Marc Stevens (the guy doing this interview) is onto something. Cops, judges, attorneys, politicians and bureaucrats all claim that the law of the jurisdiction you’re in applies to you. When this guy asks them for evidence for that claim, none of them has ever been able to answer. Their only possible answer is that the law applies only because the law says it applies. That is circular and is invalid.

I could write a law in my notebook saying, “The following laws apply to me. Law 1-1(a): I can drive whatever speed I like.”

When the cops pull me over for speeding, I could show them my law and they ought to leave me alone by their standard. My law applies because my law says it applies. My laws are every bit as valid (that is completely invalid) as their laws.

Marc Stevens’ argument destroys our current antichrist system of government. As an anarcho-capitalist, he’s content to stop there. But there’s one thing he’s missing. If there was a transcendant standard–a law–all humans are responsible to live by, then the government could say we ought to obey the government’s laws because Scripture says so. This would provide them a valid reason for why we are under their jurisdiction.

The problem is their laws say it is illegal for them to appeal to Scripture. Just as in every other area of life, we must choose between Christ and absurdity. Our government has chosen absurdity, and their only justification for what they do is their constant threat of violence.

In order to appeal to Scripture, they would have to profess Christ as king, and that this is a Christian nation. Lip service wouldn’t be adequate. They would have to adopt just, biblical laws. Until then, they have chosen absurdity, and won’t be able to answer the question of why anyone has to obey their law other than “might makes right”. But their willingness to kill me doesn’t give them jurisdiction.