Special to L. Neil Smith's The Libertarian Enterprise
The premise of this article is that persons who seek and hold
elective office have latent, and often overt sociopathic
personalities.
The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders
fourth edition, DSM IV-TR = 301.7, a widely used manual for
diagnosing mental disorders, defines "antisocial personality
disorder" as:1
A) There is a pervasive pattern of disregard for and violation of the
rights of others occurring since age 15 years, as indicated by three
or more of the following:
1. failure to conform to social norms with respect to lawful
behaviors as indicated by repeatedly performing acts that are grounds
for arrest;
2. deception, as indicated by repeatedly lying, or conning others for
personal profit or pleasure;
3. impulsiveness or failure to plan ahead;
4. irritability and aggressiveness, as indicated by repeated physical
fights or assaults;
5. reckless disregard for safety of self or others;
6. consistent irresponsibility, as indicated by repeated failure to
sustain consistent work behavior or honor financial obligations;
7. lack of remorse, as indicated by being indifferent to or
rationalizing having hurt, mistreated, or stolen from another;
B) The individual is at least age 18 years.
C) There is evidence of conduct disorder with onset before age 15
years.
D) The occurrence of antisocial behavior is not exclusively during
the course of schizophrenia or a manic episode.
Now, I'm going to list those characteristics again, and give examples
in bold print after each characteristic. Some of this will be
tongue-in-cheek, but that doesn't mean it's not true:
A) There is a pervasive pattern of disregard for and violation of the
rights of others occurring since age 15 years (runs for Student
Council, runs for Class President, editor of the school newspaper,
becomes an attorney, etc.), as indicated by three or more of the
following:
1. failure to conform to social norms with respect to lawful
behaviors as indicated by repeatedly performing acts that are grounds
for arrest(violating the US or state constitution is
a criminal act);
2. deception, as indicated by repeatedly lying (campaign pledges),
or conning others for personal profit or pleasure (accepting money
from lobbyists, or voting to "save" the Ponzi schemes Social Security
and Medicare);
3. impulsiveness or failure to plan ahead (voting for any bill
without reading it, voting to spend tax money on unconstitutional
acts, or raising the Federal debt ceiling to allow Washington to
borrow more money it cannot repay);
4. irritability and aggressiveness, as indicated by repeated physical
fights or assaults (in election season, going negative to destroy
political opponents);
5. reckless disregard for safety of self or others (allowing the
Department of Homeland Security and the TSA to even exist, voting for
anything that violates the 2nd Amendment, 4th Amendment, 5th
Amendment... pretty much any of the Amendments in the Bill of
Rights);
6. consistent irresponsibility, as indicated by repeated failure to
sustain consistent work behavior or honor financial obligations (a
history of employment in government, spending tax money profligately,
failing to pass balanced budgets, hiding off-budget spending, using
government accounting principles instead of GAAP2);
7. lack of remorse, as indicated by being indifferent to or
rationalizing having hurt, mistreated, or stolen from
another (running for re-election);
B) The individual is at least age 18 years.
C) There is evidence of conduct disorder with onset before age 15
years.
D) The occurrence of antisocial behavior is not exclusively during
the course of schizophrenia or a manic episode.
You see? Most politicians are sociopaths. You'd be hard pressed to
find one that isn't.
At DumpDC.com, we beat the drum incessantly for secession. But I
don't want you to get the idea that we believe that secession is some
panacea... some utopia... some Nirvana. A seceded state, which would be a
newly formed sovereign nation, will have a government formed and
designed by human beings. That new nation would have the opportunity
to craft a government built around individual liberty and property
rights, founded in the Zero Aggression Principle.
Haven't heard of the Zero Aggression Principle? Thusly: that no
one has the right, under any circumstances, to initiate force against
another human being for any reason whatever; nor will a person or
persons advocate the initiation of force, or delegate it to anyone
else
In light of the ZAP, the new nation would have to be very creative as
it forms its own constitution and methods of governance. In most
situations, government and the ZAP are mutually exclusive ethical
systems and principles.
Government is force. Government relies upon the inevitable threat of
violent force and/or death for its power. Think I'm overstating the
cruelty of government? Let me give you three benign examples. Leave
me a note if you disagree.
1. You get a parking ticket for $20.
- You do not pay your parking ticket.
- Eventually, the issuing law enforcement agency swears out a bench
warrant for your arrest.
- A Law Enforcement Officer (LEO) may seek you out and attempt to
place you under arrest. Or, you may be stopped for some other traffic
infraction and the LEO finds your bench warrant when he does your
background check. Either way, the LEO attempts to place you under
arrest.
- You resist arrest.
- The LEO escalates his use of violence.
- You escalate your resistance.
- The LEO will draw his service firearm and use deadly force.
- You're dead over a $20 parking ticket.
2. You fail to file your income tax return.
- The IRS contacts you to recommend that you file your return.
- You ignore them.
- The IRS attempts to confiscate your assets, attach your real
property, clean out your bank account, or garnish your wages to
collect tax, fines and penalties.
- You resist their attempts.
- Eventually, you will receive a visit from armed IRS agents. They may
attempt to place you under arrest.
- You resist arrest.
- The agent escalates his use of violence.
- You escalate your resistance.
- The agent will draw his service firearm and use deadly force.
- You're dead over a tax return.
3. You fail to pay your property tax.
- The taxing agency forecloses on your property.
- The county Sheriff comes to your property to evict you.
- You refuse to leave.
- The Sheriff attempts to place you under arrest.
- You resist.
- The Sheriff escalates his use of violence.
- You escalate your resistance.
- The Sheriff will draw his service firearm and use deadly force.
- You're dead over unpaid property tax.
We here at DumpDC acknowledge that all government is evil. We also
acknowledge that a seceding state will likely get most everything
wrong when it tries to form a new national government. To the degree
that the Founders adhere to the ZAP will tell the world how much the
new nation's politicians wish to use deadly force in their new laws.
We believe that there is an inverse proportion to the number of laws
and the degree of individual liberty. More laws, less liberty. More
laws, more deadly force to enforce the laws.
The accretion of political power is the reason for living for the
government worker or elected official, but is antithetical to being a
true "public servant."
May God help us as we pass from the United States of America to
seceded new sovereign nations. May He help us find leaders who truly
have the heart of a servant.
Secession is the Hope For Mankind. Who will be first?
DumpDC. Six Letters That Can Change History.
Notes
[1] Antisocial personality disorder - Diagnostic and Statistical
Manual of Mental Disorders Fourth edition Text Revision (DSM-IV-TR)
American Psychiatric Association (2000) - pages 645-650
[2]Generally Accepted
Accounting Principles
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