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The whole concept of the state (and the government as the current people representing it) is to give people a sense of belonging and heavily influences how soci
by frostwarrior 5y ago
The whole concept of the state (and the government as the current people representing it) is to give people a sense of belonging and heavily influences how society works in their territory.
What you label as unethical, insecure or malicious, may be normal life for a person living in, say, Middle East or Subsaharan Africa.
Not everyone is born into a context where they can thrive by themselves without hurting anyone else.
And we shouldn't assume that everyone has a legit path laid out for them so they can be succesful without being malicious.
In corrupt countries, either you become corrupt or you resign any possibility to achieve anything.
- throwaway290 5y agoThanks. You basically are restating my point. The world is full of circumstances in which people hurt other people, in a vicious circle where people grow up with insecurities and try to secure themselves at the expense of others. In a free market that expresses itself as abusing the law, meaning regulations are necessary. Subtract our issues that cause us to abuse our fellow humans and our environment, and capitalism is the way to peacefully coexist while keeping making progress.
- Kinrany 5y agoFree market will work in a post-scarcity society, sure.