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On the other hand there's a big part of the UK that doesn't want to work or support itself and does want to confiscate other peoples money in order to continue
by sgt101 2y ago
On the other hand there's a big part of the UK that doesn't want to work or support itself and does want to confiscate other peoples money in order to continue to sit in social housing with social wellfare and a plethora of other social services.
We can have a libertarian country.
Or we can have a social democratic one.
We can't have both.
- t43562 2y agoIf we're a country at all we have to make joint efforts. That requires tax. We'll never agree about how much. Lucky we don't currently have to fight a world war or endure any other serious kind of suffering.
- sgt101 2y agoI say again, we can either have a social democracy where we decide what the rule of law is with a plebiscite or we can have a libertarian rights based society where whoever has capital can decide what happens and no one can stop them. If we run things based on voting then part of that is accepting that other people don't agree with you about what is and isn't a priority. They like their quiet lives and there are enough of them to influence elections.
- t43562 2y agoNobody has to accept anything. We get to debate about it and try to convince each other. We don't vote for things but for governments and there's always more than one issue to consider so government decisions are always going to be a compromise. In the end they get kicked out if the whole thing ends up not working but if it does then the majority give them another go.
- Neonlicht 2y agoActually there aren't. Take all the votes from people who live in the cities and they overrule the country folk. The Americans had to invent the electoral college because otherwise New York and California would run the nation.