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117 sats \ 4 replies \ @Undisciplined OP 7 Nov \ parent \ on: How to Actually Drain the Swamp Politics_And_Law
I didn't refuse your offer. You asked me a question (essentially) and I answered it honestly.
I believe in law and order, but not that systematic rights violations are required to have it. You don't have make uncharitable assumptions about what I believe. I'm right here, you can just ask.
Yes you answered the question but it ignores how would society function with your actions, the goal was to see what things you would eliminate and what institutions would be impacted. Like getting rid of the FAA. Well what happens when airways are unregulated.
Not making assumptions just trying to understand why Pardon every federal prisoner. What’s the point in doing that? Even those who plead guilty to a crime. Why let them free?
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Originally, there were only three federal crimes: treason, piracy, and counterfeiting. I don't think anyone's currently in jail for piracy, I don't believe treason is a legitimate crime, and the government is the primary counterfeiter. All other crimes were intended to be handled at a more local level.
Basically, my position is that no one in federal prison should be in a federal prison. If they committed a real crime, that should have been handled more locally.
As to pleading guilty, feel free to ask Siggy about how perverse our plea system is. That means nothing to me, because those deals are all made under duress.
As to the FAA, air-traffic control is perfectly attainable at a more local level. Almost all of the 200 other countries on Earth are smaller than the US and somehow they manage to not have their planes crash into each other regularly. Just because something isn't regulated by the feds doesn't mean it's unregulated.
Like I said, I'm happy to attempt the exercise you were getting at, but it wouldn't be an honest reflection of what Undisciplined would do with unlimited executive power. I do think conversations about downstream effects on institutions are very interesting. I can take another crack at this with the added caveat that I can't just fire everyone and shutdown everything.
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Lately there have been a lot of close call accidents at airports. FAA has not had a good run the last 3 years
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Chaos Theory by Bob Murphy is a good short book (actually just two essays) about why chaos is not the result of deregulation and why the government is not the best provider of law enforcement/defense.
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