We're Facing a Moral Cliff

[Gremlin]

[Dylan]

Hmmmm. I'm not so sure the US in the late 19th and early 20th century is an example of wealth flowing downward........

[Gremlin]

[The Dharma Bum]

[Aaron]

[Gremlin]

Then were not all that far off from each other after all.
With morality i usually turn to UPB to try and find that line.
Because every ones situation is different i can only really speak for myself, but some instances are especially obvious.

I dont agree with the initiation of force to squeeze the unproductive, but there are a myriad of other opportunities to encourage positive movement.

[Aaron]

I highly doubt that we aren't that far off. You can't possibly believe in a realistic sociological model, believing government is a failure.

[Gremlin]

[Aaron]

You cannot have community without obligatory involvement, and the human condition requires that obligatory involvement include recognition of the protection of human dignity.

Government is an agreed upon assumption that reasonable people need assistance against unreasonable people, and what stems from that is cascading sub-agreements involving all aspects of society.

You are addressing nothing by calling government an inherent failure, because you simply don't like community influence. You're political perspective as an anarchist, quite literally, is a personal problem.

[Kane]

Eh? In a strictly theoretical sense the use of force as a means of coercion by the government is deplorable. It's just a necessity in my mind. I can understand where they come from but as a realist I sympathize more with an understanding that's inclusive of contemporary standards and limits of individual autonomy.