On Mon, Jan 07, 2008 at 03:38:48PM -0800, James G. Sack (jim) wrote: > John Oliver wrote: > > On Mon, Jan 07, 2008 at 03:24:30PM -0800, Neil Schneider wrote: > >> Robert Donovan wrote: > >> > >> I've always thought that the > >>> key difference between socialism and capitalism is that socialism is > >>> based, ultimately, on coercion, whereas capitalism is based on > >>> persuasion. > >> All government is based upon coercion. > > > > Precisely. Hence, my statement that government is the problem and not > > the solution, and my belief that less government is always preferable to > > more government. > > I read that as saying you would prefer to have _no_ government. Is that > really what you wish for? Or, maybe you meant "always" to be taken > somewhat casually.
No, I do not believe in "no" government. The Founding Fathers of this country drafted a Constitution that gave a very few, very limited powers to the Federal government. Everything else was to devolve upon the states. I would prefer that every state should adopt a minimal government and protect individual liberties above all, but I would not force the people of any given state to adopt any particular form of government. As long as I could choose to live in any state with the level of government that I was comfortable with, I'd be happy. > > Check out > > http://www.isil.org/resources/philosophy-of-liberty-english.swf ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Left quoted. Watch it. It is a pretty close match to my core beliefs. -- *********************************************************************** * John Oliver http://www.john-oliver.net/ * * * *********************************************************************** -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
