Let me understand....you’re really talking about conservatism without reliance on electoral politics. Or to coin a phrase...Conservatism without Ballots. Its something I’ve been thinking a great deal about lately. With the exception of the most deluded, I think there is pretty much a consesnsus that electoral politics has failed. You see it both on the left and on the right
If we value conservatism and freedom, I think it’s incumbent on us to be conservative and free. Permission from the kleptocrats not really required. I see hundreds of ideas for expanding freedom that don’t involve politics. Perhaps the emphasis should be on that rather than which group of scumbags we think would do a better job wielding the whip.
So long as we remain focused on a rigged political game that we just can’t seem to win, we’ll continue to lose. No one that I’m aware of sells books on winning strategies for three card monte, because it’s generally accepted to be a suckers game. Is electiral politics really any different? What we see right now at the Federal level is electoral “success.” The gop won in 2014. Sure doesn’t feel like victory to me.
I think i know where you’re coming from on the distributed architecture. An example is in the RKBA world where there is distributed, open source software out there to make gun receivers. In essence, you can (almost) punch a button and make your own firearm. Or at least the part that is licensed. A lot of my older school cohorts think I’m smoking something when I note that we just essentially won. If you can build your own, all the licensing schemes in the world won’t matter. And I think we’re less than 5 years out from being there.
As for political involvement, you’re absolutely right. We do have better things to do with our time. I differ slightly on whether our personal involvement is necessary at all. There will always be those who are convinced that “this time will be different” and will remain enthralled by partisan politics. Wonderful. Let them be enthralled. Let them search for new and improved kleptocrats. I’m interested in hooking up with those who want to render the kleptocrats irrelevant.
I will look at your links that you were kind enough to provide.
Keep in touch, FRiend. I think we’re about at one of those magical shifting points where all matter of things are possible.
I watched the video (fascinating) and read the articles. Was aware of the open source movement but not quite the implications as discussed.
Where I think this goes as it relates to politics is open source and/or privatizarion as a substitute for governmental services on a micro scale. With a healthy amount of chutzpah tossed in.
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