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Re: Goodness of Man? (was: Re: Merry Christmas from the Libertarian Party
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Fri, 31 Dec 1999 19:30:52 GMT
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johnneal@uswest.netIHATESPAM
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John DiRienzo wrote:
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> You make a very good additional point yourself. And I will add to it.
> If people were so good in the first place, then democracy, communism,
> feudalism, any of them would work just fine, even anarchy would. But you
> know the true case, and must admit that some of those are better than
> others. I do object to James' point that you thought was excellent. Since
> I believe laziness and making mistakes are evil things, I do think if we had
> a system which motivated people to avoid these evils, we would have a better
> lives. Libertarianism (although I have never actually endorsed it) seems to
> demand more responsibility from individuals, and therefore would be better.
> The same reason he says it is doomed to failure is the same reason I say it
> would be better.
Ahh, I think Libertarianism would be an excellent system; I just shared James
pessimism that it would have a hard time working given today's entitlement
mentality. Lazy people want things given to them rather than they having to
work for them.
> People are lazy because they can be, very few people who
> are truly disadvantaged are not using there time in some way to better
> themselves. Likewise, if a person has little time to be lazy, he has less
> time for making mistakes, and will do better to avoid them knowing that he
> would be the person to bear the consequences of his own mistakes
> (accountability). I think James would have been more accurate saying
> libertarianism is doomed to never get off the ground because people are
> inheritantly evil and will never try to make a change ~that much for the
> better~. Because they are lazy, and don't want to give up being lazy.
> Still, I think Libertarianims does have a chance. Similar to capitolism,
> and democracy, a little bit could go a long way. If Libertarianism (or
> something similar) gets a foothold somewhere, I think it will catch on, in
> time, in a big way.
I hope it does. It seems to be a more mature (in terms of societal evolution)
system of government. Anarchy would be the most mature, IMO.
-John
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