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bardicverse on 20 October 2008
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FreeTalkLive said:
bardicverse said:
Actually, I consider myself radical reformist. It has anarchy in the front, but a structured government in the end.

Basically, tear down the entire govt and all of its laws and restart from scratch. Kind of a cold reboot for the US, as it's crashed with the Blue screen of death.

What is to stop the new government from being almost as bad, the same as, or worse than the current government? Have you heard Won't Get Fooled Again Lyrics by The Who?

http://www.sing365.com/music/lyric.nsf/Won%27t-Get-Fooled-Again-lyrics-The-Who/761EF79AAB42FA9C48256977002E72F9

Tearing down a government sounds like a complete waste of time if there isn't a plan to replace it with something.

The system of government has already completed changed once in the US. The US used to be governed by the Articles of Confederation. However, the rich and powerful complained that they didn't have enough central control so they replaced the extremely decentralized form of government where almost all power was local with the Constitution. So, if you value freedom, you likely look at the completely new system of government enacted by the Constitution as a massive lose of freedom. If the current system of government was replaced, how do you know history will not repeat?

Of course, if you don't have a plan to replace it, sure. But that's not the matter Im talking about here, and its way too long of a discussion to type out the full details of =)

History doesn't have much time to repeat itself, if the ancient mayans are on track. 3 1/2 years left.