{"id":64,"date":"2010-01-26T07:59:42","date_gmt":"2010-01-26T14:59:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/ClaireWolfe\/?p=64"},"modified":"2010-01-26T07:59:42","modified_gmt":"2010-01-26T14:59:42","slug":"the-census-and-the-death-of-civil-society","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.clairewolfe.com\/blog\/2010\/01\/26\/the-census-and-the-death-of-civil-society\/","title":{"rendered":"The census and the death of civil society"},"content":{"rendered":"

One more reason to resist the census<\/a>, courtesy of that great thinker and great lady, Wendy McElroy.<\/p>\n

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One way in which civil society breaks down — and social engineering ascends — is by making individuals turn against each other so that the peaceful activities of my neighbor are seen as harmful to me. Most of the current arguments for participation in the American census are based on the idea that my desire for privacy damages society. How?<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Last year one of my acquaintances was thrilled to get a job doing preliminary census work (e.g. GPS tagging other people’s homes). She just flat-out did not understand when I told her she was always welcome at my house as a friend, but that if I ever caught her on my property in her official capacity, I would … er, escort her politely to the road and leave her there with a friendly salute of farewell. (I leave it to the astute reader to picture the particular form of salute.)<\/p>\n

Saying “no” to intrusive census questions is a nice little act of beginner resistance — and equally good for keeping veteran freedomistas in prime form. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

One more reason to resist the census, courtesy of that great thinker and great lady, Wendy McElroy. One way in which civil society breaks down — and social engineering ascends — is by making individuals turn against each other so that the peaceful activities of my neighbor are seen as harmful to me. Most of the current arguments for participation in the American census are based on the idea that my desire for privacy damages society. How? Last year one of my acquaintances was thrilled to get a job doing preliminary census work (e.g. GPS tagging other people’s homes). She…<\/p>\n

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