Just yesterday morning, my sweetie and I were discussing tactics and prospects for advancing liberty. His view, as I understand it, is that a voluntaryist community can't happen here -- not in the current social tides, at least: nation-states have claimed dominion over all the land where such an endeavor can focus on that primary goal. I'd counterclaimed that there's reason to be hopeful about educating more individuals successfully, and that achieving that could make enclaves possible in some parts of the world that are more disposed to laissez faire. But after reading two news stories pointed out to me by another friend (who didn't give permission to be credited), I may have to concede that my sweetie's right.
First, Costa Rican Law Firm Gets Half-Million for U.S. Asset Seizure Cases, from August 15. First and last paragraphs:
The U.S. Marshals Service this week cemented a deal to have a Santa Ana, Costa Rica-based law firm oversee its asset-seizure efforts in that nation. BLP-Abogados, located in the Forum Business Park, will get nearly a half-million dollars over the next year to perfom those services. BLP is the acronym for "Business Law Partners." ....
BLP staffers include Georgetwon University Law School graduate Luis Manuel Castro, former Washington, D.C.-based attorney Neftali Garro, Harvard Law School-trained attorney Vivian Liberman, and former justice of the Costa Rican Supreme Court of Justice Hugo Picado.
Costa Rica has long been one of the places held as a good alternative to Amerika, but this development seems to squash that hope. What the fucking fuck are U.S. Marshals doing seizing property in another country -- and at such a rate that they need to buy a law office to oversee their thievery? It's also a safe bet that the C.R. govthugs are getting a generous slice of the pie too, to ensure continued docility.
And as if that weren't bad enough, the next day saw this posted at the same site: Central American Rulers Push for U.S.-supported Militarized Police. The basics:
In the aftermath of CAFTA, the presidents of Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, and Nicaragua have proposed creating a regional rapid-response police force with military-assault capabilities-- if, that is, the United States government will provide resources for it.
This may be a statement from Central American governments to the United States government: you want us to join you in CAFTA, so give us the money, guns, and military training to control our people.
The irony's thick and layered throughout all this. But it appears clear that, for now at least, the USSA's mission is one of conquest, and no place is safe from its tentacles.
Jorge, do you know anything about this? Got any thoughts in response?
Trevor says:
No worries. The universe has built in error correction.