You're basically touting the Austrian School of Economics "axiom" of "non-aggression". That "axiom" is utter nonsense. It is Utopian moralization.
Here is a valid axiom: A young man, in a state of nature, deprived of even the land on which to plant a garden and build a house within which to form a family and raise his children to viable adulthood, will engage in "aggression" to the precise extent he finds it "necessary" to do so in order to obtain this natural allotment of resources. You have to start with that axiom if you want to have anything other than destructive Utopian idealism driving your philosophy. On Sun, Oct 20, 2013 at 5:05 PM, Craig <[email protected]> wrote: > On 10/19/2013 11:09 AM, OrionWorks - Steven Vincent Johnson wrote: > > > > > > > > Communism, I tell you! Pure, unadulterated communism! Or maybe it's > > socialism. Yeah, that's what it is. No, wait! It's socialistic > > communism. Yeah that's the ticket. It's pure concentrated evil, > > whatever it is! We can't have it, and we won't have it! God fearing > > Americans would NEVER EVER propose such a preposterous and evil > > economic system: > > > > > > > > That's the spirit! > > But... why can't we let people who want to live in this type of system > opt-in; while those who don't, opt-out? The reason is because those who > want this system don't want to support it themselves, but rather, they > want the money of others, richer than themselves, to support it. > > Everyone has ideas that can be made manifest when others pay for it. > Democracies, while around for a couple thousand years now, never cease > to find people who are willing to enslave others, for causes they > believe to be just. The solution is freedom. If people want to help > others, then let them; but don't threaten people with violence and > threats of violence, if they want to opt-out of whichever program you > believe deserves attention. Since we all have independent opinions, and > independent values, then allow all people to pursue their own values, > and stop enforcing your values on others. We can work together where we > agree; and work separately where we differ. > > Craig > >
