Teach them about statism and tell them you own the bucket and all the candy they gathered and all the candy all their friends gathered. Give them a welfare of a few pieces of candy you gathered. Then tell them to go gather more candy otherwise they’re grounded.
Is statism some term that uneducated Americans with a “gubment bad”-complex uses when they can’t figure out their -isms?
EDIT: Yup. Some neolib “hey why am I not free to exploit people the way I want to? fuck the gubmint!” bullshit that “anarchists” apparently swallow whole. I swear anarchists, anarchocapitalists and neoliberals are the dumbest fuckers around.
It must be nice to live somewhere where the individuals who make up the government are completely altruistic and not selfish or corruptible at all so you can give them extensive power over your life without worry. Unfortunately I have less faith in the unchecked goodness of government workers. I prefer a system built on individuals and free exchange.
It’d be more correct to say that they all own the totality of the candy gathered, because they share the bucket, and as such can democratically allocate the candy.
I like this, I felt like I learned your view better. Unfortunately I’m an individual not a collective. I own my own body and therefore I own the fruits of the labors I endure. I dont think this theoretical democratic “they” should have any say over my body or the products I generate with my efforts.
Dad owns the bucket and you get 1 piece for every 1000 you collect. Sure Dad’s gonna take 99.9% of the candy, and working together we’d end up each taking home way more candy, but then I’d have to work collectively with “they”! No thanks. /s
Teach them about statism and tell them you own the bucket and all the candy they gathered and all the candy all their friends gathered. Give them a welfare of a few pieces of candy you gathered. Then tell them to go gather more candy otherwise they’re grounded.
Is statism some term that uneducated Americans with a “gubment bad”-complex uses when they can’t figure out their -isms?
EDIT: Yup. Some neolib “hey why am I not free to exploit people the way I want to? fuck the gubmint!” bullshit that “anarchists” apparently swallow whole. I swear anarchists, anarchocapitalists and neoliberals are the dumbest fuckers around.
It must be nice to live somewhere where the individuals who make up the government are completely altruistic and not selfish or corruptible at all so you can give them extensive power over your life without worry. Unfortunately I have less faith in the unchecked goodness of government workers. I prefer a system built on individuals and free exchange.
Is there another term for the political ideology or system where the state has substantial centralized control over social and economic affairs?
It’d be more correct to say that they all own the totality of the candy gathered, because they share the bucket, and as such can democratically allocate the candy.
I like this, I felt like I learned your view better. Unfortunately I’m an individual not a collective. I own my own body and therefore I own the fruits of the labors I endure. I dont think this theoretical democratic “they” should have any say over my body or the products I generate with my efforts.
What’s the alternative?
Dad owns the bucket and you get 1 piece for every 1000 you collect. Sure Dad’s gonna take 99.9% of the candy, and working together we’d end up each taking home way more candy, but then I’d have to work collectively with “they”! No thanks. /s