Opus 2026-109: Shared Goals

What do the TSA and terrorism have in common?

I have made several pilgrimages to visit in Reno.  It is a good time of fellowship and discussion.  I’m thinking about how I don’t want to fly.  The hassles of the TSA and government regulation in general have made that unpleasant.  I don’t want to drive.  It is a long journey and as much as I like to drive I shudder at the cost.  What about a train?

Consider how the elites are trying to take away our mobility.  They do not want us free to move around at will.  Regulations, check points, the extra cost generated by government demands, all go to discourage us from leaving our designated space.  That is why they are working on getting us out of our automobiles.  People are much easier to control and monitor if they are forced to walk or dependent on public transport.  Traffic jams also remove the joy and make a commute to work detrimental to our options.  Add that to making flying so unpleasant that many of us don’t want to do it.

The terrorist have the same goal.  They want us to change our lifestyle and cut out things which make it worth living such as mobility, which gives us a great deal of variety in life.  They want us to change our habits by avoiding places where people congregate.  They want to make us afraid to go to church.  They make shopping malls targets.  They riot in the streets.

One of the questions I keep hearing is, “What can I do about it?”  The frustration is that no one in Washington is listening.  True, but it is not congress that makes you stay at home instead of going to the swap meet.  It is your own fear.  What can we do?  Keep on living our lives.  Terrorists and government elites want to get you to change the way you live your lives.  One of the things you can do is keep living like Americans.

Get out there and celebrate the liberty we have left.

Use it or lose it.

homo unius libri