But then again, classical liberals and libertarians are NOT allowed to contest to enter this parliament. The Indian people are free to choose their representatives, yes, but only among officially approved "political parties" - all of whom must swear by the "socialism" in the Constitution. For this reason alone, all classical liberals and libertarians should refer to this parliament as a pigsty - full of "socialist pigs." We must convey to the Maoists that we fully concur with them on their opinion of parliament.
Yet, it is also a fact that parliaments have lost much of their sheen the world-over. The House of Commons was recently rocked by scandal. And as for the USSA, there is this excellent book by PJ O'Rourke (of Rolling Stone magazine and Cato Institute) called Parliament of Whores which I earnestly recommend that you buy and read. Long before Hans-Hermann Hoppe penned his Democracy: The God That Failed, it was PJ O'Rourke who had ripped apart all claims to legitimacy that democracy in the USSA possessed. Yet, I do believe O'Rourke libels all whores, who sell sex based on voluntarism. Parliaments use force. The book would have been better titled Parliament of Rapists.
All over the world, parliaments are busy raping taxpayers and bribing vote banks. All over the world, governments that emerge from these parliaments pursue inflationism. Then there is interventionism. There is protectionism. The voter gets screwed - by force. Raped!
Can we do without these pigsties? I should think so - in direct contradiction to Francis Fukayama, who thought liberal democracy is the "end of history." As I wrote in my recent column on a "private law society," we do not need legislation at all. This is one function of the pigsty we can easily dispense with.
What remains? There is only the task of "administering justice" - which means magistrates and judges. There is the task of administering cities and towns - which means mayors. There is not much else. None of these tasks require a pigsty.
Perhaps medieval England was better. There, parliament was only called upon to vote upon taxation. There was zero legislation. And the monarch was supreme as far as the "administration of justice" was concerned. Note that the monarch did not make new law. The House of Commons is "sovereign" today - but it makes new laws everyday, something no English sovereign ever did. I think the legal philosopher at fault is Blackstone - and it is interesting to note that his book was always under Abraham Lincoln's pillow. And Lincoln set up the great US Central State - Uncle Sam.
As far as our own Uncle Sham is concerned, I do believe everyone knows in their heart of hearts that it is the pigs of the pigsty who are the worst violators of all the laws of human morality and decency. Ask any beat constable or district magistrate who are the worst people in his area, and he will answer: the politicians. We must do without them - and without their pigsties.
Liberal democracy cannot be the "end of history." O'Rourke, Hoppe, the Maoists and I are united in thinking that it is a farce. There must be a better way - and I am looking for it. As the old Dylan classic goes:
There must be some way outta here,
Said the Joker to the Thief,
There's too much confusion,
I can get no relief.
Businessmen they drink my wine,
Ploughmen dig my earth,
None of them along the line,
Know what any of it is worth.
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