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SocialistSlayer on 31 January 2014
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the2real4mafol said:
SocialistSlayer said:
the2real4mafol said:
badgenome said:
the2real4mafol said:

What are the other legitimate functions of government according to you?

I think they all pretty much boil down to protecting rights.

Fair enough but for me. It's 3 things. Law and order (which includes protecting rights), a welfare state (especially free healthcare and education) and conserving landmarks and the natural environment.

I know it's a bit off topic but i was just interested.  

i dont think those words mean what you think they mean. those are contridictory views. you cant support protecting property rights while simultaniously supporting a welfare state, which requires the confiscation and redistrubtion of somebodies property.

your just full of contridictions and hypocracy today, arent you.

Yeah i can be contradictory sometimes but that just happens, I won't deny it. I'm still finding my political beliefs. This thread just proved to a complete fail that's all. No worry, i never take this place seriously anyway. 

Anyway, onto the welfare state. Property ain't necesarilly confiscated in a welfare state. A welfare state just redistributes wealth more evenly to do many things. Like social housing, universal healthcare and education among other things. Unless wealth is considered property itself now (which sounds odd to me), property rights aren't infinged in this case.

Maybe you were thinking about the nationalisation of key parts of the economy like banks, transport or energy. That would be against property rights i guess, but it depends on if the government created them in the first place or not.  

redisdributing wealth = stealing kindly borrowing from somebody and giving to another