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I just don't like the bit about how the government is your caring parent. No it isn't. It's protection against worse governments and other mafia organizations,
by card_zero 1mo ago
I just don't like the bit about how the government is your caring parent. No it isn't. It's protection against worse governments and other mafia organizations, and against the governments of other countries. If you start thinking of it as your caring parent, you'll look to it to do everything for you, and to do everything right, and you'll be in continual struggle against everybody else about the right way to do things, hoping that government force will be on your side. "Why can't we have a good government!" you'll say, blaming it on the voting system.
- andai 1mo ago> If you start thinking of it as your caring parent, you'll look to it to do everything for you Well we could start by not turning a blind eye to hundreds of thousands of systematic child rapes. That's the engineering problem I'm trying to solve here. (You gotta start somewhere!) I am open to suggestions though. (Not caring what kind of country those children will inherit appears to be a closely related failure.) p.s. Deleting the mass need for an omnipotent parent figure is also a worthwhile project, though I think it deserves separate treatment.
- card_zero 1mo agoFair enough, I say (belatedly).