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If we have a monopoly deciding, we may never know. That is why I specifically said a monopoly like government. If some people subscribe to this idea, good for t
by sfe22 5y ago
If we have a monopoly deciding, we may never know. That is why I specifically said a monopoly like government. If some people subscribe to this idea, good for them. If they are a large group, the market will offer them a solution and we will see.
- clusterfish 5y agoThe market for large groups of people is called politics. If you like unregulated markets so much, you should like monopolies, including that of political power.
- elil17 5y agoIt’s weird to call Switzerland democratically elected government a monopoly. It a democratic government can‘t institute a ban on trying to get kids hooked on drugs, who can?
- sfe22 5y agoI believe freedoms can be restricted to everyone in a region by a monopoly (government) if a very large group of people in a place vote for it. Not 50%, it would take higher percentage than that. And this way you can create basic laws, agains murder for example, nukes, heavy weapons, basic insurance, etc. And said people should have a right to withdraw their vote. If they want to censor TV this way they can. It would he stupid but they can. However to meet definition of democracy in my books, they also need to have the right to withdraw their support for that restriction of freedom, and if the threshold is not met, the law is abolished automatically after a certain period. Having a certain people create laws is ripe for corruption, and we see that everywhere including Switzerland. If you cannot get the majority to support your censorship, and still believe it is good for a lot of people, you have to create standards and create programs that adhere to such standards that people can subscribe to voluntarily.