Why Read this Web Site?

Private, unauthorized homicides

  

Public, authorized homicides

In 1965, 8,773 people were murdered in America. In 1993 that number had increased to 23,180. [source]
 
In the 20th century, nearly 10,000 people were murdered by governments each and every day. These murders were committed, paid for, or "legalized" by "public authorities." [source]
 
These same "public authorities" intend to murder 15,000 people per hour in the 21st century. [source]
 

Should we invest more time executing "private" murderers ...

 

 
...or should we devote more energy to eliminating the murderous regime of "organized government?"

If you care about rising rates of crime, and plummeting rates of morality, you'll want to read more.

This website asks two really big questions:

The State as Criminal

Our desire to abolish the State is motivated by the fact that the State is (to adapt the words of Princeton professor A.A. Hodge in 1887):

the most appalling enginery for the propagation of anti-Christian and atheistic unbelief, and of anti-social nihilistic ethics, individual, social and political, which this sin-rent world has ever seen.[1]

In particular, the State engages in more theft, murder, and kidnapping than any other group of people, including the criminals from which the State promises to protect us. The State is, without close competition, the greatest thief and mass murderer on the planet. The 20th century, marked by the final destruction of Christian localism and the rise of the secular State, has been the century of mass death on a scale unparalleled in human history. 

Defenders of organized government are quick to contend that society would be plunged into crime and violence without the State to hold back the floodtides of depravity. But it is not merely the case that the State does a poor job of protecting us from criminals (as opposed to private security agencies), but The State is the Greatest Criminal. Most capitalists and all anarcho-capitalists are quick to point out that it is the State, rather than private criminals, that has caused most of the violence in the world. In fact, more bombs are thrown by “archists” than “anarchists,” and more crimes against property are committed by “archists” than common “private sector” criminals.

“National Defense” by any other name would be called Murder.

“Taxation” by any other name would be called Theft.

The bottom-line distinction between "the State" and private persons is the alleged morality of State actions which would otherwise be roundly condemned as immoral if perpetrated by private parties. Our thesis is that Scripture provides no justification for these otherwise-sinful acts.

Hundreds of millions of civilized people believe that murder and theft can be committed by majority vote or the "lawful act" of parliament. This is the most dangerous myth of the 21st century. This web site is dedicated to overthrowing that myth.

We hope you will keep reading.

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