COMPLETE LIBERTY
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COMPLETE LIBERTY
The Demise of the State and the Rise of Voluntary America
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by
Wes Bertrand
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Copyleft 2007 by Wesley P. Bertrand
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CONTENTS
PREFACE..................................................................................................................9
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WHY POLITICS IS SO CONFUSING......................................................................13
Politics In Mid-Stream........................................................................................13
The Timeless Allure Of Communism..................................................................15
America, The Land Of Political Opinions Shaped By The State........................23
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DEMOCRACY OF THE PEOPLE, BY THE POLITICIANS,
FOR WHOM AGAIN?..............................................................................................31
Choose Your Weapon: Representative Democracy Or Popular Democracy.....31
Common And Uncommon Political Sense.........................................................32
General Welfare, Common Good, Public Interest: The Gateway Abstractions .40
How Politicians Work: Let Corruption Ring!.......................................................43
How The Military/Industrial Complex Works: You Scratch My back, Bombs
Away!..................................................................................................................45
The Constitution’s Problems: Article I Section 8...Sadly, A Template For
Disaster..............................................................................................................47
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WE HOLD THESE TRUTHS TO BE SELF-EVIDENT
(AFTER A BIT OF INSPECTION)............................................................................65
Freedom In