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May 06 Nations and CollectivismYou rail against collectivism and statism as if nations by nature could
ever be free of collective action. Nationhood and statism are tautologies. They
are one and the same. Some nations are more collectivist than others, but the
difference between a strike by assembled textile workers against their employers
is of no essential difference than a war against an enemy by a larger collective
of people, better organized as a nation.
The better question is to inquire as to the etiology of nationhood. The
cause of nations is Darwinian. He who gathers the most power survives. It is a
law of population growth and in particular, industrialization. Collective action
is like oxygen to fire. You cannot extinguish fire by eliminating oxygen without
eliminating life. The Edomites and Moabites and Hittites are not with us due to
evolution. And the Jews might be next, along with the Babylonians.
The Declaration says it well: " That to secure these rights, Governments
are instituted among Men." We have rights all right, but it takes collectivism
to secure them. I saw a nice young fellow interviewed on TV the other night.
Turns out he was a convicted serial killer who was obsessed with eating his
victims' hearts raw. He had no idea what caused his strange compulsion. My
point is, sometimes we need to join together to secure our rights against the
Devil incarnate himself. If men were angels, we would need no laws and no
nations. Amen. Comments (2)
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