Blogs by D.C. Quillan Stone: December 2017

Sunday, December 31, 2017

HUMAN ABILITY to REASON, HUMAN RIGHT to CONSENT - Proem & Poem No. 73

Most likely to be published early 2018, my 10th book currently entitled; 100 Proems & Poems on the HUMAN ABILITY to REASON, HUMAN RIGHT to CONSENT & Other Neglected Matters. The following will probably be included upon further editing, and front cover below merely a working version....

PROEM & POEM No. 73 - Patriotism: Principle, Propaganda or Psychosis / 2nd Reprise

Void of principle thus riddled with propaganda, Patriotism infects the mind with an intellectual psychosis, in parallel incites instinct and inflames emotion to fervor and euphoria, soon preferring even embracing promulgated impressions, perceptions and outright deceptions over past actualities and present realities. This process could be some form of coercive brainwashing or prodding. However, fully engaged is the ability to reason thus comparing, concluding, choosing and consenting to this over that in one moment or that over this the subsequent moment (see No. 8), in this case, Patriotism’s alleged benefits over other considerations. It could be said Patriotism impairs the person to fully reason, just as it is said for psychosis. Therefore persons of both conditions are reasoning while impaired by a “defective or lost contact with reality.”

Patriotism is never without injurious objectives, always targeting lives, liberties and/or properties by the use of force executed by patriots. Patriotism is also never without propaganda, always schooling and training patriots to accept and justify the use of force. Ultimately, all are injured in various degrees, by the disrespect and disregard of the Peculiar Human Ability to Reason, inseparably the Singular Human Right to Consent or Not Consent.

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From myopic to psychotic then intended patriotic hexes
Complex further by poli-oral sex with oracles and rexes
Such apexes by duplexes to simplex per executive orders
Erected disorder of collected loners exuding social odors

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Come let us Reason. Peace is always a Choice.

Saturday, December 30, 2017

HUMAN ABILITY to REASON, HUMAN RIGHT to CONSENT - Proem & Poem No. 72

PROEM & POEM No. 72 - Patriotism: Principle, Propaganda or Psychosis / 1st Reprise

First and foremost, Patriotism or nationalism is without principle, that is to say precisely, without logic thus ethic. Other than unquestioned allegiance to country, flag, government and war(s), there involve no other consistency defining it; inapplicable across borders for vilipended are those on opposite side of borders. Dismissing even demonizing another country’s patriotism becomes quite easy when one’s own patriotism pairs with one’s own (true) religion thus antireligious. Among Christians in United States (as one example among countries), propaganda over political podiums and clerical pulpits have so melded allegiance and faith, a psychosis formed into theological perversions of appalling levels, as exemplified in the following quote (easily found online). “Only two defining forces have ever offered to die for you. Jesus Christ and the American Soldier. One died for your soul. The other died for your freedom.”

While not as arrogantly bombastic, other countries rally similarly per misguided notions like God and king, power to the people, freedom by blood, liberty, independence, social justice, or more subtly, considering their own patriotism or nationalism as superiorly fair, equal, moral, humane, etc. Yet by these seemingly lofty notions, underlined by excessive political power therefore government force, the Singular Human Right to Consent or Not Consent is unavoidably, imperiously disregarded, hence inseparably the Peculiar Human Ability to Reason barbarously disrespected.

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The holy boldly donned; luminous robes of fond patriotism

Actuality via government prisms, jack-booting every schism

Doublespeak outspoken, potent the means, stolen the slogans

Seers’ omens, peers’ poems, duly noting the effete brogans

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Come let us Reason. Peace is always a Choice.

