People who say taxation is theft. How else do you propse the government gets the funds for roads, military, education excetera?
Acting like governments are what protect rights in today's age just shows how clueless YOU are.
Tell me, who protects rights?
If a paramilitary group wanted your land, who is going to stop them? Your "rifle"???
Have you never heard of homesteaders?
Bro, the US army literally spent centuries roaming the countryside fighting off natives who were killing homesteaders. The 19th century was nothing but relentless state-backed violence to fend off natives. The pioneers were not defending themselves with "rifles", lmao.
You've literally never touched a history book, lol.
This idea that government has your back, protects "society", and provides individual security is a laughable concept pushed by 21st century liberals.
Again, I ask, if a paramilitary group wanted your land, who is going to stop them? Your "rifle"???
What stops the gang of 3-5 guys breaking into your home tomorrow armed with pistols and melee weapons? The "social contract"? The police who show up well after it's over to take your statement?
Who protects rights? The citizens who decide when and where is enough. It's absolutely hilarious that you are bringing up "who protects rights" when Canada was found to abuse the Emergencies Act, the US is blatantly violating people's first, second, and 14th amendment rights, the UK is harassing people waving the Union Jack for being "offensive", and the rest of the numerous rights abuses being perpetrated by so called democratic governments.
Again I repeat, yes that rifle. That has literally always been the true security of personal rights. It's funny that people like you want to act like it's the "social contract" holding together society, but ignore that said society does literally nothing while the common person is left to just "deal with it". As soon as people actually start making a stand, people like you act like there is no other way.
Meanwhile when civil war part 2 starts, people like you will wish that your precious "social contract" still means anything.
What stops the gang of 3-5 guys breaking into your home tomorrow armed with pistols and melee weapons? The "social contract"? The police who show up well after it's over to take your statement?
The fact that the police will investigate and imprison them stops them from committing these acts.
when Canada was found to abuse the Emergencies Act, the US is blatantly violating people's first, second, and 14th amendment rights
Ohhhh, you're a right-wing loonie. I get it now. You were very offended by calling your ideas "fantasies of libertarian apocolypse-LARPing preppers" weren't you?
You do know that the minutemen were a formal state-sanctioned militia, right???
You only have private property rights because we have a strong enough state to protect them. Try living in Mexico and defending your property from the cartels, lmao.
the fact that the police will investigate and imprison them stops them for committing these acts
Tell that to all of the victims of these crimes every day. I'm sure they are going to be happy to hear that.
I'm a right wing loonie for pointing to that? It was a Canadian court that found that Trudeau's use of the act was against their laws. As for the US bit... The CHAZ/CHOP "protestors" shot and killed multiple people while occupying actual territory, took over a federal building, and declared themselves as "autonomous". Not one person involved was charged with insurrection. It is a FACT that the ATF is trying to run over Congress and literally change definitions of terms that are literally defined by the very statutes that give ATF it's power.
The fact that you don't care about your rights being restricted and ran over doesn't mean they aren't. The quiet part that you seem to ignore is that precedent works both ways.
It was a Canadian court that found that Trudeau's use of the act was against their laws.
You: "The government doesn't protect our rights"
*Canadian gov self-investigates, ensuring that the gov backs off so that rights are protected
You "SeeEEE TyRANNY we aLl neDE GUNS!!! We gotTa staRT blAstinG!!!!!"
As for the US bit... The CHAZ/CHOP "protestors" shot and killed multiple people while occupying actual territory, took over a federal building, and declared themselves as "autonomous". Not one person involved was charged with insurrection.
Litearlly just repeating nonsense rightwing misinformation you found on Twitter, lol.
The fact that you don't care about your rights being restricted and ran over doesn't mean they aren't.
Lmao, try living in a place that actually doesn't care about your rights instead of cherrypicking and exaggerating one-off events in an extremely privileged nation of 350 million people.