All the Lefty media in Poland is trasmitting a constant echo of cries about “social responsibility” of course – I’ve heard it argued that the massacres committed by Breivik were really the fault of his father (who was long absent in his life) and the local government (who did not reach out to the lonely man). I was actually surprised, however, when during a Polish "TVN" interview one of these NeoLiberal "law experts" (the interviewer addressed her with the title “professor”) actually said something that was half-true! She said that Breivik acted radically because he was a lonely man and had nothing to lose. I think that is a key phrase here. I believe this is correct, but for completely different reasons than the NeoLib who apparently accidentally stumbled upon this truth.
It has been quite obvious to me for a while now (I'm very surprised there are not more of these maniacs out there massacring people) that most people who are unhappy with the EU and any other authoritarian groups (such as “State governments” in general) have no options of self-defense at all. The only reason, in my opinion, that they haven't started committing violent crimes en masse is that they fear that which they have to lose. People fear for their lives and their families. A man like Breivik is one in a million precisely because he did not care about forfitting his life and he had no family to look after. He was a lonely isolated unit. I can say with certainty that there are many people out there who are just as unhappy with our governments (and not for lunatic-reasons, but for good reasons!) as Mr. Breivik. But they are afraid to lose things he wasn't afraid to lose.
Another argument which I heard is that local governments need to be more responsive to people's needs and take care of people like Mr. Breivik who are lonely and need a hand. Clearly this is gibberish. People who say such things do not understand the nature of government - i.e. its socialistic properties. All government is by definition a kind of socialism and there is no system known to man which creates more gray, sad, poor, and lonely people than socialism. When everyone is treated as just another unit (as the government looks at people) how can anyone be shown any care or attention beyond a simple hand-shake? It is too much socialism that is the problem, not too litte of it. Under a system like anarcho-capitalism where control over their own private property is the only power people would have life would be completely different. Families and other bonds (tribal, fraternal, paternal, etc.) would be much stronger because people would be dependent on cooperating with one another. This is exactly the opposite of what we see under socialism where people can, if they wish, become independent of their families and instead become dependent on the state welfare apparatus. Disintegration of the extended family and all other bonds has been a characteristic feature of the welfare state.
Let me also add that Mr. Breivik was in no way right-wing. For my description of the "far right" see one of my earlier blogs.
Let me just finish here with something that most people would regard just as radical as Mr. Breivik. The great Ludwig von Mises wrote the following: "In fact, however, the supporters of the welfare state are utterly anti-social and intolerant zealots. For their ideology tacitly implies that the government will exactly execute what they themselves deem right and beneficial. They entirely disregard the possibility that there could arise disagreement with regard to the question of what is right and expedient and what is not. They advocate enlightened despotism, but they are convinced that the enlightened despot will in every detail comply with their own opinion concerning the measures to be adopted. They favour planning, but what they have in mind is exclusively their own plan, not those of other people. They want to exterminate all opponents, that is, all those who disagree with them. They are utterly intolerant and are not prepared to allow any discussion. Every advocate of the welfare state and of planning is a potential dictator. What he plans is to deprive all other men of all their rights, and to establish his own and his friends' unrestricted omnipotence. He refuses to convince his fellow-citizens. He prefers to "liquidate" them. He scorns the "bourgeois" society that worships law and legal procedure. He himself worships violence and bloodshed."
I think every welfare state supporter is Mr. Breivik's equal in one regard or another. Think about it, my European friends.
We think, we cry, we are scared, but we are fighting and at the end there will be truth and freedom, but who knows what will be the cost of this.
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