Doesn't it seem like EVERYONE is arguing about everything lately? I mean especially with all the opinions flying around about health care and the economy, it seems like very few people are on exactly the same page about many issues at all. With the internet, everyone is suddenly accessing larger amounts of information; it's all different; and everyone is opining about it. Have new communications technologies have made little monsters out of us all? So what is the future of this trend that only seems to be beginning? My first response is disappointment that our society is becoming a giant Tower Of Babel, and that maybe this "age-of-information" thing is inherently disharmonious and confusion is our destiny.
But how silly is that attitude! After a little more analysis, my libertarian self rescues my pessimistic self. After all, as we like to say about government, "the more they disagree, the less they get done - and less they get done, the better". So in light of this, what is so bad about mass confusion - as long as it accomplishes such a great task? Maybe this mass confusion is one of the main keys to the elimination of government/tyranny. IOW who cares if every individual strongly disagrees with every other individual, as long as it prevents collectivism? For me personally, my greatest fear is not that I am on a different page than my friends and family members; my biggest fear is that I live under a daily risk of victimization from my government (including from crime created by its policies). History would seem to justify my fear as far more rational. So fuck social harmony! How bad can civilian confusion be compared to the dangers posed by the most monstrous government in history? That being said; since I would still advise libertarians advocating the most general libertarian principles, I obviously hope for agreement in that regard. But beyond that, I do not see anything wrong with everyone arguing about the tiniest details and completing their transformations from sheep to mountain lions. Hey, at least the wolves are screwed! (And libertarian principles will be fine.)
