Me personally.. i think we have a good system.
Its a mix of capitalism and communism, and probably some anarchy thrown in.
We have free trade, yet someone who can't work is taken care off. (Here in Australia anyhow, i hear its not as good in the US)
In most western countries.. there is welfare.. counseling.. AA groups.. free clinics.. charities.. there is alot of help. Tax money is taken from the rich and given to the poor, albeit not very efficiently.
We have socialism.. to some degree.
I feel the true problem is simply corruption.. something that has been happening since the dawn of man.
Lobbyist influence politicians and get them to create laws which only benefit the company doing the lobbying. The politicians get paid bribes.. given cruisy do nothing jobs jobs or sit on boards and earn multi million dollar salaries for "advising"
I know of many, many examples where a law has been changed by a politician and there friends make money. Happens all the time.. why do you think we have so many stupid laws.. someone is always earning a buck.
Same deal as federal reserve.. what a nice little insider deal that was.
What if we had.. some sort of open public ledger which recorded transactions and new laws being made.. what if people could vote on this.
What if.. we actually had the will of the people making the new laws?
That's what we are told we have.. what if we actually had it?
I think that's all we need.. to stamp out corruption some how..
Yeah, I feel somewhat similar and agree corruption is one of the key issues. There is no question Statism has become toxic but I'm not necessarily convinced that States are doomed to be evil. It's The Archons who rule the States that are causing the problems and they are corrupt.
Yes , I agree with most of what you say, and in third world countries like mine, corruption, even though I don't know if it is worse, is certainly more visible.
But, why does corruption happen? Is it because people are bad and we need more transparency, or is it because most of our laws violate the natural order of things?
Is it more common for a homicide detective to take a bribe or for a narcotics agent? Ask yourself why!
A voluntary society can take care of the poor more efficiently, provide health care that is more affordable and it would not perpetuate so many institutional injustices.
We have a good system? Tell that to the millions imprisoned in the U.S. alone!
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I think he was referring to his experience in Australia. Canada is also not as terrible as the U.S., but it is a corporate oligarchy.