Bill Whittle explains in the video essay below (H/T to InstaPundit) why people who aspire to run the lives of others should be kept from even the tiniest shred of power. Not because they are dangerously smart and cunning, but because they are extraordinarily STUPID. And invariably vicious, too. From Lenin, to Stalin, to Hitler, to Castro, to Pol Pot, to Ho Chi Minh, to Mao Tse Tung, to Hugo Chavez…such people must be resisted, to quote Malcolm X, "by any means necessary." The alternative—as history has shown over and over again—is horrendous to contemplate.
Century after century, kingdom upon kingdom, historical travesty upon historical travesty….
I’ve been political my entire life, starting out with Barry Goldwater and The Conscience of a Conservative in the1960’s. In 1967 I enlisted in the U.S. Marines for four years, spending nearly two of them in South Vietnam. In 1972 I was a Florida presidential elector for Prof. John Hospers, the first Presidential candidate of the national Libertarian Party which was founded that same year. During the late 1970’s and into the 1980’s I was a contributing editor and monthly columnist for Reason magazine, and I’ve authored numerous articles in the print and online media about various subjects relating to individual rights and personal freedom. Today I’m a lawyer by profession; I divide my time between New Hampshire and Florida all year long, spending much of my time practicing law in Florida. As an early supporter and past member of the board of directors of the Free State Project, I was drawn to the Live Free or Die state of New Hampshire in late 2003 when it was chosen by a vote of the first 5,000 FSP participants. In 2004 I founded the Republican Liberty Caucus of New Hampshire, and continue today to work within the state political system to advance the traditional NH values of frugal small government, low taxes, small business, free enterprise, and self-responsibility. To all, I say “Come and see what we are building in the beautiful, healthy, livable Free State of New Hampshire!”
