Josie the Outlaw

[GlimDropper]

Josie the Outlaw; Larken Rose's Secret Project

Larken Rose explaining this project on YouTube.

And in his own words:

Operation Outlaw (formerly “Secret Project”)

The reason there are seven billion statists on this planet is not
because those people used evidence and reason to choose slavery
over freedom; it’s because the mental cage of authoritarianism is
all they’ve ever known, and all they’ve ever heard of. So they
perpetually play the pointless game of bickering over what flavor
of ruling class there should be, and never get anywhere near
understanding or achieving real freedom.

For centuries there have been “radicals” advocating actual freedom
(and I don’t mean the “slavery lite” known as “minarchism”), and
yet most people are still completely oblivious to those ideas. This
isn’t because the advocates of true freedom have been lacking in
sound arguments, or lacking in good intentions, or lacking in
passion. If anything, it is because advocates of freedom have been
lacking in an understanding of human psychology and propaganda. The
message was sound; the delivery mechanism was lacking.

A minority of the population actually enjoys thinking,
philosophizing, pondering ideas and concepts, logically debating
viewpoints, and so on. But most people just want to live their
lives, be comfortable, avoid trouble, and don’t want to have to
think or care about whatever is wrong with the world. And when
truth-seekers try to wake up crowd-followers, the truth-seekers
often feel as though they’re talking to a brick wall–all of their
passion, reason and enthusiasm, just seems to scare away the
“normal” people, more often than it makes them think about
anything. So the truth-seekers get frustrated and discouraged, and
the crowd-followers get annoyed.

One major obstacle is that it takes too much effort to actually
UNDERSTAND things, so crowd-followers usual prefer to just BELIEVE
things instead. Instead of logically and objectively analyzing
different things they hear, usually they just base their beliefs on
how the MESSENGERS look and sound. If a politician or pundit SOUNDS
sincere, LOOKS attractive, and comes across as confident, polished,
well-dressed, educated and informed, then it hardly matters at all
whether his message has any truth or reason to it. In contrast,
even the most brilliantly explained ideas will be ignored by most
people, if they are delivered by a messenger who does not look
attractive, professional, respectable, and so on. Everywhere you
look, statism is being preached by rock stars, movie stars, all
manner of celebrities and people in power, and other attractive,
seemingly important, respectable people. On the other hand, freedom
is often preached by dorky middle-aged white guys ranting for hours
on end at cheap webcams in their basements (like me). Guess which
one the crowd-followers usually side with.

I have long believed–and I’ve heard lots of other people say–that
the MESSAGE of self-ownership, the non-aggression principle, a
stateless society, and so on, is a great message, but we need a
better MESSENGER to deliver it to the rest of the world. Well, for
the past couple of months, I’ve been working with someone who I
believe can be that messenger, and has the potential to reach
millions more people than I ever could on my own, and more than
almost anyone else I know could reach.

Her name is Josie, and for the project we’ve been working on–and
even in her daily life–she proudly wears the label of “Outlaw.”
(The use of that term is actually a lot more significant than just
a nickname, but I’ll explain that elsewhere.) Now, the goal here is
NOT to have one more person preaching to the choir, but to make
something that truth-seekers can throw at the rest of the world, to
try to get more of the “non-choir” folk to start thinking about
things. You can find the new web site, and the four new videos
already posted there, at http://www.JOSIEtheOUTLAW.com. I think the
appearance and presentation of the videos is a lot better than
anything I’ve done before, and not JUST because it’s Josie
delivering the message instead of me (though that obviously helps …
a lot).

Some people around the Philadelphia area will already know Josie
from local activist groups and events, but I’m thrilled that I
happened to meet her before she got very well-known (which I think
was destined to happen) and even more thrilled that she agreed to
do this project with me. And Josie is not just a pretty face. Far
from it. I have been hugely impressed by how perceptive and
intelligent she is, and how quickly she got to the point of really
understanding true freedom, not the “slavery lite” that I often
bash. (I’m only slightly embarrassed that she went through the
process so much faster than I did.) More importantly, achieving
freedom and justice–for everyone, everywhere–isn’t just a fun
part-time hobby for her; it’s what her life is about. And Josie is
NOT the type of person who is after fame and attention for herself.
In fact, she doesn’t like being in the spot light, but is willing
to take on that role if it helps combat tyranny, which I very much
think it will. Unlike some in the “movement,” she knows the
difference between message and messenger, and knows which one
really matters.

