These are the basics of my beliefs. (Video not made by me.)
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That is a very well-made video, but the whole system seems to rely on the ability of people to think logically, and to follow those basic principles.
Unfortunately, not everybody wants a free and wonderfully near-utopian society.
What people want is to satisfy thier own greed. But that’s another rantful post topic.
What I really came here to write about is libertarianism. I like to think that simplicity and honesty, coupled with the attitude that people should control thier own lives are the answer. In my version of libertarianism, there are no victimless crimes. People can decide what’s good and bad for themselves. Drugs are not demonized. Prostitutes are not dehumanized. There are no taxes. The government can not take from you what is rightfully yours. You can decide for yourself what to place your money in.
Naturally, problems arise; such as with abortion. When is something considered “alive”? Because if it’s not alive, it doesn’t have rights. Also, what do you do with children? They aren’t property, obviously, but they cannot decide for themselves yet. And when are they considered adults? When they can make informed decisions for themselves? (I.E. After finished with basic education.) What is the standard for being “informed”?
Also, look at my post about addiction. (First one, I think.)
And what if people break the fundamental rules? What to do with a murderer? No government, no police, remember? So, obviously you need to people to keep the peace, but that brings up the whole ordeal of deciding how much power to afford them over the general populace. And then, what to do about corruption?
Maybe police aren’t needed. If it’s one murderer, people would find the perpetrator, and inflict justice, but would they do it effectively? What about if the general public suddenly has a hatred for a minority. Who would stop the majority from hurting the few?
And this society would also depend on the consumers buying products only from companies whose business practices are to their liking, not just whoever is the cheapest. I don’t think people would care about upholding values when they could either buy cups from an upstanding company or, for half the cost from a company who uses child labor.
Well, in the end, it ll depends on the people, and I don’t think people are ready for this yet. Responsability for their situation would be on them, and they wouldn’t like that. We need the government.
But, fuck, it doesn’t need to have such an ego. It’s just a huge company with a lot of influence.
-The government started out as the guy with the biggest stick, and it hasn’t changed much since then.