“The most prominent battles are taking place in Syria & Egypt; but they’re mainly just rhymes of every similar episode that has occurred throughout mankind’s history. What’s it all for? To control The State…the great weapon that one group of people can use against its neighbors and enemies; that legal use of force to get you (and your friends) what you want the easy way, instead of the voluntary and moral way. So powerful is this lust to control The State that, in Syria alone, 100,000+ have died in just the last several years. Imagine if the rest of life’s battles were conducted in the same manner….”
http://www.economicpolicyjournal.com/2013/07/state-battles-vs-private-battles.html
Related posts:
Doug Casey's Primer on Internationalization -- International Man
John Hussman: Over-Adaptation and Market Drawdowns
“I Will Never Go Back”: why the Ukrainians did what they did
Jeffrey Tucker: We’re All Edward Snowden Now
John Whitehead, America’s Reign of Terror: A Nation Reaps What It Sows
Charles Goyette: Government vs. Prosperity (Chapter 1, Abridged)
Eric Margolis: Obama, Don't Play Chess With KGB
IRS Reporting Rules for Cash Transactions and Precious Metals
Aye, Me Hearties—Why There’s Still Old-Fashioned Treasure Out There
Ron Paul: After 100 Years Of Failure, It's Time To End The Fed
Incredible confusions: Why ‘austerity’ if we can just print the money?
Jacob Hornberger: Why Kennedy Had to Be Removed
The New, Improved 1984
This Is What Happens When Americans Place Their Trust In The State
Penning the Sheep for a Shearing—Capital Controls, Part 1
