Bread and Circus and the Obedient Citizen

Why are Olympic athletes considered to represent "their" country, as opposed to representing themselves, as individuals? To whom do world class athletes, or anyone for that matter, owe their allegiance?

Why do parents send their children into government indoctrination institutions for virtually their entire childhood and into early adulthood?
Why do we obey the state and at the same time, say that we are free? Are we to believe that a violent monopoly is a benefit to humankind and that therefore, the individual is required to pledge his allegiance to the particular gang that forces it's monopolized "services" over him?

Statism is rather absurd.

It's apparent that the Olympics serves to simultaneously foster state worship by pitting many of the different prisons against one another in a grand display of sports excellence and to mask the fact that humanity is actually in a severe government-induced condition of severe oppression. We surrender our children over to the state because we seemingly have little choice. The state has almost become God. Under this assault on humanity, the individual is expected to believe that violent monopolies over needed services, such as security or meditation, are morally and logically legitimate. Here, the individual is ordered to relinquish his market choices and is forced to cooperate with a God-like government monopoly over virtually every aspect of his behavior. He is prohibited from unsubscribing from government "service" and is forced to pay, at the discretion of the government, for those monopolized services. Ironically, he is portrayed to be free, or in the least, that he is to be afforded some "rights" by virtue of his citizenship.

Thankfully, there is an emerging challenge to this evil system known as statism. This challenger is asking the question from where do violent monopolies, also know as governments, derive their authority? Because the idea of implied consent to some non-existent social contract has no moral or logical support, people are actually waking up and thinking about this question. In the next couple of weeks, while you watch the Olympics and while you are getting your children ready for their return to school, ask yourself if you are free and then Google anarchism.

Peace and love,

Jamie