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- KittyAW, on 11/11/2009, -0/+1Excellent commentary by Wendy, as usual.
I regularly recommend that any anti-Statist who personally knows a government enforcer (which includes cops of course), urge him/her (hir) to get a productive job. If s/he rebuffs the persuasive arguments, then reduce voluntary associations, and finally to none, letting the individual know exactly why it is being done. And let others know that you are using negative social preferencing with this person and will do so with any other government enforcer who persists in that role. Have no voluntary interactions with any government enforcer! This selective (discriminating) association to exclude those who cause harm is a potentially very powerful method of non-violent action, referred to as ostracism by many down through the ages. It is included in Gene Sharp's 2nd volume (of 3), "The Politics of Nonviolent Action", Chapter 4, "The Methods of Social Noncooperation". I and husband Paul Wakfer use the term "negative social preferencing" for purposeful non-voluntary association (contrasted with positive social preferencing towards those who do provide value) and have describe how it is the ultimate effector of social order in a truly free society (The Freeman Society) - search Social Preferencing and Self-Sovereign Individual Project.
Even in the current very unfree societies (of which the US is a major one), negative social preferencing can be effectively used to influence individual social behavior and the actions of the State. (Search for article, "Protests are Not Enough", by me.)
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