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The problem is that "the government" is made up of people who have the same problems rooted in human psychology, and those people are a subset of the general po
by sverige 8y ago
The problem is that "the government" is made up of people who have the same problems rooted in human psychology, and those people are a subset of the general population self-selected for the specific problem of wanting to tell others what to do.
I'm more inclined to agree with the aphorism that government is the problem, not the solution.
- ben_w 8y agoAn understandable position, however given that why governments appear to be the cause of problems appears to be the same as why my self-described “revolutionary Communist” friend thinks that businesses are the problem, I’m inclined to instead blame inheritance — both plutocratic and aristocratic — from preventing true meritocracy. http://wondermark.com/c1135/ http://wondermark.com/c1135/ Well, that and Goodhart’s Law.
- AnimalMuppet 8y agoHumans are not angels. We need government precisely because humans are not angels. We need someone to restrain human tendencies toward violence, toward fraud, and so on. But as you point out, the government isn't composed of angels, either. So we need the government to restrain the people, but we also need to restrain the government.