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I'm Allowed to Rob You!

Larken Rose · commentary · Watch on YouTube

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What it is

A short anarchist-leaning video by Larken Rose arguing that the Constitution and similar documents cannot legitimately grant anyone the right to take other people's property. It uses a rhetorical 'paper that lets me rob you' setup to challenge belief in political authority.

Why Hacker News recommends it

Libertarian-minded commenters post it in surveillance, government and constitution threads as a red-pill argument that political authority is illusory.

  • 4 people recommended it
  • 4 different months
  • 0 strong recommendations
  • first 2013, last 2017

What HN commenters said

  1. “Argues belief in political authority is illusory.”

    anoncowherd, 2013-12 · Recommendation · in “Edward Snowden, after months of NSA revelations, says his mission’s accomplished”

  2. “We need the government out of existence”

    Argues government rests on extortion and should not exist.

    sillygeese, 2015-08 · Recommendation · in “Stocks Off Sharply as Market Upheaval Grows”

  3. “Here's all you need to know about the Constitution”

    Presented as all you need to know about the Constitution.

    HiYaBarbie, 2015-09 · Recommendation · in “America’s Fragile Constitution”

  4. “Offered as a red pill on government and rule.”

    kakapupu, 2017-03 · Recommendation · in “Anger as US internet privacy law scrapped”

Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.

Topics: anarchism, taxation, constitution, libertarianism, government legitimacy

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