tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-542518648627849085.post547534000481107400..comments2024-02-11T06:00:30.938-07:00Comments on Skeptical Eye: Only AnarchismNickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09991410496107221875noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-542518648627849085.post-5943588918991364912009-09-15T08:02:39.301-07:002009-09-15T08:02:39.301-07:00@ Ginx - The actions of people are not unpredictab...@ Ginx - The actions of people are not unpredictable though. People tend to act in their best interests. In a stateless society (anarchy), this would lead to checks and balances in the free market. People would receive better and cheaper service for things like schools and roads b/c there would be competition and profit incentive.<br /><br />A government is a service provider without competition. The government is made up of people who also tend to act in their best interests. This plays out totally differently given the nature of monopoly, however. When government officials act in their best interests, it leads to corruption and preferential treatment for special interests. Big business and big government are natural allies that grow strong at the expense of the general public.Walkey Walkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11465986030633201856noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-542518648627849085.post-43401314717285739092009-09-14T09:37:33.406-07:002009-09-14T09:37:33.406-07:00I’ll be honest, when Bush won in 2000, I had these...I’ll be honest, when Bush won in 2000, I had these same thoughts.<br /><br />The problem is, Anarchy is not like Atheism. Anarchy is unstable, Atheism is stable.<br /><br />The reason for this is that Atheism is confined to one individual and their thoughts. Anarchy depends upon the unpredictable actions of many people. Anarchy also relies on the faith that no one will ever seize the reigns once they have been dropped.<br /><br />If Anarchy was sustainable and preferable, power vacuums would create Utopias. When governments crumble, there is not a flourishing, but a weakening, and exploitation from the outside by those who have their shit together is inevitable.<br /><br />I understand the frustration of disagreeing ideologically with the leadership of your country. The eight years leading up to Obama were so tyrannical that Obama’s administration is a breath of fresh air – even though I don’t agree with him on nearly anything and I certainly didn’t vote for him.<br /><br />Democracy usually does not elect the best leaders, but it ensures we can expediently remove despots and crooks. We don’t, but we can. Why aren’t we?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02504734487692109101noreply@blogger.com