Friday, December 29, 2017

HUMAN ABILITY to REASON, HUMAN RIGHT to CONSENT - Proem & Poem No. 71

PROEM & POEM No. 71 - Patriotism: Principle, Propaganda or Psychosis

Patriotism (see No. 5), the oddest of Isms, is always rooted in lofty rhetoric, forming arbitrary notions even whimsical fantasies, inciting passions for reverence of country, flag, government and war(s). Often involving folklore or myth entwined with selected actualities, embellishing further over time, and so goes the country’s founding and subsequent histories. This alluring blend of fact and fiction are revised and retold again and again within publicly funded classrooms, political convention halls and colluding newsrooms, emboldening self-absorbed notorieties and celebrities, benighted artists and writers/poets, empathetically misguided clergies and psychologists as well others. Convenient and deviant, the political goals are nothing less than obedience, devotion and allegiance to government’s call for obligation socially and duty militarily. The expectation and exchange is for power, requiring the sacrifice of the individual’s property and liberty at least, at most the individual’s life.

Interestingly in contrast to this strange fervor, the very same dynamics (schemes) are judged as propaganda in combating, competing even coexisting countries, and rightly so however biased. Such is the inherent nature of patriotism, prejudicially determining while tendentiously self-unaware, therefore intentionally or unintentionally disrespecting and disregarding the Peculiar Human Ability to Reason, inseparably the Singular Human Right to Consent or Not Consent of others thereupon undermining their own unknowingly.

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By chariots of lights or flames, so-call liberty thus came

Endowed by maidens with swords liken nymphs to maim

Coveting blood-fame as goddesses per claimed allegiance

Voluptuously, unsustainably, unashamed the indulgence

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Come let us Reason. Peace is always a Choice.

Thursday, December 28, 2017

HUMAN ABILITY to REASON, HUMAN RIGHT to CONSENT - Proem & Poem No. 70

PROEM & POEM No. 70 - Individualism versus Aforementioned Isms / Reprise

Concerning the selected vocabulary for the previous three installments, it could be asked why the redundancy. Applying logic thus ethic across numerous issues and scenarios, require nothing more than redundant or consistent language save the mere replacement of critiqued targets’ referencing nouns. The repetitiveness emphasizes the one unwavering principle thus prevailing point among the prior three proems and poems as well the entire collection, that is to say, to respect and regard the Peculiar Human Ability to Reason, inseparably the Singular Human Right to Consent or Not Consent.

More often ignored, still there is a lesson to be learned. Exceptions of course introduce inconsistencies thus complexities, often facilitating more of the same. To go further, principles may seem clear initially, however exceptions’ inconsistencies and complexities will foster the redefinition and reapplication of the former, while rewriting supporting fact and/or history, discarding empiricism in part or whole in practice, gradually blurring and eventually erasing from minds the founding logic as well ethic.

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Celebrities spiel on like clarions of histories and sciences

While clarities reel then keel per bureaucratic compliances

Historians’ rewrite the facts and scientists slight to detract

Deemed shrewd, stacked in queue, the schemes to redact

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Come let us Reason. Peace is always a Choice.

Feedback on my current book project

As I receive some feedback on my current book project, I find the responses quite interesting. Whether persons are extremely right, extremely left or extremely moderate, all feel personally critiqued by my propositions, and they should for I equally critique the entire political spectrum as commonly measured by the ill formulated linear scale (i.e. right versus left, and everything else in between). What is troubling for those of these equally critiqued political views, is my use of the same logical thus ethical principle by which to judge consistently regardless of political party or platform. To exemplify....

By the same critique I judge Mr. Bush and Mr. Trump as monstrous warmongers thrashing about the world without regard to national sovereignty and less regard to individual life, liberty and property, I equally judge Mr. Obama as a monstrous warmonger thrashing about the world without regard to national sovereignty and less regard to individual life, liberty and property.

By the same critique I judge Mr. Obama as an economic, socialistic as well militaristic interventionist using primarily Fascistic (and/or Crony) as well Communistic means, I equally judge Mr. Bush and Mr. Trump as economic, socialistic as well militaristic interventionists using primarily Fascistic (and/or Crony) as well Communistic means.

By the same critique I judge Mr. Bush and Mr. Trump as detrimentally nationalistic in rhetoric and resulting policy with intended or unintended racist or biased implications, I equally judge Mr. Obama as detrimentally nationalistic in rhetoric and policy with intended or unintended racist or biased implications.

