Statists: Blissfully unaware by dullhawk

View this thread on: hive.blog | peakd.com | ecency.com

liberty · @dullhawk · Jul 7 '18

$0.91

Statists: Blissfully unaware

![Image](https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-nbkvm5PMV6Y/W0AKbtMsaYI/AAAAAAAAEdk/SYAc1ofwmyIJXBG8Jg5iDGSag71xcbU4wCLcBGAs/s200/drowning.jpg)

How many statists-- even the flaming statists-- realize they *are* [statists](http://kentmcmanigal.blogspot.com/2009/07/statists-definition.html)?



A friend's comment made me stop to consider the question. Her observation-- that the ones she knows are completely unaware of their statism-- is right on the mark.



They are like fish, unaware of the water they are immersed in. They can't feel it, taste it, see it or otherwise experience its existence. It simply "is". It is their "normal". They expect (if they are aware enough to expect anything) their experience to be universal. 



I, however, can feel statism choking the life out of me sometimes. I'm drowning in the statism the statists can't notice. 



Forget draining "the swamp"; their beloved cesspool of lumpy statism needs to be drained and dried and sterilized. 



My life has been a case of learning to swim so that their filthy statism doesn't snuff out my life. It hasn't been easy. I think I'm getting better at it. And, I do what little I can to drain their treasured cesspool.


-

*Thank you for helping support [KentforLiberty.com](http://kentforliberty.com/index.html). 
[Donations and subscriptions](PayPal.Me/Dullhawk) are **always** appreciated!*

👍 jacobtothe, dullhawk, drpuffnstuff, xntryk1, dajohns1420, mistermercury, esecholo, ajongcrypto, thomaslknapp, rationalreview, vbuffalo, wizwom, anomaly

`author`	dullhawk
`permlink`	statists-blissfully-unaware
`category`	liberty
`json_metadata`	{"tags":["liberty","statism","government","responsibility","awareness"],"image":["https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-nbkvm5PMV6Y/W0AKbtMsaYI/AAAAAAAAEdk/SYAc1ofwmyIJXBG8Jg5iDGSag71xcbU4wCLcBGAs/s200/drowning.jpg"],"links":["http://kentmcmanigal.blogspot.com/2009/07/statists-definition.html","http://kentforliberty.com/index.html","PayPal.Me/Dullhawk"],"app":"steemit/0.1","format":"markdown"}
`created`	2018-07-07 00:49:45
`last_update`	2018-07-07 00:49:45
`depth`	0
`children`	10
`last_payout`	2018-07-14 00:49:45
`cashout_time`	1969-12-31 23:59:59
`total_payout_value`	0.793 HBD
`curator_payout_value`	0.115 HBD
`pending_payout_value`	0.000 HBD
`promoted`	0.000 HBD
`body_length`	1,361
`author_reputation`	20,631,528,401,339
`root_title`	"Statists: Blissfully unaware"
`beneficiaries`	`[]`
`max_accepted_payout`	1,000,000.000 HBD
`percent_hbd`	10,000
`post_id`	63,720,623
`net_rshares`	457,773,498,525
`author_curate_reward`	""

properties (23)vote details (13)

voter	rshares	pct
xntryk1	46,455,063,907	100%
dullhawk	55,343,402,628	100%
dajohns1420	12,045,175,856	40%
thomaslknapp	866,037,763	37%
esecholo	8,290,996,304	100%
wizwom	251,499,217	100%
jacobtothe	268,445,428,943	99%
anomaly	235,706,109	1%
drpuffnstuff	53,506,059,431	23%
vbuffalo	335,149,319	100%
rationalreview	609,826,222	100%
mistermercury	8,798,468,369	27%
ajongcrypto	2,590,684,457	100%

@ajongcrypto · Jul 7 '18

On point Sir, statism is not good and actually not a good practice.

properties (22)

