“The greatest danger to the State is independent intellectual criticism.” – Murray N. Rothbard

“Beneath the rule of men entirely great, the pen is mightier than the sword.” – Edward George Bulwer Lytton

• Read Propaganda, by Edward Bernays.
• Read Fahrenheit 451, by Ray Bradbury.
• Get rid of your television. Preferably,  destroy it.
• Read Brave New World, by Aldous Huxley
• Clear your mind. Make a commitment to not use mind-altering substances for 90 days. If you fail, go to an AA meeting and restart the 90 days.
• Read The Creature from Jekyll Island: A Second Look at the Federal Reserve – 5th Edition, by G. Edward Griffin.
• Read 1984, by George Orwell.
• Make your very own set of Fallacy Flash Cards from the list at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_fallacies
• Hold internet authors accountable by citing fallacies.
• Read The Law, by Frédéric Bastiat.
• Make a list of your natural rights.
• Read The Constitution of the United States and The Bill of Rights.
• Read Animal Farm, by George Orwell.
• To discover who your two senators and one congressman really represent, do a little research at https://www.opensecrets.org/ Make a list of “your representatives” 10 biggest donors and send the lists to your senators and congressperson by email or letter.
• Read War is a Racket, by Smedley D. Butler.
• Read On Killing: The Psychological Cost of Learning to Kill in War and Society, by Dave Grossman.
• Watch this TED Talk, A radical experiment in empathy, by Sam Richards.
• Read Anatomy of the State, by Murray Rothbard.

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