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Because times change. Would you want the "Keep the blacks as slaves" foundation to still be ticking along these days? A charity should have to get money from
by softawre 8y ago
Because times change.
Would you want the "Keep the blacks as slaves" foundation to still be ticking along these days?
A charity should have to get money from each generation to survive.
- dumbfounder 8y agoThere are a lot of charities I don't want, but I don't think I should have the right to say what charities exist. Also, charities need people to run them, they aren't soulless automatons that execute on whatever evil plan was concocted by its benefactor. They are generally given broad direction and have the ability to change over time.
- petermcneeley 8y agoYes but if you're a libertarian you dont believe in the enlightenment values anyway. This law is to reduce the power of the dead over the living and to allow them to chose their own path. This concept is similar to democracy where the monopoly of physical power rests in the hands of a majority of the populous.
- dumbfounder 8y agoWhile we abide by the rules of government established by a document that that is hundreds of years old?
- petermcneeley 8y agoEven in the USA the reality is much more nuanced. The USA of 1776 is quite different from today. I think one of the big breaks was about states rights causing the civil war and effectively reconstituting the country. Even something like free speech (probably one of more unique things about USA) actually has its formulation in the 20th century. There are more obvious things like constitutional amendments or changes in interpretation. Finally of course the USA is a creation of not abiding to the rules and traditions of the UK. The laws of the past are not a tyrant over us and should not be.