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RE: Do You Love Pholosophy? (Pho intended ;) )

in #introduceyourself8 years ago (edited)

I came here cos I was promised free pho? :) Welcome! On a serious note I have been toying with non-aggression principles as all governments are entirely based on either violence or incarceration as the final solution to any 'legal' framework. What would happen to societal structure if violence in its entirety was no longer possible by governments, where would their authority come from? I think there are too few people in the world with a belief system like this to actually create meaningful change but anti-establishment belief systems will be absolutely essential to the progression of man. It may be our great new evolution cycle, the ending of dependency of the human race on putting global, hugely important decisions in the hands of lessers (or at the very least, equals) who have no right to that level of power and influence - which is why they so frequently resort to violence instead.

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haha when did I promise free pho? ;P I think that authority would arise voluntarily based on merit, as it does today. People choose others to be leaders based on experience and skill. It is authority that arises from coercion that needs to be exposed as unethical and unnecessary. I love your thoughts here: "It may be our great new evolution cycle, the ending of dependency of the human race on putting global, hugely important decisions in the hands of lessers (or at the very least, equals) who have no right to that level of power and influence - which is why they so frequently resort to violence instead." I believe that your mind expands when you're free to do as you please, so long as you're not interfering with another person's will. Alternatively, and what we see today, your mind is kept small when you're being subjugated to do things against your will and forced into a fear- and survival-based mentality. You should check out this comic series, called Voluntaryist - https://volcomic.com/universe-terminology/ - it plays with this very idea of humans evolving as more people apply the NAP in their interactions with other humans.

there are rewards as incentive to cooperation