text: The promoter of freedom can protest as clearly and loudly as possible that the state produces nothing, that the state can only confiscate what is produced by others and redistribute it, that the state cannot and never has been able to deliver on any of its promises. But the protest will fall on deaf ears.
  The collectivists and statists have another advantage. There is no moral compunction on their part against outright lying, and all their propaganda and promotions can promise anything anyone might want, even when there is no intention or means of delivering on those promises. The promoter of freedom can promise only that every individual will be free to have or achieve whatever they can by their own efforts and ability. Since most people have little or no confidence in their own competence to achieve or accomplish much, the empty but appealing promises of the statists win the day every time.
  There is a final advantage of the statist message that makes it almost impossible to defeat. That advantage is its shear simplicity. It is presented as the simple solution to all problems. It requires no effort to understand, only ignorance and gullibility to swallow. No matter what problem there is, the government can solve it simply by passing a law or forming an agency. What can the liberty promoter promise?
  Think about what you are trying to promote. The principles of individual liberty and free markets are not easy concepts. Have a look at any of the sites promoting liberty. Notice the language, the vocabulary, and the ideas that are being discussed. How many people do you think will be able to understand most of those ideas, much less be interested in them? Look at what holds the attention of most people, that mass of ignorance we refer to as the "television viewing audience." How much of free-market economics do you suppose they are going to understand?
  Whatever methods one uses to promote freedom, I am in agreement with them that for human beings freedom is a necessity of life, as much so as food and water. Without freedom it is impossible to live happily and successfully as a human being.
  To make oneself free is a moral imperative. Just as it would be immoral to evade the requirements of one's physical nature, to nourish oneself and tend to the maintenance of one's body, it is even more immoral to evade the requirements of one's psychological nature, to nourish and tend to the maintenance of one's mind.
  [NOTE: To live successfully, or to live at all, a human being's choices and behavior must conform to the requirements determined by the nature of the world he lives in and his own nature as a human being. The principles that describe those requirements are morality or ethics. To evade or defy those requirements is immoral and self-harming, and often self-destructive.]