where the inventions of men are most nearly in harmony with the laws of creation; in short, the happiest, most moral, and most peaceful people are those who most nearly follow this principle: Although mankind is not perfect, still, all hope rests upon the free and voluntary actions of persons within the limits of right; law or force is not to be used for nothing except the administration of universal justice.

The Desire to Rule over Others - Who Are They and What Do They All Have in Common?

This must be said: There are too many "great" men in the world-legislators, organizers, do-gooders, leaders of the people, fathers of nations, and so on, and so on. Too many persons place themselves above mankind; they make a career of organizing it, patronizing it, and ruling it. And do note one strange characteristic among most. That they have no conscience when it comes to the damage they cause to whole nations. Since the day of this writing in 1850, 174 years have past. And during those years over two hundred million human beings have been sacrificed on the alter of law that has been used the exact opposite of what was intended. I could start a list here, but it would become endless. I will mention a few…Waco Texas took place where 17 small children were burned alive because the leader of the group had been dealing in firearms in such a way that the “authorities” took note and decided to attack the church rather than arrest the leader while he was out jogging. Randy Weaver had his son murdered, his wife murdered all because he had the audacity of cutting off the barrel of a shotgun shorter than the limit that the political class had attached to it back in 1934. His wife’s murdered was allowed to go free even though an Idaho Grand Jury had indicted him for unlawful death. Youtube is filled with insane acts being carried out for minor infractions.

Now someone will say: "You yourself are doing this very thing."

True. But it must be admitted that I act in an entirely different sense; if I have joined the ranks of the reformers, it is solely for the purpose of persuading them to leave people alone. I do not look upon people as so many politicians looks upon their automaton. Rather, just as the physiologist accepts the human body as it is, so do I accept people as they are. I desire only to study and admire.
My attitude toward all other persons is well illustrated by this story from a celebrated traveler: He arrived one day in the midst of a tribe of savages, where a child had just been born. A crowd of soothsayers, magicians, and quacks-armed with rings, hooks and cords-surrounded it. One said: "This child will never smell the perfume of a peace-pipe unless I stretch his nostrils." Another said: "He will never be able to hear unless I draw his ear-lobes down to his shoulders." A third said: "He will never see the sunshine unless I slant his eyes." Another said: "He will never stand upright unless I bend his legs." A fifth said: " He will never learn how to think unless I flatten his skull."

"Stop," cried the traveler. "What our Creator has does is well done. Do not claim to know more than He. The Almighty has given organs to this frail creature; let them develop and grow strong by exercise, use, experience and LIBERTY."

Let Us Now Try Liberty

The Creator of this fantastic universe has given all men all that is necessary for them to accomplish their destinies. The universe has provided a social form as well as a human form. And these social organs of persons are so constituted that they will develop themselves harmoniously in the clean air of liberty. Away, then, with quacks and organizers! Away with their rings, chains, hooks, and pincers! Away with their artificial systems! Away with the whims of governmental administrators, their socialized projects, their centralization, their tariffs, their government schools, their state religions, their free credit, their bank monopolies, their regulations, their restrictions, their equalization by taxation, and their pious moralizations!

And now that the legislators and do-gooders have so futilely inflicted so many systems upon society, may they finally end where they should have begun:
May they reject all systems, and try liberty; for liberty is an acknowledgment of faith in our fantastic Creator and all the works of this creation!

I hope you spread this message far and wide. I felt the urge to do this from the very bottom of my being. It was if Frederic Bastiat was speaking though me 173 years after he passed from tuberculosis. As I ended this project, tears of happiness welled up in my very being knowing that if this were to become reality, that all of the death and suffering caused by the psychopathic control freak parasites over all of the ages, will have been but a lesson learned. Our creator has given us men with a purpose. It is sad that the purpose has to take so many years to be realized. Again, I hope you spread this message any way you can because it is the hope that Frederic gleaned from his walk with our creator that caused him to write one of the most important essays in the anals of history…THE LAW, by Frederic Bastiat. I hope he doesn’t mind my effort at bringing it to you in 2024. I will soon make up a PDF and link to it for anyone to get a copy.

I am Courageous Lion…aka Mark of the Clan of Reynolds.

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