Telling Children That Government Is Good Conditions Them To Be Bullies
To bully someone is to try to affect their attitude or behavior through intimidation or threat. This implies the use of some superior force. By definition, there is no organization of force superior to government. Every law it passes is backed by the threat of force. Predictably, government bullying is not restricted to its “official” and stated purposes. Because they create arbitrary authority, governments encourage bullying by individuals who can use authority against people, like police, bureaucrats, and politicians.
Children are great at learning by example. The bullies on the playground are most often the children of parents who bully them. Telling children that government is good conditions them to be bullies. When we vote for politicians (who at best, manage institutional bullying, and at worst, are horrific bullies themselves) but tell our children not to bully, we send a clear message: “Do as I say, not as I do.” Not only does this insult the intelligence of our children, it doesn’t work. They learn that if it’s fine for government to be a bully, it’s fine for them to be bullies.
This creates a general culture of bullying in which relationships are tainted by coercion and intimidation. It is easily identified when it takes a physical form, but the emotional forms are just as destructive. People who bully emotionally are sure to have far less satisfying relationships than those who relate to others with respect. A society dominated by institutional bullying and hypocrisy will surely produce more bullies.
Chapter 8 Section IV From FREEDOM! by Adam Kokesh
I am the author of FREEDOM!, a book endorsed (I mean banned) by the US Department of “Justice.” You can get a copy here. I’m running for Not-President in 2020 on the platform of the peaceful, orderly, and responsible dissolution of the United States federal government. You can find out more here. You can find an event near you here. Whoever has the top comment on this post after 24 hours can claim a free signed copy of FREEDOM! by sending me a message with their address.
I never thought of it that way, but it makes perfect sense. I grew up in the lower levels of society. Raised by a single mother, not even meeting my father until the age of 13. I hated my mother from a very early age, blaming all the hypocrisy I witnessed on her and she deserved a large part of that blame. "Do as I say, not as I do" was the normal parenting technique and largely still is. Children want to grow up, so they can benefit from the perceived perks of adulthood, only to be dissapointed. Because of my awareness of the hypocrisy of control, coupled with living in poverty and a broken family, I rebelled. This caused the government to get involved when I was twelve. This same hypocrisy was witnessed at this higher level as well. See, I also had two younger brother's, who copied me. We all ended up in state care. I was to be in the system for 10 more years. Essentially, we children were being punished for having shitty parents. My mom lived on welfare, being completely dependent upon the system, so had zero opportunity to purchase the help of attorneys. I lashed out, determined to be treated as an equal at all costs. To this I employed the philosophy of "Might Makes Right". If I felt disrespected, you were assaulted. I didn't care about your title, whether you could take more of my freedom away or not. I assaulted friend, foe, eventually my father and probation officer, etc.. I ended up being in every type of juvenile program they had available. Instead of listening to me and trying to work with me, because as a child, what did I know? Even if I knew something, I was just supposed to do as I am told. I ended up turning 18 in the adult justice system and eventually going on to earning a prison number. All this could have been avoided if our system was based in mutual concern, courtesy and compassion, but government is an institution. Compassion is too costly. We must change the system if we want to save the species and ultimately the planet. So @adamkokesh, while don't agree on everything you state, we need people like you in our positions of power to bring humanity back into society and the management of it. Keep up the fight, my brother. We can make a difference. This begins at the governmental level, so we can cause it to trickle down to our youth. The way to fix society is by raising our kids to be real, compassionate, critical thinkers and to be voluntary stewards of life. Not to force your will upon others. We must learn to enjoy life and all it's unknowns, instead of fearing it, which is the current teaching methods. "Don't go into the woods alone, the boogey man will get you". Once you become an adult, the boogey man is government.
Oh wow, thank you for sharing your story!
I was hoping this would spark further discussion.
Have you or have you thought about creating a Discord channel for discussing the topics you touch on? This is great for helping to gauge public sentiment and help everyone, even yourself to further clarify philosophies.
To have any kind of control over government, you need the following to happen:
a. return to paper ballets for elections
b. a truly free press, not the propaganda centers we have now
c. a 10 yr moratorium on any paying government activity after leaving government position
d. term limits on all elected positions
e. no exclusions on who may apply for any government position
I realize that these would take something drastic to happen in our society before they would begin to be implemented. However, you never know. Each small action in support of freedom helps. Think of each act as a flea bite to the bully. Individually the bully can crush you easily. But think of thousands of those flea bites. Millions even. You could drive the bully crazy and eventually kill it. Death by a million bites. So go out and bite a bully today.
Thank you for the feedback! Have you seen my campaign for President? https://kokeshforpresident.com/
Anyone who believes that government is good, shouldn’t be around children in the first place.
Well that may be extreme, but some truth to it!
And most school teachers work for the government!
We all know the government is bad, we shouldn't lie to the kids about it...
Agreed!
may be i reasteam your post sir
Yes please do!
i am glad to see your post.. keep it up
Very good post. Think am gonna resteem. Also vote my post https://steemit.com/photography/@maya3/the-squaw-valley
I have not voted since they removed the "none of the above" option in the UK, by definition if over 50% of the population refuse to vote, then should the government not be disbanded, and a new idea put forward? if this was possible, I would imagine voting going down to almost zero, well I live in hope anyway, and this is just my opinion.
Keep right on Adam, onwards and upwards.
Well here in the states, I am the "none of the above" candidate as I am running on the platform of the peaceful and orderly dissolution of the federal government.
good man, hope you win by a country mile, that is English for "by a massive amount" not sure if that saying is present in the states?
Role models play a very significant role in shaping the beliefs and actions of young people. Governments definitely shape the actions of residents and youth. The problem is shifting from within. A very large shift is needed to begin to prevent bullying.
I'd love to check out your book.
Thank you for the response! And yes please check it out, it is free and in audio form. Let me know what you think!
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Thank you as always!