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Sure, it's convenient for now. You never know what turn society is going to take somewhere down the line. The government is in a much better position to dicta
by starkd 4y ago
Sure, it's convenient for now. You never know what turn society is going to take somewhere down the line. The government is in a much better position to dictate rules for all of your commerce. Whether that happens in a few years or decades from now is anybody's guess, but the temptation to excercise that power is all the more likely.
- EdwardDiego 4y agoI'll let you know when New Zealand becomes a dictatorship, I guess.
- inkblotuniverse 4y agoIt was pretty authoritarian over the course of the last two years!
- EdwardDiego 4y agoNo it wasn't, not sure why people keep choosing to believe that when Kiwis keep correcting them.
- starkd 4y agoThere is such a thing as "soft tyranny". It can be just as insidious and demoralizing to individual rights as a hard tyranny.