But the best message in the world is worthless, if it’s not being
seen or heard by anyone. The purpose of making these videos is to
get the ideas of voluntarism and self-ownership to the seven
billion people out there who have never heard of it. But for that
to happen, we need YOU forwarding the videos around to everyone you
know, friend or foe, freedom activist or devout statist. So watch
the videos, and then see if you can think of any reason why you
SHOULDN’T spread them around, far and wide. The four new videos can
be found at the following links:

“On Being An Outlaw”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2eZC98kOtec (Preview)
“When Resistance Becomes Duty”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v1t9xBe0wPw (Preview)
“Message to Police”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IOsN-P5abVg

“Why Good People Should Be Armed”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=20RoAfflGCM (Preview)
And if, after watching the videos, you see the potential that I
see, then Josie and I would love it if you could help us keep
making them. We already have several more videos planned, and I
doubt we’ll run out of new ideas any time soon–if ever–but we
can’t keep doing it without the help of others. If you know of any
more cost-effective way to spread the ideas of self-ownership,
voluntarism, etc., to the rest of the world, then go support that
instead. But nothing I’ve ever done before has anywhere near the
potential to spread the message of true freedom as far as this
could. Both Josie and I would love nothing more than to be able to
focus our time and energy on creating and pushing this message–in
fact, we both think that it’s the most important thing in the world
right now. If you think so too, any help you could give would be
greatly appreciated.

The bottom of the new website (http://www.JOSIEtheOUTLAW.com) shows how
you can support this project. PayPal donations can also be made
directly to [redacted] and Bitcoin donations can
be sent directly to [redacted]

Enjoy the videos, and if you deem them worthy, spread them far and
wide!

Larken Rose
larken@larkenrose.com

I believe her name is Josie Harris and she is a fair sight easier on the eyes than Larken but this is just his old garbage wrapped up in a far prettier package. Perhaps I'm being unfair to Mr. smells nothing like a Rose, he no longer seems to be asking for money to teach his failed tax avoidance strategies (perhaps that comes later), he seems to have rebranded himself.

There is something of a confluence between some aspects of the Occupy movement and some of the more disaffected members of the Libertarian party, people who've tried nothing and are fresh out of ideas. "Free Staters" like Ian (Bernard) Freeman have flirted with the Mark Stevens' of the world and while he seems skeptical of some aspects of "sovereignty" some of the core fallacies remain accepted and unquestioned. If you've arrived at a point where you passionately believe that as long as you don't injure someone it's a violation of your rights to enforce things like speed ordinances and you have no real appreciation of history, then it's easy to draw a false moral equivalence between traffic cops and the Gestapo. In short, there is sorta a hipster doofus wing of the sovereign movement and Larken Rose is plugging into them using a kinda cute mouthpiece to help pass the hat.

[LightinDarkness]

I have always been fascinated by how sov'runs keeps repackaging the same old debunked doctrines every few years as something new. This is, as you say, the same old garbage - but perhaps for the first time the sov'runs have managed to market it in an attractive way. Its not just Jose's looks, its how she delivers the propaganda and the setting she does it with. Gone are the days of doing this stuff with "dont tread on me" flags in the background, guns hanging on the walls, by insane guys in military style clothing.

The video has over 150,000 views and is only two weeks old: I think we are seeing the birth of a new self-proclaimed guru. The seminars for pay will come next. Sov'run gurus always seem to find loads of idiot Americans who will pay them for their worthless recycled ideas, and they will attract even more because Jose doesn't look like a freak show.

The propaganda here is appealing to both the lunatic left and right, which is why things like the "Message to the Police" video are so insane. It actually compares police doing something like arresting someone when they dont directly "harm someone" to Nazis. It also tells them that if they refuse to go along with the "You cant arrest me as long as I say I'm doing no harm" libertarian line that they might later be killed for their actions. I hope law enforcement takes this sort of insanity very seriously.

