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Reflections on the lack of a revolution in Australia : Comments
By John Töns, published 9/9/2013No doubt there is someone who can state with great precision the exact moment the Australian electorate became disillusioned with both major parties and cast around for a new illusion.
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“Do you deny that all people living in a community (state, nation) should bear some responsibility to others in the community?”
No. But that doesn’t amount to a blank warrant for unlimited government power to threaten to attack or cage people for anything it feels like so long as the aggressors declare their own actions “wise” or “equitable”. Aggression against the person or property of others remains wrong, EVEN IF it’s the State doing it.
“Do you believe that if one sector of a community decides to conduct an experiment… they should have the right to do so?”
In general, yes. The limiting factor is whether their actions involve aggressing against the person or property of others. If they do, then no. And force – including law – is justified to stop them or require restitution.
But the starting point is a presumption in favour of liberty, not against. We don’t presume everything should be illegal unless you beg for a corporate monopolist of aggressive violence to arbitrarily decide to permit you when your actions do not aggress against the person or property of others.
That’s the general issue!
“Do you deny that parents should protect and nurture their children…”
No.
“…and try to offer them the best possible future?”
No, PROVIDED THAT they don’t try by offering aggressive violations against the person or property of others.
This rules out at least 50 percent of the current activities of governments in the western world which are based on socialism and therefore threatening to imprison government’s subjects, in order to fund it.
This is the bit the socialists always ignore, would like to pretend doesn’t exist, and have no answer to when it is raised but endless self-contradictions.
So Grim: what is the rational criterion by which the State knows whether a given resource should be consumed now or in the future, on the basis that all humans are “one”?