I am sure a police for hire system, would end all oppression and corruption!!!
What a fucking pipe dream!!!
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If one wants something totally different from the system at hand, then I think they might be barking up the wrong tree. On a philisophical level, I agree with the author, on a practical level I do not. If this question were asked literally thousands of years ago in certain countries, then on a practical level I would say go for it.
The fact of the matter is this; there are too many people in the world with a system that has been evolving since man starting developing steady agriculture and 'civilisation' to go from government to no government. If you want change, it needs to be gradual, meaning that anything that you think should be, really shouldn't. It needs to be partiall spontaneous, not some set idea of what 'should be' In common sense terms what seems right to you is not necessarily right for me.
Mentally, our collective have instilled in our consciousness that some sort of government is needed. No matter how much you disagree, going totally against the grain is counterproductive at best. What should go on is to redevelope the system slowly and steady. Fine tune it if you will, but one key thing is missing and it has to deal with the way society acts as a collective.
What I referring to is the way we view each other. as long as we lack compassion for each other and the environment, and as long as we contnue to distrust in each other, nothing remotely close to change can come about.
why does the government even attempt to listen to their citizens...its because they want to stay in power, not because they care about those in need, not because they try to understand suffering. That's why aid organizations such as world vision will never have the impact they claim they will have, cause they are business, about making money first and people second.
Anarchy in its purest and most beautiful form won't happen until humanity is mentally ready for it. until the majority can look past our own noses can we begin to view and focus on utopia.
The author asks, "But would we really be in any peril if there were no government enforcing these costly restrictions? Would it be in the seller’s interest to poison his customers, even if there were no legal penalty for doing so? How often did that happen before all these laws were imposed? Roadside fruit stands are still unregulated. Are these dangers to the purchaser?"
The restictions are there because people forced the governments on some level to have them. many times it is in the best interests for a company to poisen their customers if its profitable. its ridiculous to not trust governments and yet instill any kind of faith in companies. Both companies and governments run on the same principle, two selfish sides of the same coin. I'm sure there are good companies and bad ones, but the same can be said for governments. what matters if those running it have compassion for people.
how dare the author base his argument on the grounds of for taking his car, when millions of people die every year unnecessarily because of famine. again, people need to look past their own noses before any real change can be seen.
-------------------- Annnnnnd I had a light saber and my friend was there and I said "you look like an indian" and he said "you look like satan" and he found a stick and a rock and he named the rock ooga booga and he named the stick Stick and we both thought that was pretty funny. We got eaten alive by mosquitos but didn't notice til the next day. I stepped on some glass while wading in the swamp and cut my foot open, didn't bother me til the next day either....yeah it was a good time, ended the night by buying some liquor for minors and drinking nips and going to he diner and eating chicken fingers, and then I went home and went to bed.
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Redstorm said: He is right. It is up to one's self to make changes in the system. Of course you can't walk up to a police station and do something that is against the law. That is just silly. What one can do, though, is attempt to work with the system to achieve reform. It's easy to sit here and bitch on an internet board. Things don't get fixed that way, though. Only by busting your ass for a cause will anything ever change.
It's not going to happen with one person. If all of America went out and smoked a joint in front of a cop station the reaction of the police would be a little different.
However, if we cannot get the support of a great majority of the country, then either educate the other half or accept defeat in the marijuana law area.
-------------------- I don't think for myself. I think as though I'm explaining my thoughts to someone else. I'm concerned only for those listening.
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