... and so on for merely name any politician and policy. Simply, United States is a society without principle. So it should not be surprising if one surveyed and analyzed logically, the various political postures would be rightly deemed as mere collections of arbitrary preferences, sentiments and schemes. And yes, I am speaking to the left, right, center, conservative, liberal, moderate, moralist, Christian or religious, Republican, Democrat as well any 3rd party even the Neo-Libertarian (contrary to the Misesian classical liberal or libertarian).

Come let us Reason. Peace is always a Choice.

Saturday, December 23, 2017

HUMAN ABILITY to REASON, HUMAN RIGHT to CONSENT - Proem & Poem No. 69

PROEM & POEM No. 69 - Individualism versus Patriotic Absolutism

To be steadfast and stalwart in a preferred allegiance, nationalism or patriotism as expressed and exercised individually, conversationally, philosophically, academically even debatably is not the same logically nor ethically when steadfast and stalwart in a preferred allegiance, nationalism or patriotism then exhorted and exerted politically, governmentally, legislatively, legally thus forcefully upon the whole society.

The former is conducted within the context of agreeable mutuality or unanimity, followed by actions of cooperation among the consenting, prerequisite of course the respect and regard for each person’s Peculiar Human Ability to Reason, inseparably the Singular Human Right to Consent or Not Consent, hence quite ethical the Voluntarily driven Individualism.

In contrast, the latter is conducted within the context of presumption, followed by actions of force upon the consenting and dissenting alike, prerequisite of course the disrespect and disregard for each person’s Peculiar Human Ability to Reason, inseparably the Singular Human Right to Consent or Not Consent, hence quite unethical the allegiantly, nationally or Patriotically driven Absolutism.

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O say can they see, the Neo-Kahn’s shining knights a-trolling
What so loudly brutish, assailing upon horrid twilights unfolding
Bauds coveting, drones lauding, per former imperial lodestars
Hence the duly departed, lands newly charted, aft’ each gory spar

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Come let us Reason. Peace is always a Choice.

Wednesday, December 20, 2017

HUMAN ABILITY to REASON, HUMAN RIGHT to CONSENT - Proem & Poem No. 68

PROEM & POEM No. 68 - Individualism versus Moral Absolutism

To be steadfast and stalwart in a preferred morality as expressed and exercised individually, conversationally, philosophically, academically even debatably is not the same logically nor ethically when steadfast and stalwart in a preferred morality then exhorted and exerted politically, governmentally, legislatively, legally thus forcefully upon the whole society.

The former is conducted within the context of agreeable mutuality or unanimity, followed by actions of cooperation among the consenting, prerequisite of course the respect and regard for each person’s Peculiar Human Ability to Reason, inseparably the Singular Human Right to Consent or Not Consent, hence quite ethical the Voluntarily driven Individualism.

In contrast, the latter is conducted within the context of presumption, followed by actions of force upon the consenting and dissenting alike, prerequisite of course the disrespect and disregard for each person’s Peculiar Human Ability to Reason, inseparably the Singular Human Right to Consent or Not Consent, hence quite unethical the Morally driven Absolutism.

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Bricks and sticks, known to fix while prone to trick

Per bureaucratic jesters, festered by body politic

Lured then bestirred further by covetous murmurs

Perverted by academic charmers strutting as nurturers

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Come let us Reason. Peace is always a Choice.

HUMAN ABILITY to REASON, HUMAN RIGHT to CONSENT - Proem & Poem No. 67

PROEM & POEM No. 67 - Individualism versus Religious Absolutism

To be steadfast and stalwart in a preferred religion as expressed and exercised individually, conversationally, theologically, clerically even debatably is not the same logically nor ethically when steadfast and stalwart in a preferred religion then exhorted and exerted politically, governmentally, legislatively, legally thus forcefully upon the whole society.

