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Among the books and tapes Brian planned to study, he chose to read Bill Warner’s World Dynamics first, so that he could ask Mr. Warner questions about it before meeting him. The next book he wanted to read was Love of Freedom by Christie Bridges, as he planned on meeting her too. He had a small pile of books to begin his studies, and on top was World Dynamics. He grabbed it and relaxed on the bed.
As he read this book, his interest grew. He was fascinated to learn about politics, government, and law from a global perspective. Brian really liked Bill Warner’s ideas about law where Bill Warner wrote:
Man needs law in order to live harmoniously and prosperously in society. In fact, without law, civilization would collapse. Law enables each person to act from his or her rational thinking without interference from any person or group.
Valid law prohibits any person or group of persons—including any government—from initiating force, threat of force, or fraud against any individual's person or property. What is valid law? And, what is the basis of valid law?
Valid law is objective law. Objective law is rationally derived and clearly defined law. Almost anyone can understand objective law. It does not require guessing or lawyers to interpret what the law allows or prohibits. Objective law contrasts with subjective law. Subjective law is arbitrarily derived and can be interpreted in several different ways.
Now, the basis of objective law is not to protect society, the state, the environment, or any other "higher good". The basis of objective law is to protect the individual, which means, in practical terms: to protect individual rights. That—and only that—is the basis of valid law. All other laws that seek to protect things above the individual are specious and ultimately destructive. This includes all regulatory laws, white-collar-crime laws, and other victimless-crime laws.
Objective law is rationally derived law. Such law has its roots in reality and the nature of man. It is conceptual law that is directly linked to protecting the individual's person and property. Each objective law must have a clear chain of reasoning from the facts of reality to the articulated law that serves to protect the individual. Any rational person can retrace the formulation of objective laws. Those laws that lack an observable link to reality and the protection of individual rights are arbitrary, vulnerable to manipulation, and harmful to citizens and their country.
Subjective law does not protect individual rights. Subjective law is the prime tool that criminal-minded leaders in government and religion have used for the last 3000 years. Criminal-minded leaders use subjective laws to control, drain, imprison, and murder value producers—especially the most outstanding producers such as Socrates, Jesus, Joan of Arc, Algernon Sidney, Leona Helmsley, and Michael Milken. Subjective law rests on the Platonic premise that a "higher good" exists above the individual. Thus, subjective law enables destructive leaders to prosecute innocent individuals in the name of "the public good", "taxes", "crimes against the state", "heresy", "environmental degradation", "ozone depletion", or whatever is in vogue at the time. In reality, subjective law is nothing more than a 3000-year-old tool manipulated by professional parasites to usurp their survival from the productive class.
The days are coming to an end where the guilty value destroyers can prosecute the innocent value producers via subjective law. With objective laws arising from reality to protect individual rights, conscious life on earth will transform from forced deprivations, suffering, and death to prosperity, happiness, and life immortal.
Brian also really liked Bill Warner’s ideas about justice where Bill Warner wrote:
Throughout conscious man's history, the number one public enemy has been subjective law. Subjective law is the dynamic that lets criminal-minded people rise to the top of society and control everyone via political-agenda "laws".
Subjective law leads to the even uglier dynamic of subjective justice. Subjective justice occurs when lawyers, prosecutors, and judges determine a defendant's guilt or innocence based not on the facts of reality, but on political-agenda "laws". Such laws have nothing to do with reality but have everything to do with advancing unearned livelihoods of criminal-minded people.
What is the remedy for this public enemy? How can citizens eliminate subjective law and subjective justice? Citizens can replace these with objective law and objective justice. In fact, objective law is the supreme public protector. With it, everyone grows toward prosperity, happiness, and life. Without it, everyone grows toward poverty, misery, and death.
What is objective law? It is law that everyone can understand because it is rationally derived and clearly formulated. Objective law arises from reality and the nature of man. And it only defends a man's right to his/her person and property. Objective law cannot advance political agendas or anyone's special interests.
What is objective justice? It is impartial justice that adjudicates cases without any political biases. Objective justice applies the law to specific cases to determine whom—if anyone—undercut objective laws. Objective justice then prosecutes those who violate individual and property rights—from petty thieves to barehanded murderers to mass-killing politicos.
Finally, what kind of a world will objective law and objective justice engender? These will bring forth a peaceful civilization where each individual's prosperity, romance, and happiness can escalate without limits.
When Brian finished Bill Warner’s book, he began reading Christie Bridges’ book titled Love of Freedom. Ms. Bridges was Brian’s second favorite author, right behind Mr. Warner. He loved her writing style because she took difficult ideas—philosophic and political ideas—and distilled the essence of them into fast-reading prose that was both exciting and informative.
Especially interesting was Ms. Bridges’ view on Democracy. She wrote:
Does democracy sacrifice citizens? Yes, as does socialism, fascism, and communism. Democracy is the least harmful of all irrational social systems. But it, too, sacrifices some people for the benefit others.
The basic principle of democracy is unlimited mob rule. The majority dictates its wishes at the expense of the minority. And those in power cleverly manipulate majority opinion via the popular media and the schools. Thus, power-holders profit from everyone.
Democratic societies do not deal with societal issues objectively; they deal with them through the subjective will of the majority. Whatever the greatest number of people want becomes law. Sometimes this results in objective laws and rational solutions. Other times it does not. In the cases where the majority chooses rationally, everyone benefits. In the cases where the majority chooses irrationally, some people suffer unnecessarily.
Louis B. Perry, who was president of Standard Insurance, revealed the true nature of democracy in his lecture titled Understanding Inflation in our Economy. He said, "Each of us, as individuals, has to be willing to sacrifice some for the sake of our entire society...this must be done if we are to survive as a reasonably free society with our democratic institutions."
Democracy, sacrifice, and suffering are an integral part of earth's irrational civilization. Yet, these are ultimately harmful to conscious beings. Do liberals, conservatives, or middle-of-the-road types have a genuine solution to the problems inherent in a democracy? No. Principled, long-term solutions cannot be found or implemented in an irrational civilization.
The answer is a laissez-faire capitalist society: a rational, non-political civilization. This is the only social system where the individual—whether white, black, male, female, young, or old—is fully protected and cannot be sacrificed, violated, or harmed with impunity.
The Founding Fathers established a Republican form of government in America. But beginning in the 20th century, America's government has transmogrified into a democracy that is primarily controlled by liberals. In such a society, citizens do retain some freedom. But now, life on earth is moving toward complete freedom for everyone in America and around the globe. That societal sea change will vanish democracy along with socialism, fascism, and communism. Everyone will then live in a capitalist civilization where individuals interact through persuasion and voluntary actions rather than coercive or deceptive actions.