`author`	ajongcrypto
`permlink`	re-dullhawk-statists-blissfully-unaware-20180707t030756916z
`category`	liberty
`json_metadata`	{"tags":["liberty"],"app":"steemit/0.1"}
`created`	2018-07-07 03:08:27
`last_update`	2018-07-07 03:08:27
`depth`	1
`children`	0
`last_payout`	2018-07-14 03:08:27
`cashout_time`	1969-12-31 23:59:59
`total_payout_value`	0.000 HBD
`curator_payout_value`	0.000 HBD
`pending_payout_value`	0.000 HBD
`promoted`	0.000 HBD
`body_length`	67
`author_reputation`	20,546,627,104,344
`root_title`	"Statists: Blissfully unaware"
`beneficiaries`	`[]`
`max_accepted_payout`	1,000,000.000 HBD
`percent_hbd`	10,000
`post_id`	63,729,844
`net_rshares`	0

@esecholo · Jul 7 '18

$0.16

Statism is engraved in their minds, its all they know. Once they realize that, yes, anarchy can too exist in this world, they'll attempt to hold onto the comfortable lies as it all fumbles to the ground. It's more of an awakening for these people.

👍 dullhawk, jacobtothe, esecholo, republicrose

`author`	esecholo
`permlink`	re-dullhawk-statists-blissfully-unaware-20180707t005919146z
`category`	liberty
`json_metadata`	{"tags":["liberty"],"app":"steemit/0.1"}
`created`	2018-07-07 00:59:21
`last_update`	2018-07-07 00:59:21
`depth`	1
`children`	0
`last_payout`	2018-07-14 00:59:21
`cashout_time`	1969-12-31 23:59:59
`total_payout_value`	0.152 HBD
`curator_payout_value`	0.011 HBD
`pending_payout_value`	0.000 HBD
`promoted`	0.000 HBD
`body_length`	247
`author_reputation`	22,655,098,235,253
`root_title`	"Statists: Blissfully unaware"
`beneficiaries`	`[]`
`max_accepted_payout`	1,000,000.000 HBD
`percent_hbd`	10,000
`post_id`	63,721,219
`net_rshares`	83,443,591,552
`author_curate_reward`	""

properties (23)vote details (4)

voter	rshares	pct
dullhawk	47,318,609,246	100%
esecholo	8,115,525,482	100%
jacobtothe	27,421,844,892	10%
republicrose	587,611,932	100%

@jacobtothe · Jul 7 '18

$0.09

You might not feel the chains until you move enough to hear the rattle. And those of us who rattle the chains, and occasionally pull them taut seem to disturb the peace of the contented subjects. Good. Their peace needs to be disturbed, because it is illusory.

👍 dullhawk

`author`	jacobtothe
`permlink`	re-dullhawk-statists-blissfully-unaware-20180707t060810418z
`category`	liberty
`json_metadata`	{"tags":["liberty"],"app":"steemit/0.1"}
`created`	2018-07-07 06:08:12
`last_update`	2018-07-07 06:08:12
`depth`	1
`children`	0
`last_payout`	2018-07-14 06:08:12
`cashout_time`	1969-12-31 23:59:59
`total_payout_value`	0.068 HBD
`curator_payout_value`	0.022 HBD
`pending_payout_value`	0.000 HBD
`promoted`	0.000 HBD
`body_length`	260
`author_reputation`	568,545,716,293,678
`root_title`	"Statists: Blissfully unaware"
`beneficiaries`	`[]`
`max_accepted_payout`	1,000,000.000 HBD
`percent_hbd`	10,000
`post_id`	63,743,254
`net_rshares`	45,391,874,556
`author_curate_reward`	""

properties (23)vote details (1)

voter	weight	wgt%	rshares	pct	time
dullhawk	0 B		45,391,874,556	100%

@mistermercury · Jul 7 '18

$0.09

Yes these young Millennial Statists are the perfect example of Zeal without Knowledge, swept away by emotions and little else. I am of the opinion they will one day wake up to smell the shit in their coffee.

