Community Is Not Coerced
Posted in : Government and Society on by : Michael Maharrey Tags: community, government, society, the state
For some reason, people assume because I question the legitimacy of the nation-state, I don’t believe in “society.”
For some reason, people assume because I question the legitimacy of the nation-state, I don’t believe in “society.”
I have to be honest; cries of illegitimacy and “I don’t consent” ring a little hollow in my ears. Because they do consent.
Taxation is theft. But is it really?
Humanity has become obsessed with control through the political process. They turn to the force, violence and coercion of government in vain attempts to mold the world into their image. In the process, they do violence to their neighbors as they attempt to stamp their own image on them. Christ calls us to a different path.
People like Signorile and the rest of the leftest Sanhedrin like to parade around with their chins in the air certain of their moral superiority. Quite frankly, I’m not impressed with their selective moral outrage.
Were early Christians communists? Well, yes and no.
Can we really have a virtuous society if violence, force and coercion serve as its driving force?
When Time starts printing covers undermining the legitimacy of the state and its foundation of violence, force and coercion, then we can start talking about subversive art.
No government program could do what the Trinity Hill UMC church family did for me after my surgery. No politician cares enough about me to show up at my bedside at 5:30 a.m., or to sit with my wife, or to come to my house and sing Christmas carols to cheer me up. So why do we count on these people?
The concept of “the people” is nothing more than a political construct. Those in power, and vying for power, use the “will of the people” to wrap their actions in moral legitimacy. But does the existence of a majority consensus within an artificially constructed group really provide any kind of moral authority?
