Differences between people often come down to core philosophical
issues. Simple ideas with vast implications. These issues are often
ignored or not seen. Let me take the example of Cuba, just as an
illustration. They have free health care and free university
education yet there are many of those people that decided to risk
their very LIVES on a piece of wood through shark infested waters to
get here, where there is no government health care. The core
philosophy must be examined. We owe it to each other to dig down to
core philosophical positions, rather than assuming you know everything
and what is “right.”
You do-gooders in here do not like to discuss money. You think
money is not the issue or even "an" issue. I claim that money and all
the philosophical issues that go with it cannot be ignored, and are in
fact a central factor in all of human activity. It is global. It is
part of the man-made system. We need to talk about it, because it is
part of the equation. It cannot be left out.
Many believe in “universal” rights, and include government
health care as one of those. As I mentioned, here is the US we have
a “right to bear arms.” Is that universal? I am not a gun fan, but
I think the “right to self defense” IS a universal right. You entrust
a government to “enforce” rights.
Well, I do not think governments can be trusted to do so, and often
do not make the “right” choices. Invading Iraq was a “nationalized”
government plan too. Not everyone was for it, but because the
government is what it is, that was what happened. I do not consider
that a good thing. Governments do not have the best answers quite
often, and this needs a full debate. Engaging in that debate MUST
include “core philosophy” as that is where the differences really lie.
Core ideas are often not out in the open. They must be dug for in
some cases. I don’t see enough digging. I see people who have
already concluded, based on their core philosophies, and have no
intention of examining or “finding out” why those they oppose think
the way they do. We are not so good at articulating these things,
but we should try to become better at it.
Some core “rights” and ideas conflict with other core ideas and
rights. This needs to be resolved or compromised in some way. Just
another example: “we as a society need to do X” I have big
problems with these kinds of statements. Just at my core level,
“We” trumps the individual.
I will stop here for now. Just needed to get that off my chest.
This little post is in no way my “response” to all the vile, nasty,
rude accusations from the vastly different core philosophies of all
you people out there that chose to ignore my core philosophical
issues. You deserve much better, I will try to get to them all.
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