Comments on: Government is the price of progress http://www.occams-razor.info/2005/08/government_is_t.html Insightful essays on subjects trivial and profound Mon, 26 Jul 2010 06:38:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Ann http://www.occams-razor.info/2005/08/government_is_t.html/comment-page-1#comment-4042 Ann Sat, 04 Jul 2009 03:08:19 +0000 http://potomactavern.org/wordpress/?p=397#comment-4042 I love your post. I love your post.

]]> By: Ien http://www.occams-razor.info/2005/08/government_is_t.html/comment-page-1#comment-897 Ien Sun, 17 Feb 2008 16:24:54 +0000 http://potomactavern.org/wordpress/?p=397#comment-897 The reason modern right-wingers want to get rid of government is because it has long been a restraining hand on their abuse of power. They want the freedom to strip the resources of other countries, enslave blacks, convert everybody to Christianism, throw the poor into the streets, and otherwise rape the world for the benefit of the white man. Ever since America abolished slavery they've been whining about government interfering with their personal decisions. This is the same reason they don't like political correctness. Being politically correct means you can't say men are superior to women because of the Bible, you can't say blacks are niggers or that homosexuals are fags, and so the right-wingers are appalled by this restraint on their desire to degrade other human beings. The reason modern right-wingers want to get rid of government is because it has long been a restraining hand on their abuse of power. They want the freedom to strip the resources of other countries, enslave blacks, convert everybody to Christianism, throw the poor into the streets, and otherwise rape the world for the benefit of the white man. Ever since America abolished slavery they’ve been whining about government interfering with their personal decisions. This is the same reason they don’t like political correctness. Being politically correct means you can’t say men are superior to women because of the Bible, you can’t say blacks are niggers or that homosexuals are fags, and so the right-wingers are appalled by this restraint on their desire to degrade other human beings.

]]> By: Brandon http://www.occams-razor.info/2005/08/government_is_t.html/comment-page-1#comment-267 Brandon Sun, 12 Feb 2006 17:40:34 +0000 http://potomactavern.org/wordpress/?p=397#comment-267 I think you're being a little dishonest here. Sure, sanitation and food conditions in the late 1800s were poor by today's standard, and even by early 1900s standards. But this comparison has a serious flaw. History travles in one direction; forward. An honest historical method would take into account the late 1800s conditions and then compare them to previous conditions. I encourage you to investigate the conditions prior to the industrial revolution. That is 1760 and before. Then observe the drastic increase in economic and social wellbeing the poor recieved from the ID. Also, I must bring into question your hypothesis that government is a means of progress. You said, "Like it or not we now live in a far more complex world. Unless we all become like the Amish, the combination of increasing populations and quickly evolving technologies will make it inevitable that government will need to expand." Inevitable? perhaps...necessary? no. An increasingly complex world makes individual choice that much more practical than collective government planning of an economy. I think you’re being a little dishonest here. Sure, sanitation and food conditions in the late 1800s were poor by today’s standard, and even by early 1900s standards. But this comparison has a serious flaw. History travles in one direction; forward. An honest historical method would take into account the late 1800s conditions and then compare them to previous conditions. I encourage you to investigate the conditions prior to the industrial revolution. That is 1760 and before. Then observe the drastic increase in economic and social wellbeing the poor recieved from the ID.

Also, I must bring into question your hypothesis that government is a means of progress.

You said, “Like it or not we now live in a far more complex world. Unless we all become like the Amish, the combination of increasing populations and quickly evolving technologies will make it inevitable that government will need to expand.”

Inevitable? perhaps…necessary? no. An increasingly complex world makes individual choice that much more practical than collective government planning of an economy.

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