The former is conducted within the context of agreeable mutuality or unanimity, followed by actions of cooperation among the consenting, prerequisite of course the respect and regard for each person’s Peculiar Human Ability to Reason, inseparably the Singular Human Right to Consent or Not Consent, hence quite ethical the Voluntarily driven Individualism.

In contrast, the latter is conducted within the context of presumption, followed by actions of force upon the consenting and dissenting alike, prerequisite of course the disrespect and disregard for each person’s Peculiar Human Ability to Reason, inseparably the Singular Human Right to Consent or Not Consent, hence quite unethical the Religiously driven Absolutism.

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Crucifixes thrown to white walls and bloody floors

For unstudied the lore, thus quite ignored the gore

Exiguous the dissented still abhorred by the plenteous

Pneumatically thrilled by demagogues vainglorious

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Come let us Reason. Peace is always a Choice.

Sunday, December 17, 2017

HUMAN ABILITY to REASON, HUMAN RIGHT to CONSENT - Proem & Poem No. 66

PROEM & POEM No. 66 - Individualism versus Constitutionalism / 5th Reprise

There should be no confusion, while a social, political system is ethical solely by unanimous consent, its sustainability is quite another matter. To say differently, if a social, political arrangement proves to be unsustainable in the short or long term, it remains ethical as so long each and every individual consents. Comparable to individual(s) choosing self-destructive even suicidal actions, there is no ethical dilemma, rather a question of perceived benefits versus detriments. With that said, some writers (i.e. Henry Hazlitt as one) have rightly pointed out the moral consideration raised when any action or arrangement consistently proves detrimental to property, liberty and life itself. Although, however harmful or horrific, as long unanimous consent persists, so be it.

Unsurprisingly, there has yet been a modern governmental union of any sort, when on the decline economically allow dissenting parties, factions, groups or individuals to secede or depart without taxational, judicial and forceful (police/military) retaliation. The empire United States, as one example, formed with the appearance of consent by the people thus voluntary admission to the political union, only to later disallow violently those dissenting thus desiring to leave or separate. In such dire scenarios, seemingly a mere remnant will discern the disrespect and disregard for the Peculiar Human Ability to Reason, inseparably the Singular Human Right to Consent or Not Consent, fewer still foresee mid the early stages of the digression.

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To live by another’s leave, forced to cleave, later to bereave
Assailing agitprop as prevailing backdrop so cleverly weaved
To breathe the toxicity `tween the complicity and duplicity
Inflating the whimsy as fancied infinity till end of the elasticity

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Come let us Reason. Peace is always a Choice.

HUMAN ABILITY to REASON, HUMAN RIGHT to CONSENT - Proem & Poem No. 65

PROEM & POEM No. 65 - Individualism versus Constitutionalism / 4th Reprise

Though perhaps redundant (to No. 64), it is worth referring to commonly esteemed at times popularly revered documents, books and essays as well some respected by this writer/poet. Consequently, to consider a select few among many historically; the Hammurabi or Gortyn codes, Ten Commandments, Taoist proverbs or any other socio-religious statutes, Magna Carta Libertatum or U.S. Constitution, Bill of Rights and preceding Articles of Confederation, as well Plato’s Republic, Rousseau’s Social Contract, Locke’s Two Treatises of Government, Marx/Engels’ pamphlet Communist Manifesto, Keynes’ Treatise on Money, Hitler’s Mein Kampf, Stalin’s Foundations of Leninism and some personally preferred like Hayek’s Constitution of Liberty, Hazlitt’s Foundation of Morality even Bastiat’s intriguing essay The Law and Mises’ insightful books Classical Liberalism or Human Action, and much more similarly on topics political, societal, economics; all are tolerable, agreeable, desirable therefore justifiable as far as unanimous consent accepts and allows to socially, politically implement for the ethical forming of societies of two, two-dozen, two-hundred, two-thousand, two-million or more.

Conversely, if imposed by the dictates of a despotic one/few, oligarchic minority or democratic majority, then the very same aforementioned arrangements must be judged as unethical hence rejected, else the disrespect and disregard of the Peculiar Human Ability to Reason, inseparably the Singular Human Right to Consent or Not Consent.

