FREEMANSPERSPECTIVE
Many of us, either in whole or in part, have withdrawn our consent from the current ruling regime. Up till now, however, I’ve never seen a form to document such a thing. Below you will find one. (Also available as a PDF.)
I am under no impression that any ruling regime will acknowledge such a form, but I think it’s a healthy exercise to specify what you consent to and what you do not.
The form should be self-explanatory.
WITHDRAWAL AND SPECIFICATION OF CONSENT
I, ________________________________, residing within the politically dominated territory commonly known as _________________________, hereby withdraw my consent as specified below. I revoke any consent, express or implied, assumed or claimed by any political entity, except as specifically stated in this document.
FURTHERMORE: Money or other valuables taken from me by force, threat, or other compulsion SHALL NOT be understood to be tokens of any consent on my part, except as specifically stated in this document. Nor shall my continued residence in the territory of the above specified political entity be taken as evidence of my consent. Nor shall filing papers, making public displays, or any other type of overt act be required of me to demonstrate my lack of consent; the endorsement of this form alone shall be sufficient.
The specific lines that I authorize are noted by my initials, which I have written by my own hand.
Therefore, I, ______________________________, specify the following:
SECTION ONE: FOREIGN WAR
1. ____ I do NOT consent to the political entity mentioned above engaging in any foreign warfare, at any place or at any time.
Alternatively:
1.1 ____ I consent to the political entity mentioned above engaging in foreign war ONLY when ___% of adult voters, in an honest election, vote to authorize a single, specific war, against a single, specific opponent. Each new war must be authorized in the same way.
1.2 ____ I consent to the political entity mentioned above engaging in foreign war ONLY when a formal and specific declaration of war has been properly approved according to the constitution of the said political entity. Furthermore, this consent shall be limited to a single, specific war, against a single, specific opponent. Each new war must be authorized in the same way.
SECTION TWO: TRANSNATIONAL WAR
2. ____ I do NOT consent to any form of transnational war being undertaken by the political entity mentioned above, be it a “war on drugs,” a “war on terror [sic],” a “war on cybercrime,” or any other form of transnational war.
Alternatively:
2.1 ____ I consent to the political entity mentioned above engaging in transnational war ONLY when ___% of adult voters, in an honest election, vote to authorize a single, specific war, for a single, specific cause. Each new war must be authorized in the same way.
2.2 ____ I consent to the political entity mentioned above engaging in transnational war ONLY when a formal and specific declaration of war has been properly approved according to the constitution of the political entity referred to above. Furthermore, this consent shall be limited to a single, specific war, for a single, specific cause. Each new war must be authorized in the same way.
SECTION THREE: TAXATION
3. ____ I do NOT consent to the political entity mentioned above taking money in any form from me by any means whatsoever. I further claim that any compulsion placed upon me, my business partners, employers, or any entity owned by me, to deliver value to the political entity mentioned above shall be deemed a criminal act.
Alternatively:
3.1 ____ I consent to the political entity mentioned above taking money from me when authorized by a vote of ___% of adult voters in my territory, in an honest election.
3.2 ____ I consent to the political entity mentioned above taking money from me, but ONLY in the case when I can specify how it will be spent. In this case, I shall be given a list of line items, no less than 50 in number, and from these I shall specify how the money taken from me will be spent. This distribution of funds, specified in my hand, SHALL NOT BE CHANGED.
3.3 ____ I consent to the political entity mentioned above taking money from me, but ONLY up to ___% of my gross income.
3.4 ____ I consent to the political entity mentioned above taking money from me, but ONLY based upon an independent audit of the services I have actually used in the previous year. At no time shall my taxes exceed the fair market value of the services received. Furthermore, the data upon which “fair market value” is based shall be publicly available for comparison.
SECTION FOUR: PRIVATE CONDUCT
4. ____ I do NOT consent to the political entity mentioned above restricting, restraining, punishing, forbidding, surveilling, or in any way meddling with the private actions of individuals that cause no damage beyond their own persons or property.
Alternatively:
4.1 ____ I consent to the political entity mentioned above restricting, restraining, punishing, forbidding, and/or surveilling the specific private conduct of ___________________ ________________________________________________________________ and/or ___________________________________________________________.
SECTION FIVE: MOVEMENT
5. ____ I do NOT consent to the political entity mentioned above operating, authorizing, or approving general roadblocks of any kind.
5.01___ I do NOT consent to the political entity mentioned above operating “speed traps,” using “radar detection,” “aerial detection,” or authorizing their employees to act as roadside predators, lying it wait for violations of rules. Further, I do NOT consent to traffic citation quotas or their like, at any time.
Alternatively:
5.1 ____ I consent to the political entity mentioned above operating general roadblocks (with associated searches and seizures) in the following circumstances: _____________________ __________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________.
SECTION SIX: LAW
6. ____ I do NOT consent to the political entity mentioned above imposing or enforcing any law upon me that I have not, prior to such time, specifically consented to in writing.
6.01___ I do NOT consent to the practice of civil forfeiture, whereby employees of the entity mentioned above seize property without personal crimes being proved.
6.02___ I do NOT consent to any restriction upon the rights of jurors to be told – by any means – of their rights as jurors.
Alternatively:
6.1 ____ I consent to the political entity mentioned above operating systems of law, provided that they do NOT – IN ANY WAY – violate, extend, embellish, or in any way override or ignore the following document(s): ______________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________.
SECTION SEVEN: TECHNOLOGY
7. ____ I do NOT consent to the political entity mentioned above controlling, restricting, or forbidding any type of technology, save as may apply under Section Six. I further do not consent to the political entity mentioned above gathering, controlling, or distributing research funds. If, pursuant to the consents given in this document, the entity engages in research strictly of its own and at its own cost, for ends consented to in this document, I do consent to such research.
Alternatively:
7.1 ____ I consent to the political entity mentioned above controlling, restricting, or forbidding the specific type(s) of technology known as ___________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________.
SECTION EIGHT: FULL WITHDRAWAL OF CONSENT
8. ____ I do NOT consent to the existence of the political entity mentioned above. If others consent to the existence of aforementioned entity, I will apply no coercion against their wishes.
SECTION NINE: REVISION
I reserve the right to modify my consent in the future. However, in order to show a decent respect to the opinions of mankind, it shall be my obligation to make my modified wishes known by posting a form similar to this one, or some other clear and substantive document accomplishing the same end, to a public internet page or other public forum as conditions allow. I shall further make copies of the document available to parties expressing a legitimate interest in it.
SECTION TEN: CONCLUSION
ACCORDINGLY, if the above-named entity, its assigns, successors, or any party claiming similar rights fails to honor the wishes that I have specified in this document, they shall henceforth be regarded as criminal entities.
AFFIRMATION
IN AFFIRMATION OF THE ABOVE, I have set my hand to this solemn agreement on this ___ day of ___________, in the year _____________.
Signature: _________________________________
Printed name: ______________________________
Further identification (optional): _________________________________________
Witness Signature: __________________________________
Printed name: ______________________________
Further identification (optional): ________________________________________
[Editor’s Note: Paul Rosenberg is the outside-the-Matrix author of FreemansPerspective.com, a site dedicated to economic freedom, personal independence and privacy. He is also the author of The Great Calendar, a report that breaks down our complex world into an easy-to-understand model. Click here to get your free copy.]
