There is value in fighting even the smallest conformity.
We don’t get a choice whether or not we have government up our butts. We each have to make personal decisions about what costs we are willing to incur for rebellion. I accept property taxes as mob-style protection from coercive schooling for my sons. If I didn’t, I would go to jail and I would lose them.
As far as attendance reporting for home educators in Delaware, it is a farce on its face. There is no definition of what a school “day” constitutes. They dare not dictate, nor define, instructional hours since attention could then be turned to how few instructional hours are present in schools.
Many of us use 180 days and 100% attendance. It’s a lie because there is no truthful answer. There is rebellion in lying to the government, even if they are asking for a lie.
Don’t believe the lie. Highlight the absurdity. Laugh out loud when you tell people how you’ve escaped the system, even in a tiny way that some will call insignificant.
It is not insignificant. Each rebellion has value. Sharing it has value. Freedom is gained on the individual level. When enough people see through the lies that are necessary to prop up the system, the system ceases to have power.
Only you can judge whether you want to bear the consequences of your actions, but know that you are not alone in believing the government has no legitimate place in our lives.
In this podcast episode, Lex Fridman and Michael Malice cover a wide variety of topics, including the small, heroic deeds of regular people.
Lex Fridman Interviews Michael Malice: Totalitarianism and Anarchy
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