mybrainhurts on Nostr: Sorry for the long delay in response but Ive had my plate too full to try and write a ...
Sorry for the long delay in response but Ive had my plate too full to try and write a proper response.
Ultimately I dont believe a drivers license is the same as a ham license.
I agree with neither, however, there are distinct differences:
1. A Drivers license is enforceable if you get pulled over at any time. Typically by a guy with a shiny bit of tin on his chest and a gun.
2a. Anyone can freely operate a vehicle, turn it on, push the throttle, drive it on private property, etc.
Its when a person operates on roads funded by extortion that they are required to have a license. For "public safety" of course. (Obvious fallacies there but thats not on topic)
2b. Somehow though, when hitting the transmit button i am sending radio waves through open air and i should have to dox myself to do so? Who built these radio "air roads?" The undeniably evil government arbitrarily decided that only those that are willing to give away their personal information and anonimity are allowed to use the king's air waves.
3. Ham and radio in general is almost exclusively enforced by gatekeeping fudds. There is little risk in encountering an armed enforcer for operating without a license. The risk is from scooter-bound snitches with nothing better to do than to go on fox hunts to find illegal transmitters.
The government duped a bunch of bootlicking elmers into policing and gatekeeping.
So no, Im sorry but a drivers license and a ham license are only nominally similar in that they both require you to submit to the state your personal information in return for a permission slip to do something anyone in the world can do freely and easily.
The "current state of the relationship between the individual and the government" a relationship that will never change and will only get worse.
Why would anyone submit to their tyranny? Why would someone who supposedly believes in ultimate freedom suggest others do so?
Ultimately I dont believe a drivers license is the same as a ham license.
I agree with neither, however, there are distinct differences:
1. A Drivers license is enforceable if you get pulled over at any time. Typically by a guy with a shiny bit of tin on his chest and a gun.
2a. Anyone can freely operate a vehicle, turn it on, push the throttle, drive it on private property, etc.
Its when a person operates on roads funded by extortion that they are required to have a license. For "public safety" of course. (Obvious fallacies there but thats not on topic)
2b. Somehow though, when hitting the transmit button i am sending radio waves through open air and i should have to dox myself to do so? Who built these radio "air roads?" The undeniably evil government arbitrarily decided that only those that are willing to give away their personal information and anonimity are allowed to use the king's air waves.
3. Ham and radio in general is almost exclusively enforced by gatekeeping fudds. There is little risk in encountering an armed enforcer for operating without a license. The risk is from scooter-bound snitches with nothing better to do than to go on fox hunts to find illegal transmitters.
The government duped a bunch of bootlicking elmers into policing and gatekeeping.
So no, Im sorry but a drivers license and a ham license are only nominally similar in that they both require you to submit to the state your personal information in return for a permission slip to do something anyone in the world can do freely and easily.
The "current state of the relationship between the individual and the government" a relationship that will never change and will only get worse.
Why would anyone submit to their tyranny? Why would someone who supposedly believes in ultimate freedom suggest others do so?