| HylianSwordsman said:
Also, if you're in favor of dissolving the federal government, why not the states themselves? I mean the states are in turn a super-government over the towns and cities within them. How small does the government have to be before it's small enough? Why have a government at all in that case? I mean are you truly an anarchist as I suspected? You talk kind of like a libertarian, but an extremist one that would leave a pointless government that might as well be anarchy. |
I am an anarchist, at least in theory. I prefer the label "hardcore libertarian" though, as anarchist makes people think of the clowns in black masks looting and throwing molotov cocktails. But, yes, in theory, I support dissolution of the the 50 US states.
| HylianSwordsman said: Well certainly the freeness I speak of is relative, but you apparently admit you prefer the states to China. So even you see the difference, and it's that difference I'm talking about. Countries with functional democracies are freer than dictatorships, it's not that hard to grasp. Tell me though, do you have a plan to get rid of all those dictators? I'd rather we ask countries to help us to defeat dictators than let them continue to solidify their grip on power while dissolving our own. Your plan is suicidal. Sure, a world where power is dissolved as much as possible would be a more fair one than the one we live in, but to get to that world, we have to start with the one we're in, and your path would have us give up our collective power in the name of "freedom". I maintain that you're horrifically naive if you think that 50 unallied states wouldn't get invaded, and committing the entire continent worth of states to each other's common defense in the form of a federal military is the best way to prevent said 50 states from being invaded piecewise until we all fall to foreign tyrants. But having a federal military without a federal civilian government is asking for a military dictatorship. |
I don't have any plan to get rid of dictators. While I support all efforts to bring about freedom in any and all areas, I'm more worried about casting off the chains that bind me, my friends, and my family.
I'll take off my Utopian anarchist glasses for a minute, if you'll take off your "government will fix the problems government causes" glasses. Then we can talk about the very real fact that every time we "defeat" a dictator, the world becomes less free. People on all sides die, worse scumbags take over, money is spent, freedoms are taken away in the name of security, etc. So, while it is unfortunate to admit, the reality is that it is not preferable to doing nothing, IMO.
As for the US states being invaded.... I see no evidence that this is likely to be a common occurrence. There are tons of small countries all over the world. Some of them (Monaco, Luxembourg, Iceland come to mind) are very prosperous. Yet, they stay out of other countries' business, and nobody invades. And, aside from that, the US states could revert back to something like the US was originally intended to be - united States of America, rather than The United States of America - a defensive alliance. (I probably wouldn't support this, unless it truly was nothing more than a handshake deal to help out if an invasion happens.)
