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Originally Posted by sperbonzo
Those statements right there, show that absolutely opposing world views that we have. You think that Governments are good things, meant to help. I believe that governments grow first out of the powerful dominating the weak through use of force, (Kings), and then morph in various ways, but always are being run by people that seek power, and have the now legal means to use force in order to make people comply. If their power is not limited initially, and then kept in check constantly, they will grow forever into you are back in King/Dictator mode again. ANY system that seeks to grow government power is, in my view, anti freedom.
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This isn't my world view to oppose, this is the purpose of our government, it's real job. I'm not saying our Gov hasn't went way the hell overboard, because it has. So I agree with you, the Gov must be kept in check, it must be kept in balance - but so should corps abusing power that they clearly have.
Thinking the eco, business, corps, or a market, will simply work its issues out if everyone just let's it naturally happen is absurd for many reasons, before greed being the killing factor. I don't think any system is perfect, a balance between them all is needed.
And as you said... people need to keep the gov in check better as well, so that balance is kept. Hell, that's a great example of what happens when you ignore things and think they'll naturally fix themselves.