williams@kirk.DEC (John Williams 223-3402) (09/18/84)
On liberty, society, and the analogy to roads, and
regulations:
It is society that appreciates the regulated traffic
system, it is the individual that appreciates the passing lane.
The difficult problem with government is that you must
please both. Fundamentally government provides a fusion of
evolution and maintains us as a single species, we progress
together, and it will always be the responsibility of government
to resolve differences between special interest groups, and to do
so by means of polling the majority. Unfortunately, too many
people feel it is the responsibility of government to stop
evolution, ( like MOST democrats I have listened to ) and the
result is that the populace tends to get divided into the have's
and have not's. Both are extremes. One leads to war, the other
leads to starvation. Both are equally valid forms of catastrophic
evolution.
The privileges granted to you at birth are an appeal for
you to continue their enforcement. There is no way of stopping
evolution, what we can hope to do as a species is to modify it so
that the quality of life improves in general. This does not, and
should not, include the continued preservation of individuals not
capable of maturity and self support. How can we enforce this?
Economically. We throw good money into poor resource when
we hand out. There is no bigger waste than a non productive
environment. A job should always look more attractive. This is
what I believe is lacking in society today, that with the number
of people inhabiting the world, and the way in which we have to
stretch our resources, the unemployed would otherwise be dead,
instead, they self righteously claim it is OUR responsibility to
secure their survival. Perhaps we should instead secure ours.
I realize that I presented somewhat of an extreme, but I
do feel that those who would attempt to stop the world will only
end up stopping themselves. Their love is a mindless utopia, and
not a driving reality.
----{ john williams }----
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