[AndyK]

Josie appears to be just another in the long progression of anti-(something) dilletantes.

For a spokesperson for the underdog, her designer clothing creates an exceptional image.

Also, someone (Mommy or Daddy ?) has come up with the money to do some fairly professional location shots, editing, and production.

She talkd the talk, but as soon as the weather starts to get chilly, she'll be back at home on the Main ine.

[grixit]

Yeah, nothing like telling people that they are the intellectual elite, who think and perceive clearly, unlike the willingly bamboozled masses of "sheep", to get them to buy your snake oil uncritically.

[GlimDropper]

Yeah, nothing like telling people that they are the intellectual elite, who think and perceive clearly, unlike the willingly bamboozled masses of "sheep", to get them to buy your snake oil uncritically.

Isn't this a central tent pole of any conspiracy theory? A dark pernicious truth hidden by shadowy malefactors who in fact are everywhere and the only hope the blind, mindless masses have to escape the eternal trap is to find the enlightened few and subscribe to their newsletter?

The psychological dynamics of the Josie sales pitch are sound. Start with a foregone conclusion and walk it back to a few pet unwarranted assumptions. We all want justice and liberty and we all know governments lie. Skepticism is a healthy metal habit but if you cut it with enough anxiety and some pharmaceutical grade hopelessness then it's easy to erase rational distinctions between governance and tyranny. Are our collective interests better served by continuing to pay taxes but demanding a greater level of accountability from our elected leaders or by blowing the whole system up and becoming like super cool tax free anarchist radicals? After some calm reflection most people decide on option A but Larken is angling for donations from some of the option B people.

Same as it ever was.

[JamesVincent]

I don't know, still trying to figure out how they thought to connect Clint Eastwood to tax scams.

[Judge Roy Bean]

I don't know, still trying to figure out how they thought to connect Clint Eastwood to tax scams.

They're "endeavoring to persevere."

[LPC]

“Why Good People Should Be Armed”

And "good people" usually are armed. Jesus, Gandhi, Buddha, Martin Luther King Jr., Abraham Lincoln, JFK, and RFK, they were all packing. Just like all "good people" should be.

[Cathulhu]

I don't know, still trying to figure out how they thought to connect Clint Eastwood to tax scams.

They're "endeavoring to persevere."

I think I'd rather aim to misbehave.

[grixit]

Skepticism is a healthy metal habit but if you cut it with enough anxiety and some pharmaceutical grade hopelessness...

... and snort it off the shiny surface of wishful thinking and self deception.

[grixit]

I don't know, still trying to figure out how they thought to connect Clint Eastwood to tax scams.

They're "endeavoring to persevere."

Because the Outlaw Josie Wails.

Because the sovereign movement is a Magnum Farce.

Because when you know the Truth, you can go into court without fear, secure in the knowledge that the judge is just an empty chair.

[notorial dissent]

Because when you know the Truth, you can go into court without fear, secure in the knowledge that the judge is just an empty chair.

Except that the empty chair keeps winning, at least in Orly Taitz's cases, she's 0 for three to Mr Chair so far, and I can't imagine that the great legal mind of Barkin' Larkin would fare any better.

[Famspear]

....Because the Outlaw Josie Wails......

Somehow I feel I should have known that was comin'.......

[davids]

Larken Rose, before he become the powerful thought leader among youtubers that he now is:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QFQyib5ZQZY

[Quixote]

Scuttlebutt on the web is that Larken wrote Josie's scripts, althoug he doesn't seem to take credit for it. But if that's so, and attractive packaging was all he was after, he would have done better to have used his wife as his meat puppet. Maybe Mrs. Rose wouldn't pose with the assault rifle.

[notorial dissent]

Sorry, must be getting old here, or else had a really really good holiday, but I don't remember ANYONE, well except Larking, ever accusing Rose of being the sharpest knife in the drawer, or even close. So I don't see any point in making assumptions now. To wit, if there was a good and/or sensible decision to be made, you can be sure, it's a safe bet, Larkin didn't make it.