Gary has very clear advice: nada de nada.

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There are only net tax payers and net receivers in any given society where government coercion is practised. See why, explained by Murray Rothbard.

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Go and check this out The U.S. vs. John Lennon. A well-made documentary that shows the other side of John Lennon that focused on social and political issues. The official web-site.

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“The intrusion of politics into the field of economics is simply an evidence of human ignorance or arrogance, and is as fatuous as an attempt to control the rise and fall of tides. Since the beginning of political institutions, there have been attempts to fix wages, control prices, and create capital, all resulting in failure.”
Frank [...]

“Dillon, Read & Co. Inc. and the Aristocracy of Prison Profits” is a good case in point how the law is turned into a business driven by high level politics.
The Dunwalke-website puts it another way: “Make a law, make a business.” — Old New Jersey street saying.
See also Rothbard’s brief outlook of Wall Street, [...]

“Too many people living in democracies are lulled into believing that they are free because they have the right to vote and elections are held periodically. If you take conscription for military service as an example, I think you would find that if it was proclaimed by a sole monarch, the people would revolt and [...]

Why don’t we use gold as money anymore?
The Gold-Plated Sting by Gary North.

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Albert Jay Nock:
Here is the Golden Rule of sound citizenship, the first and greatest lesson in the study of politics: you get the same order of criminality from any State to which you give power to exercise it; and whatever power you give the State to do things for you carries with it the equivalent [...]

Here’s an excerpt from “the Discovery of Freedom - a man’s struggle against authority” by Rose Wilder Lane. Worth a look.

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Elections are coming in many countries so it is fruitful to remind both the candidates and the voters how the system works.
The receipt for the power hungry and ignorant is the following.
Firstly, create an abstract system that is superior to any individual and call it something good in general. A state will do if you [...]