There was, apparently, somebody called Rocker 13666 on Reddit who created a list of the worst music videos uploaded to Youtube ever. I learned about this on GeekBeat but could not find the original post on Reddit, so, in order to preserve this list for posterity, I record it here:
Usually, ‘size does matter’ has something to do with bigger is better. Here I mean it the other way: smaller is better. At least that’s the idea of the tiny house people. I ran into this idea a few years back, and it just fascinated me then, and now that I am re-visiting, I thought I’d better put it up on my blog so that I don’t forget.
So, here it is…
If I combine this with my idea to have a property where it takes me half an hour to get from the entrance of the property itself to the door of the house, it becomes even more unusual – have a 20-acre property with a 200 square foot house. Maybe I can have a few houses on the property, though.
There is plenty of good information out there on the vast reaches of the internet promoting a society based on voluntary interaction – such a society would not have any room for a government, which is based on the initiation of force.
One of the biggest and most successful sites of this genre is Stefan Molyneux’s site Freedomain Radio. To my dismay, great talks from Stefan on YouTube get – maybe – a few thousand views, when I wished that millions of people would get this information.
Now, how happy was I when Nicole (thank you so much) told me about Tim Hawkins. He is a comedian, a co-home-schooler, and, apparently, somebody with an anarchistic streak. What made me so happy was that his parody of The Candy Man Can – The Government Can – got nearly five million (in words 5,000,000) views.
That’s the exposure people who still think voting is a good thing need. Don’t misunderstand, I am not against voting. I am just against having to choose from the (slightly) lesser evil. I am all for voting with your wallet, in that you only pay for what you really want. Could not imagine that you would really voluntarily pay for the war on drugs, the war on Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, etc. – or the health benefits of somebody you don’t even know.
You know I am talking about taxes, right? Extortion, that the nice politician that you just voted into office, extracts from you at gunpoint, yes?
So, when you start voting with your wallet and don’t pay those politicians any more, then Mr. Hawkins will have to make some new song soon – but I am sure he would like that very much.
Without further ado, here is The Government Can…
And to help you sing along, here are the lyrics:
(Hey everybody! Gather ’round! I’m here to give you anything you like! You want free college, money, mortgages?! Whatever you like! You have come to the right place! Why? I’ll tell you why!)
Who can take your money? With a twinkle in their eye? Take it all away and Give it to some other guy
[Chorus] The Government The Government can!
Who can tax the Sun rise? Who can tax the trees? Let you run a business and Collect up all the fees
[Chorus]
The Government can ’cause They mix it up with lies and Make it all taste good!
The Government takes Everything we make To pay for all of their “solutions” Healthcare, Climate Change, Pollution (Throw away the Constitution)
Who can give a bailout? Tell us to behave? Make the Founding Fathers Roll over in their graves
[Chorus]
The Government takes Everything we make They’re power hungry And malicious
The economics are fictitious Soon we’ll have to eat our dishes Mmm! Delicious!
Who can be a failure? In so many ways? Instead of getting fired, HEY! We’ll give ourselves a raise!
[Chorus]
The Government can ’cause They mix it up with lies and Make it all taste good! And your government can ’cause they mix it with lies and Makes it all taste good!
And I feel so good Because the Government Says I should! Oh!…
Synchronicities are always surprising and can, at times, be outright scary. Here is one that is somewhat in the middle.
Sometime last week I talked to somebody and the subject of Washington came up. The drives or walks along the impressive buildings oozing history, statesmanship and greatness of this nation. Did not really think much more about it and actually had the thought that I should take my son there and show him the sights that document how great this nation is.
This thought did not quite fit in with my latest subjects of study, my journey into the philosophy and implementation of anarchy (*) but then again, I just had a chat with a friend who told me how she took her daughter to DC to show her the sights.
But the universe, or whoever that might have been, could not just let that sit there; no, it had to rub my nose into my glibness regarding this display of state power, built in a way so that the people who actually build these temples for their masters were even proud of their accomplishment.
So what did the universe (et al) do? – It threw this video into my general direction, so that I could not look past the facts anymore…
Germania would have been bombastic, I’m sure, probably similar to how Washington, DC feels today to all the school children visiting the cradle of this greatest nation of the world, looking at the wonders and temples built to honor our politicians. I guess, as Hitler was not really a politician or lawyer, he was a lot more honest about what he was doing – Heil, Hitler! – for helping me to see a bit better what is going on and confirming the words of my two favorite anarchists (yes, I have two now!) – Larken Rose and Stefan Molyneux.
(*) anarchy: this word has two main meanings; one, that is often used in emotionally charged arguments, is a synonym for chaos and lawlessness, but the other one is the more objective definition of
a state of society without government or law
a theory that regards the absence of all direct or coercive government as a political ideal and that proposes the cooperative and voluntary association of individuals and groups as the principal mode of organized society.
Why don’t we have such good shows here in the US??
And, by the way, if you want to find out more, look for Hinoi Team with Korikki, and obviously, the title of the song is “Night Of Fire.” This is one of the clips that I have to go back to once in a while to reinforce it into my consciousness.
Should you come here, want to enjoy this video, and get the message that it’s no longer available, please let me know so that I can find it again and update the post. It has already happened twice that these works of art have disappeared and reappeared under a different name – there are probably some copy-fighters playing.
Update: Here is another video from the same group to enjoy and cringe about…
