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IPFS News Link • Philosophy of Liberty

Why I Don't Vote

• https://www.targetliberty.com By Robert Wenzel

I have outlined a more detailed explanation in my book, Foundations of Private Property Society Theory: Anarchism for the Civilized Person.

I consider elections the opposite of my philosophy. It is a vote to control how all people can live on their own properties and elsewhere, where the rules are ultimately determined for all by referendum votes and by votes for leaders, with the largest vote gainers winning the rules setting game.

In short, it is about mob rule.

I am against mob rule with every fiber in my body.

I don't want to take part in elections where nothing is determined but who sets the rules of interference against live and let live. 

I will have nothing to do with electing someone who is restraining my life or your life in any way.

In fact, I adopt an active policy of "looking the other way," if your liberty is somehow obstructed by government regulations. If you are paying someone less than the minimum wage, if you are charging a rent on an apartment that is higher than rent controls allow, if you are selling a product that is prohibited by government to be sold or if you are doing a thousand other things where government regulations prevent you from acting freely, you can be sure I won't drop a dime on you. I will look the other way. Live and let live.