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Declaration of Separation

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    = A Declaration of Separation =

    ==== To The Governments & People of Earth: ====
    We claim the right to exist, and we will defend it.
    We do not seek to overthrow anything. We do not seek to control anything. We
    merely wish to be left alone.
    All we ever wanted was to live in peace with our friends and neighbors. For a
    long, long time we bore insults to our liberty; we took blows, we did what we
    could to avoid injury and we worked through the system to get the offenses to
    stop. That has now changed.
    We no longer see any benefit in working through the world?s systems. At some
    point, working within a system becomes cowardly and immoral; for us, that
    point has arrived.
    Regardless of the parties in power, their governments have continued to
    restrict, restrain and punish us. We hereby reject them all. We hereby
    withdraw from them all. We hold the ruling states of this world and all that
    appertains to them to be self-serving and opposed to humanity.
    We now withdraw our obedience and reclaim the right to strike back when
    struck. We will not initiate force, but we do reserve the right to answer it.
    We did not choose this ? it was forced upon us.

    ==== To The Governments of Earth: ====
    You are building cages for all that is human. In the name of protection, you
    have intruded into all areas of human life, far exceeding the reach of any
    Caesar. You claim ultimate control of our property and our decisions, of our
    travels and even our identities. You claim ownership of humanity far beyond
    the dreams of any Emperor of any previous era.
    Understand clearly: We reject your authority and we reject your legitimacy. We
    do not believe that you have any right to do the things you do. You have
    massive power, but no right to impose it upon us and no legitimacy. We have
    forsaken you. We are no longer your citizens or your subjects.
    Your systems are inherently anti-human, even if all their operators are not.
    We are not merely angry young people. We are fathers and mothers; aunts,
    uncles and grandparents; we are business owners and trusted employees; we are
    mechanics and engineers and farmers. We are nurses and accountants and
    students and executives.
    We are on every continent.
    This is not a burst of outrage; this is a sober declaration that we no longer
    accept unearned suffering as our role in life.
    For long decades we sat quietly, hoping that things would turn around. We took
    no actions; we suffered along with everyone else. But after having our limits
    pushed back again and again, we have given up on your systems.
    If our fellow inhabitants of this planet wish to accept your rule, they are
    free to do so.
    We will not try to stop them. We, however, will no longer accept your
    constraints upon us.
    - - From now on, when you hurt us, we will bite back. If you leave us alone we
    will leave you alone and you can continue to rule your subjects. We are happy
    to live quietly. But if you come after us, there will be consequences.
    You caused this because of your fetish for control and power. The chief men
    and women among you are pathologically driven to control everyone and
    everything that moves upon this planet. You have made yourselves the judge of
    every human activity. No god-king of the ancient world ever had the power that
    your systems do.
    You have created a world where only the neutered are safe and where only
    outlaws are free.

    ==== To The People of Earth: ====
    We seek nothing from you. We do not want to rule you and we do not want to
    control you.
    All we wish is to live on earth in peace. As always, we will be helpful
    neighbors and generous acquaintances. We will remain honest business partners
    and trustworthy employees. We will continue to be loving parents and
    respectful children.
    We will not, however, be sacrificial animals. We reject the idea that others
    have a right to our lives and our property. We will not demand anything from
    you, and we will no longer acquiesce to any demands upon us. We have left that
    game. We reject all obligations to any person or organization beyond honesty,
    fair dealing and a respect for human life.
    We will shortly explain what we believe, but we are not demanding that you
    agree with us. All we ask is that you do not try to stop us. Continue to play
    the game if you wish; we will not try to disrupt it. We have merely walked
    away from it.
    We wish you peace.