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To live by the violent blade, bullet, bomb, now the drone
Palms o’er bogarted hearts, thus the departed `low tombstones
To live by the politician’s violent pen, paper, equally the laws
Zen’ed by covetous souls, thus dire effects by desired cause

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Come let us Reason. Peace is always a Choice.

Wednesday, December 13, 2017

HUMAN ABILITY to REASON, HUMAN RIGHT to CONSENT - Proem & Poem No. 64

PROEM & POEM No. 64 - Individualism versus Constitutionalism / 3rd Reprise

Redundant though necessary it is paramount to reemphasize alternatively and lastly. When scrutinizing constitutions, governing documents, social contracts or charters, as well the near endless books and essays on such things, all are only as ethically noteworthy for implementation if unanimously consented at formation and duration of a society and government. The justification (or ethic) must be founded on nothing less than a fanatical resolve to respect and regard each and every individual’s Peculiar Human Ability to Reason, inseparably the Singular Human Right to Consent or Not Consent.

For what is the justification (as inquired in No.3) of any arrangement intimate, private, philosophical, spiritual, theological, public, social or political between two persons or more if not Consent expressed by each individual? To go further, what is the justification of any arrangement between two dozen, two hundred, two thousand, two million or more people if not Consent expressed initially and continuously by literally all individuals? Else without consent unanimous, quite meaningless are any lofty notions of liberty or freedom, social justice, even citizen or human rights whether numbering 3, 4, 10 or 30 (as discussed in No. 27 and 28).

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Again, the illogical, fantastical and guileful oddly blend
Fondly portend, strongly contend, soon to violently ascend
Onward pretending, descending the subjugated to serfdom
Like mindless drones, prone to follow any fife and drum

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Come let us Reason. Peace is always a Choice.

Wednesday, December 6, 2017

HUMAN ABILITY to REASON, HUMAN RIGHT to CONSENT - Proem & Poem No. 63

PROEM & POEM No. 63 - Individualism versus Constitutionalism / 2nd Reprise

Thirdly, if constitutions or any other political arrangements fail to garner unanimous consent initially and continuously, all individuals involved and effected must be allowed to reconsider, rearrange (modify or not) then reaffirm them, else those consenting remain (or not) while those dissenting depart (or not), or dissolve so each and every individual may pursue other social preferences. Otherwise, unethically often monstrously disrespected and disregarded are the Peculiar Human Ability to Reason, inseparably the Singular Human Right to Consent or Not Consent.

Fourthly, constitutionalists and their definitions are confused and muddled, having lost their way if you will, squabbling per arbitrary reverences for one historical document over another. Again, with unanimous consent all are tolerable, agreeable even desirable, without unanimous consent all are undesirable, disagreeable even intolerable. With that said, there is only one logically effective purpose for constitutions in order to preserve Individualism; to govern not society but government, to constrain not citizens but politicians, to preserve and perpetuate individual sovereignty not political authority. In this way, bills or lists of rights are unnecessary, if strictly prohibited all unstated political arrangements or governmental powers as previously concluded “whatever is not written, is not allowed” (see No. 21).

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O the mystical to persuade with the mysterious brocades
To sway the hysterical to parade `fore masses to dissuade
Threat of accusation, fear of retaliation, as blades to napes
Forced to pay, so to escape kakistocracy’s promenades

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Come let us Reason. Peace is always a Choice.

Tuesday, December 5, 2017

HUMAN ABILITY to REASON, HUMAN RIGHT to CONSENT - Proem & Poem No. 62

PROEM & POEM No. 62 - Individualism versus Constitutionalism / 1st Reprise

Firstly, constitutions must be nothing other than concisely enumerated governmental powers, justified solely by unanimous consent, that is, consent by each and every individual, therefore all forgoing tolerably or agreeably the effected personal liberties. It is simply a power exchange, quite similar to the economizing thus reasoning between seller and buyer, hence ethical only if unanimously consented for the political barter, initially and continuously accepted among all involved parties else unethical as well tyrannical.

