The Conservative Voice

[Tiberius]

Adrian, the kind of government that, if I remember correctly, you would want to see would never result in equality. By its very nature, the unequal distribution of wealth and power results in grave inequality.

Stop thinking mathematical equality and start thinking social equality. It is impossible by definition to have everyone exactly the same. Some people have brown hair, others have blond. Some people have rich parents, others have poor. We aren't talking about equality meaning person A being identical to person B, we are talking about equality meaning that no matter who you are, how much you earn, or what your hair colour is, you are treated the same by the government and by society in general.

The kind of horrible power you attribute to an overreaching government would just be replaced by someone else as you remove more and more power from the government.

I fail to see how. Baseless assertions don't make for good argument; present your case properly.

Barring ignorance to history and modern politics, I honestly don't see how anyone can trust trust a multi-billion dollar company to go about their business unfettered by government restrictions and controls than a democratically-elected government with a respectable turnover rate.

You can trust companies to do one thing, and that is to listen to their consumers. Why? Because in a world with no government restrictions on business, the consumers have all the power. They set the prices; they tell the company what to pay their employees; they are in control.

Hell, even if the US government has too much power over its own economic system, the US government still has an enormous problem with corruption because of the companies trying very hard to control its own regulation and buying politicians. The recent healthcare debacle in the year from the announcement right up to the President signing the bill is enormous evidence of this.

There would be no point or benefit in "buying" politicians when the politicians have no control over the economy in the first place. If you want to end corruption; remove the corruptible from any proper position of power. It's that simple.

I think I and others who don't ascribe to your ideals can see just much power people and companies like that can have if the government just decided to stop regulating them. The government dictators would just be given the moniker of "CEO" instead of "Senator."

Yet another assertion.