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Congress is part of the problem. Even if they fixed patents, they would just screw something else up. The checks and balances of the US government aren't workin
by Astrohacker 15y ago
Congress is part of the problem. Even if they fixed patents, they would just screw something else up. The checks and balances of the US government aren't working. We need a free market of governments, so that if we don't like one, we just switch to a better one. Competition would provide the check and balance, like it does for everything else. This isn't possible at present because it is impractical or impossible for most people to switch governments. But imagine how quickly governments would fix this stuff if the people just left for somewhere better. It would be fixed instantly.
- scarmig 15y agoRemember that government is the monopoly of the application of force. When you have a competitive market in force...
- Astrohacker 15y agoThen governments would be less forceful because people do not like to be forced to do stuff.
- sbov 15y agoI read that to imply that war is application of governmental free markets. You would still need some governing government to ensure that all the free market governments don't eliminate eachother. And now you're back to the same thing.
- Wentz 15y ago...you have the world as it is. You can already move to change governments, only now you have to move farther than you used to. Notice how most of the oppression in the US is from the federal government, not state or municipal ones. We are predisposed to support government as a holdover from our instincts about tribal politics, but tribes never got anywhere near as big as 1/4 billion people. That immense power abuses result should surprise no one.