👍 dullhawk

`author`	mistermercury
`permlink`	re-dullhawk-statists-blissfully-unaware-20180707t010823719z
`category`	liberty
`json_metadata`	{"tags":["liberty"],"app":"steemit/0.1"}
`created`	2018-07-07 01:08:24
`last_update`	2018-07-07 01:08:24
`depth`	1
`children`	4
`last_payout`	2018-07-14 01:08:24
`cashout_time`	1969-12-31 23:59:59
`total_payout_value`	0.087 HBD
`curator_payout_value`	0.003 HBD
`pending_payout_value`	0.000 HBD
`promoted`	0.000 HBD
`body_length`	207
`author_reputation`	3,285,049,401,509
`root_title`	"Statists: Blissfully unaware"
`beneficiaries`	`[]`
`max_accepted_payout`	1,000,000.000 HBD
`percent_hbd`	10,000
`post_id`	63,721,771
`net_rshares`	46,488,458,207
`author_curate_reward`	""

properties (23)vote details (1)

voter	weight	wgt%	rshares	pct	time
dullhawk	0 B		46,488,458,207	100%

@dullhawk · Jul 7 '18

They aren't *all* Millennials... I know many who are older. Some, *much* older. Yet, with all they've lived through, they still believe governing others is a legitimate human endeavor.

properties (22)

`author`	dullhawk
`permlink`	re-mistermercury-re-dullhawk-statists-blissfully-unaware-20180707t011353114z
`category`	liberty
`json_metadata`	{"tags":["liberty"],"app":"steemit/0.1"}
`created`	2018-07-07 01:13:54
`last_update`	2018-07-07 01:13:54
`depth`	2
`children`	2
`last_payout`	2018-07-14 01:13:54
`cashout_time`	1969-12-31 23:59:59
`total_payout_value`	0.000 HBD
`curator_payout_value`	0.000 HBD
`pending_payout_value`	0.000 HBD
`promoted`	0.000 HBD
`body_length`	184
`author_reputation`	20,631,528,401,339
`root_title`	"Statists: Blissfully unaware"
`beneficiaries`	`[]`
`max_accepted_payout`	1,000,000.000 HBD
`percent_hbd`	10,000
`post_id`	63,722,118
`net_rshares`	0

@mistermercury · Jul 7 '18

$0.09

I think the root of their discontent is the fact that life is not fair. They want government to make it fair or in their words "just". Fools, everyone. Other than that many are  nice folks. But still fools.

👍 dullhawk

`author`	mistermercury
`permlink`	re-dullhawk-re-mistermercury-re-dullhawk-statists-blissfully-unaware-20180707t012142241z
`category`	liberty
`json_metadata`	{"tags":["liberty"],"app":"steemit/0.1"}
`created`	2018-07-07 01:21:42
`last_update`	2018-07-07 01:21:42
`depth`	3
`children`	1
`last_payout`	2018-07-14 01:21:42
`cashout_time`	1969-12-31 23:59:59
`total_payout_value`	0.070 HBD
`curator_payout_value`	0.023 HBD
`pending_payout_value`	0.000 HBD
`promoted`	0.000 HBD
`body_length`	206
`author_reputation`	3,285,049,401,509
`root_title`	"Statists: Blissfully unaware"
`beneficiaries`	`[]`
`max_accepted_payout`	1,000,000.000 HBD
`percent_hbd`	10,000
`post_id`	63,722,579
`net_rshares`	48,159,671,785
`author_curate_reward`	""

properties (23)vote details (1)

voter	weight	wgt%	rshares	pct	time
dullhawk	0 B		48,159,671,785	100%

1 reply

@jacobtothe · Jul 7 '18

$0.02

The "Greatest Generation" is far worse. So are the boomers. The aging hippies became the very thing against which they once rebelled.

