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Mutual Aid
by Jim Davidson
[email protected]

Special to L. Neil Smith's The Libertarian Enterprise

Be without fear in the face of your enemies. You will see injustice, intolerance, indecency. You may see murder, battery, violence, bloodshed. Be without fear, for you are doing what is right.

Be brave and upright that you may be worthy of love. Have the courage to stand against oppressors without becoming an oppressor. Have the decency to witness injustice without causing injustice, hear intolerant words without speaking them. Stand up for what is right. Speak out against oppression.

Speak the truth always, even if it leads to your death. We cannot shine the light of truth if we hide it under a basket. We cannot be the men and women who care enough to save our friends if we don't care about the truth.

Safeguard the helpless. Those who are weak, infirm, young, elderly, lame, blind, deaf, disfigured, raped, beaten, tasered—stand between them and their oppressors. Lend a helping hand. Be a guide in a dark world. Be a gesture in a silent world.

Do no wrong. You cannot make the world a better place by piling on the misery.

That is your path. I do not say that it is easy. Only that it is the path.

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Jim Davidson is an author, entrepreneur, and anti-war activist. His 1990 venture to offer a sweepstakes trip into space was destroyed by government action as was his free port and prospective space port in Somalia in 2001. His 2002-2007 venture in free market money and private stock exchange was destroyed by government action in 2007. He's going to Mars if he has to walk. His second book, Being Sovereign is now availble from Lulu and Amazon. His book, Being Sovereign, was just released as an ePub from Lulu.com. His business plan for Individual Sovereign University, with co-authors Shaun Lee and Harry Felker, is available here. Contact him at indomitus.net or indsovu.com. Come visit IndSovU teams at gatherings in December 2011 in Florida, and March 2012 in Austin, Texas. Or join State Busters.

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