I hope that when people learn of the great many things that have been taken from them, essentially stolen by a multitude of perpetuated, overlapping and interconnected lies, that they are able to respond constructively to the situation, and not be tempted by the constantly reinforced motives of revenge, anger or destruction.
Learning, however, is not something people are trained to do. They are brought up to be instructed by institutions, guided by authority that has usurped the power of truth by afflicting the minds of the people with lies. People will defend these lies to no end, because they have essentially known nothing else. They are also afraid to be wrong, because they have associated being wrong and making mistakes with failure, which meets with strong negative social reinforcement and stigma. Essentially, many people are not only unable, but unwilling to understand the truth.
As evidenced below, people will confront simple truth with complex lies. We must forgive them however, because they know not what they do.
All we can do is be patient, be truthful and to never surrender our hope.
Monday, December 28, 2009
Stateless society: A beautiful deception
Those that have argued in the past for moving toward a stateless society start by centralizing the resources. The process of cataloging and optimizing is never done, so the stated goal of eliminating the state is replaced with a perpetual tyranny. The beauty of freedom from the state is ephemeral.
Freud said that the man's id is with him always and is not something that can be removed from the man. The concept of a stateless society requires the human id not lead our actions. Without a great deal of selflessness among all persons no society can do without law enforcement. The attractiveness of the no-laws society is a fraud.
Some that argue for the stateless society say that we should give away everything needed for life. Most people know that if we offer to give more things away for free there will be less to go around overall. The benevolence that comes from munificence eventually leads to degradation of the very same munificence. The charity required to support a stateless society is self-destructive to that society. The lovely concept of patronage free charity is dishonest.
The market system works and if people do not accept the market system then there will be death, chaos, destruction, social regression and eventually a return to feudalism. Scientific management of resources has been tried time and again, and accepting it leads to a return to the mercantile system. It is simple wishful thinking to desire a functional stateless system based on mutual consent in resource allocation. The imaginative concept of governance of all resources by mutual scientifically informed consent along is intellectually deceitful.
There are many examples of those who have worked and learned and turned their lives around. Without the bitter of pain, the sweetness of success has no meaning. Without the ability to fail, to some extent, in life, there is less impetus to strive to innovate. The market is about innovation, overcoming adversity, creating new efficiencies and progressing society forward. Third world countries that do not protect the valuable and fragile resource of a free and open market stagnate and fester. Innovation that comes from altruism has never come close the innovation that comes from a profit motive. The charming concept of a stateless society with no profit motive is a ruse.
States must exist to protect the sanctity of the market. Everyone is part of this market every day, this is not an intrinsically immoral act. The use of the state to protect a free and open market is highly correlated, among the many nation-states that do so, with an improved quality of life. The state tends to be inefficient and institutions are filled with flawed humans and bad practices. Despite this the profit motive has allowed the market economy, as well regulated by the state, to bring about the very best in human ingenuity and creativity. The stateless society is a beautiful deception.
Freud said that the man's id is with him always and is not something that can be removed from the man. The concept of a stateless society requires the human id not lead our actions. Without a great deal of selflessness among all persons no society can do without law enforcement. The attractiveness of the no-laws society is a fraud.
Some that argue for the stateless society say that we should give away everything needed for life. Most people know that if we offer to give more things away for free there will be less to go around overall. The benevolence that comes from munificence eventually leads to degradation of the very same munificence. The charity required to support a stateless society is self-destructive to that society. The lovely concept of patronage free charity is dishonest.
The market system works and if people do not accept the market system then there will be death, chaos, destruction, social regression and eventually a return to feudalism. Scientific management of resources has been tried time and again, and accepting it leads to a return to the mercantile system. It is simple wishful thinking to desire a functional stateless system based on mutual consent in resource allocation. The imaginative concept of governance of all resources by mutual scientifically informed consent along is intellectually deceitful.
There are many examples of those who have worked and learned and turned their lives around. Without the bitter of pain, the sweetness of success has no meaning. Without the ability to fail, to some extent, in life, there is less impetus to strive to innovate. The market is about innovation, overcoming adversity, creating new efficiencies and progressing society forward. Third world countries that do not protect the valuable and fragile resource of a free and open market stagnate and fester. Innovation that comes from altruism has never come close the innovation that comes from a profit motive. The charming concept of a stateless society with no profit motive is a ruse.
States must exist to protect the sanctity of the market. Everyone is part of this market every day, this is not an intrinsically immoral act. The use of the state to protect a free and open market is highly correlated, among the many nation-states that do so, with an improved quality of life. The state tends to be inefficient and institutions are filled with flawed humans and bad practices. Despite this the profit motive has allowed the market economy, as well regulated by the state, to bring about the very best in human ingenuity and creativity. The stateless society is a beautiful deception.
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