👍 mistermercury

`author`	jacobtothe
`permlink`	re-mistermercury-re-dullhawk-statists-blissfully-unaware-20180707t061115073z
`category`	liberty
`json_metadata`	{"tags":["liberty"],"app":"steemit/0.1"}
`created`	2018-07-07 06:11:15
`last_update`	2018-07-07 06:11:15
`depth`	2
`children`	0
`last_payout`	2018-07-14 06:11:15
`cashout_time`	1969-12-31 23:59:59
`total_payout_value`	0.015 HBD
`curator_payout_value`	0.005 HBD
`pending_payout_value`	0.000 HBD
`promoted`	0.000 HBD
`body_length`	133
`author_reputation`	568,545,716,293,678
`root_title`	"Statists: Blissfully unaware"
`beneficiaries`	`[]`
`max_accepted_payout`	1,000,000.000 HBD
`percent_hbd`	10,000
`post_id`	63,743,524
`net_rshares`	11,167,286,777
`author_curate_reward`	""

properties (23)vote details (1)

voter	weight	wgt%	rshares	pct	time
mistermercury	0 B		11,167,286,777	34%

@wizwom · Jul 7 '18

$0.15

As a nuclear engineer, the level of statism I have to deal with just to do my job - not even to build anything, but just to do the planning, engineering and so on - is astonishing.

👍 dullhawk, jacobtothe

`author`	wizwom
`permlink`	re-dullhawk-statists-blissfully-unaware-20180707t050926285z
`category`	liberty
`json_metadata`	{"tags":["liberty"],"app":"steemit/0.1"}
`created`	2018-07-07 05:09:00
`last_update`	2018-07-07 05:09:00
`depth`	1
`children`	1
`last_payout`	2018-07-14 05:09:00
`cashout_time`	1969-12-31 23:59:59
`total_payout_value`	0.112 HBD
`curator_payout_value`	0.035 HBD
`pending_payout_value`	0.000 HBD
`promoted`	0.000 HBD
`body_length`	180
`author_reputation`	394,537,111,361
`root_title`	"Statists: Blissfully unaware"
`beneficiaries`	`[]`
`max_accepted_payout`	1,000,000.000 HBD
`percent_hbd`	10,000
`post_id`	63,738,704
`net_rshares`	74,751,177,509
`author_curate_reward`	""

properties (23)vote details (2)

voter	weight	wgt%	rshares	pct	time
dullhawk	0 B		47,329,332,617	100%
jacobtothe	0 B		27,421,844,892	10%

@jacobtothe · Jul 7 '18

$0.09

Just dealing with the building codes inspector to build a garage should be enough to get people properly rebellious, but the veneer of "representative democracy" somehow legitimizes almost any trespass for the average person.

👍 dullhawk

`author`	jacobtothe
`permlink`	re-wizwom-re-dullhawk-statists-blissfully-unaware-20180707t061009944z
`category`	liberty
`json_metadata`	{"tags":["liberty"],"app":"steemit/0.1"}
`created`	2018-07-07 06:10:09
`last_update`	2018-07-07 06:10:09
`depth`	2
`children`	0
`last_payout`	2018-07-14 06:10:09
`cashout_time`	1969-12-31 23:59:59
`total_payout_value`	0.069 HBD
`curator_payout_value`	0.022 HBD
`pending_payout_value`	0.000 HBD
`promoted`	0.000 HBD
`body_length`	225
`author_reputation`	568,545,716,293,678
`root_title`	"Statists: Blissfully unaware"
`beneficiaries`	`[]`
`max_accepted_payout`	1,000,000.000 HBD
`percent_hbd`	10,000
`post_id`	63,743,434
`net_rshares`	46,222,213,725
`author_curate_reward`	""

properties (23)vote details (1)

voter	weight	wgt%	rshares	pct	time
dullhawk	0 B		46,222,213,725	100%