Secondly, it is important to emphasize two unavoidable, ethical dilemmas regarding constitutions or any other governmental order, policy, law, tax, program, action, etc. Without unanimous consent initially, political arrangements cannot ethically commence. Without unanimous consent continuously, political arrangements cannot ethically maintain. If commenced and maintained without unanimous consent, political arrangements cannot be without disrespecting and disregarding the Peculiar Human Ability to Reason, inseparably the Singular Human Right to Consent or Not Consent, of at least one if not a few, some or most.

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Sixty-six thousand or so, fallen upon dirt, mud and snow

Blood flowed, slowed then dried amid revolutionary throes

“Don’t tread on me” the meme decreed o’er the dissented

So, ever the story of every fury holy hence mortally scented

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Come let us Reason. Peace is always a Choice.

Monday, December 4, 2017

HUMAN ABILITY to REASON, HUMAN RIGHT to CONSENT - Proem & Poem No. 61

PROEM & POEM No. 61 - Individualism versus Constitutionalism

Most if not all (minus very few) academic definitions of Constitutionalism thus most if not all (minus very few) accepted purposes for a Constitution have unquestionably enabled creative political minds to molest thus reduce even completely eliminate Individualism. These creatively perverse motives of course are never published on paper or proposed o’er podiums, rather intentionally propagandized as constructive, beneficial, necessary, expedient, positive, good even moral per some higher authority specific or vague (i.e. the common “it just feels right” or alleged singular “will of the people). Interestingly odd, the same propaganda will often be genuinely held, though illogically formulated contrary to empirical evidences, also per some higher authority specific or vague.

With that said, purposeful or not, constitutions’ usual complexities therefore resultant inconsistencies have always perpetuated the Individual’s digression and demise from initiation to escalation as well mere continuation of skillfully crafted to bombastically advanced disrespect and disregard for the Peculiar Human Ability to Reason, inseparably the Singular Human Right to Consent or Not Consent.

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How do killers kill with thrill of dogma hence cause
Whether by clergy, morality, polity even liberty’s laws
Presuming as absolute, consuming with violent resolute
Goals moot as extolled by brutes in government boots

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Come let us Reason. Peace is always a Choice.

Saturday, December 2, 2017

HUMAN ABILITY to REASON, HUMAN RIGHT to CONSENT - Proem & Poem No. 60

PROEM & POEM No. 60 - Individualism versus Aforementioned Isms

Given the previous installment (No. 59), distinctions are noteworthy. Isms such as Communism, Fascism, Cronyism and Americanism are first and foremost poli-economic systems, constantly power-brokering towards control of the economy. Upon total control, the two modes of power-brokering do not stop but continue to sustain and maintain the economic control; threat of loss and/or promise of gain, irreversibly bartering off Individualism. To explain further, the threat of loss may be fine, license/application fee, tax, confiscation, regulation, ban, embargo, sanction, incarceration, execution, invasion, occupation, annihilation and more; categorically brutish Kratocracism cloaked as forms of paternalistic and/or broadly elitist Interventionism. Meanwhile, promise of gain may be loan, grant, subsidy, welfare, healthcare, retirement, housing, transportation, recreation, aide, trade agreement, peace treaty, contract, employment and more; categorically brutish Kratocracism sheep-clothed as empathetic Socialism.

Politics or poli-economics are nothing more than power-brokering, the transfer of person, power and possession from individual control to government control, always lacking unanimous support, therefore always disrespecting and disregarding the Peculiar Human Ability to Reason, inseparably the Singular Human Right to Consent or Not Consent.

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(reprise aft’ apprised rightly abaft)
Promulgations as declarations, truths merely quoted lies
Such hysteric downward glide, paralleling the bromides
Erring oft to be the Immortal, so the perpetual stumble
Ah the stratospheric divide, hindering mortals’ struggle

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Come let us Reason. Peace is always a Choice.