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Every collectivist revolution rides in on a Trojan horse of "emergency". It was the tactic of Lenin, Hitler, and Mussolini. In the collectivist sweep over a dozen minor countries of Europe, it was the cry of men striving to get on horseback. And "emergency" became the justification of the subsequent steps. This technique of creating emergency is the greatest achievement that demagoguery attains.
— Herbert Hoover.

1 posted on 11/07/2001 5:59:35 AM PST by fod
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To: fod
Nothing Hitler did was against German law.
2 posted on 11/07/2001 6:03:25 AM PST by PatrioticAmerican
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Tyranny exists because people believe that the conscious individual can and should be forcibly sacrificed to some "higher authority" or "greater cause" ie. the state, government, religion, etc...

Even those people who are severely oppressed believe that on some level they are supposed to be ruled and controlled...

This is a catastophic error...

When conscious humans on planet earth learn that the highest power in the UNIVERSE is consciousness, which needs no external authority control, and that humans possess that very same consciousness, at that moment all false rulers, controllers, demigods, and tyrannical governments will cease to exist...

Fully recognized as evil, incompentent, and useless, those former external authorities will be thrown into the trash can of history, and conscious man will then be able to rise up to his full potential as a sovereign, self ruling, conscious being...

4 posted on 11/07/2001 6:11:17 AM PST by Ferris
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To: fod
Excellent Article!!!

And I might add.....nothing that the Federals are doing in Klamath Falls (against 1400 American Families) is against the law.

But it is still wrong.

redrock

5 posted on 11/07/2001 6:16:58 AM PST by redrock
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Who was it who said "when the government fears the people you have freedom, when the people fear the government you have tyranny"?
9 posted on 11/07/2001 6:34:26 AM PST by steve50
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To: fod
Interesting.

The link took me to a blank screen: it doesn't work for me.

12 posted on 11/07/2001 6:53:42 AM PST by geologist
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Use of the law for competition suppression

It begins with the dominant faction winning support by paying off their supporters and suppressing their supporters' competitors, but leads to public officials themselves engaging in illegal activities and using the law to suppress independent competitors. A good example of this is narcotics trafficking.

Great post, fod. Another example here is when local governments use zoning codes to stop competition with City owned resources such as parks, golf courses etc...

14 posted on 11/07/2001 7:02:28 AM PST by FreeTally
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Remember what has been said about the road to hell.
17 posted on 11/07/2001 7:22:35 AM PST by Valin
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To: fod
Excellent post; --puts very concisely EXACTLY what I have been trying to articulate to many of my yuppy neighbors for some years now.

Thanks!

27 posted on 11/07/2001 8:58:41 AM PST by LadyJD
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To: fod
Another good post.
If you have lots of these kind of posts create a list of freepers like me and flag us.
Thanks
31 posted on 11/07/2001 10:52:16 AM PST by Libertarianize the GOP
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To: fod
The original Greek definition I learned in history class of a tyrant was a leader who came to power by making promises to his supporters. Didn't matter if he fulfulled them or not, or if he was a just ruler - he was still a tyrant. By that standard just about every politician in the country could be considered tyrannical.
33 posted on 11/07/2001 11:15:45 AM PST by NovemberCharlie
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To: fod
bump
38 posted on 11/07/2001 6:04:25 PM PST by Free the USA
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To: fod
A lesson for all Americans BUMP.
41 posted on 04/19/2002 12:27:13 AM PDT by fella
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To: fod
A lesson for all Americans BUMP.
42 posted on 04/19/2002 12:30:32 AM PDT by fella
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To: fod
This is a 'must read'.
43 posted on 04/19/2002 12:31:12 AM PDT by Eagle Eye
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