    ==== To Those Who Will Condemn Us: ====
    We will ignore you.
    We welcome and seek the verdict of a just God, before whom we are willing to
    expose our innermost thoughts. Are you similarly willing?
    We would stand openly before all mankind if it were not suicidal. Perhaps some
    day we will have to accept slaughter for our crime of independence, but not
    yet.
    Your criticism and your malice are much deeper than mere disagreements of
    strategy or philosophy. You do not oppose our philosophy, you oppose our
    existence. Our presence in the world means that your precious ideals are
    false. Some of you would rather kill us than face the loss of your ideologies,
    just as those like you have either hated or killed every sufficiently
    independent human.
    You present yourselves to the world as compassionate, tolerant and
    enlightened, but we know that your smooth words are costumes. Oh yes, we know
    you, servant of the state; don?t forget, we were raised with you. We played
    with you in the schoolyard, we sat next to you in the classroom. Some of us
    studied at the same elite universities. We watched as you had your first
    tastes of power. We were the boys and girls standing next to you.
    Some of us were your first victims. We are not fooled by your carefully
    crafted public image.

    ==== What We Believe ====
    #1: Many humans resent the responsibilities that are implied by consciousness.
    We accept those responsibilities and we embrace consciousness. Rather than
    letting things happen to us (avoiding consciousness), we accept
    consciousness and choose to act in our own interest.
    We do not seek the refuge of blaming others, neither do we take refuge in
    crowds. We are willing to act on our personal judgment, and we are willing
    to accept the consequences thereof.

    #2: We believe in negative rights for all: That all humans should be free to
    do whatever they wish, as long as they do not intrude upon others; that no
    man has a right to the life, liberty or property of another; that we oppose
    aggression, fraud and coercion.

    #3: We do not believe that our way of life, or any other, will make life
    perfect or trouble-free. We expect crime and disagreements and ugliness, and
    we are prepared to deal with them. We do not seek a strongman to step in and
    solve problems for us.
    We agree to see to them ourselves.

    #4: We believe in free and unhindered commerce. So long as exchanges are
    voluntary and honest, no other party has a right to intervene ? before,
    during or after.

    #5: We believe that all individuals should keep their agreements.

    #6: We believe that honestly obtained property is fully legitimate and
    absolute.

    #7: We believe that some humans are evil and that they must be faced and dealt
    with. We accept the fact that this is a difficult area of life.

    #8: We believe that humans can self-organize effectively. We expect them to
    cooperate. We reject impositions of hierarchy and organization.

    #9: We believe that all humans are to be held as equals in all matters
    regarding justice.

    #10: We believe that the more a man or woman cares about right and wrong, the
    more of a threat he or she is perceived to be by governments.

    #11: We believe that there are only two true classes of human beings: Those
    who wish to exercise power upon others ? either directly or through
    intermediaries ? and those who have no such desires.

    #12: Large organizations and centralization are inherently anti-human. They
    must rely upon rules rather than principles, treating humans within the
    organization as obedient tools.

    ==== Our Plans: ====
    We are building our own society. We will supplement traditional tools with
    networking, cryptography, sound money, digital currency and anonymous
    messaging. Our society will not be centrally controlled. It will rely solely
    on voluntary arrangements.
    We welcome others to join us. We are looking for people who are independent
    creators of value, people who act more than talk, and people who do the right
    thing because it is the right thing.
    We will develop our own methods of dealing with injustice, built on the
    principles of negative rights, restitution, integrity and equal justice.
    We do not forbid anyone from having one foot in each realm ? ours and the old
    realm - although we demand that they do no damage to our realm. We are fully
    opposed to any use of our realm to facilitate crime in the old realm, such as
    the hiding of criminal proceeds.
    We expect to be loudly condemned, libeled and slandered by the authorities of
    the old regime. We expect them to defend their power and their image of
    legitimacy with all means available to them. We expect that many gullible and
    servile people will believe these lies, at least at first.
    We will consider traps laid for us to be criminal offenses.
    Any who wish to join us are encouraged to distribute this declaration, to act
    in furtherance of our new society, to voluntarily excel in virtues and to
    communicate and cooperate with other members of the new society.

    Free, unashamed men cannot be ruled.

    We are The Free and The Unashamed.

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