Government as a Religion

[Fidel_Castronaut]

This.

I dislike many people, because their motivations are pointless, and their ways of acting on those motivations are illogical. I see the idea of absolute freedom for other people a serious threat to my own sanity.

Imagine, walking down the street, and all you can see is penis graffiti, and big men jumping on people and farting in their faces for fun. That's anarchy.

Boyfriend and I have been talking about this for the last couple days. Unrestricted capitalism and government never lead to anything good.

I guess it does if you're at the top of the tree. But even then, capitalism can never be truely unrestricted. You can't, say, set up a fishery that just fishes the sea dry becuase then your business model falls flat after the finite resources are depleted.

So, as a company, you can chose to set up your own boundaries and restrict your own resources, but then say a competitor moves in and utilizes its assets to depleted stock to your detriment? Well, guess you're both fucked, but then they'll be less fucked than you. Short term gain > long term sustainability when you've got no one tapping you on your shoulder asking you to consider the consequences for people that your business doesn't cater for. Unrestricted freedoms would just be the epitome of some people considering themselves more equal than others.