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You have a society today where people are absolutely opposed on many issues. There really is no compromise or middle ground. The way my brain works is to think about solutions to this. The political method is one attempt but we seem to moving towards violence instead of away from it. I think this is largely due to the state.
One side gets power and lords it over the other. Then the other side gains power and does the same. I'd love to see a gradual move away from this. Focus on common ground. Shrink the state's influence over the people. Let them localize solutions.
It doesn't seem like you are interested in this sadly. We have a golden opportunity right now as gov spending is being exposed. Both those happy about the cuts and those mad about them. As you say, we aren't in NK. We can voluntarily fund most things pretty easily today. Most of USAID stuff people are talking about could be done without taxes directly by the people. What's wrong with that. You don't just jump to the hardest problem first like national defense.
The political method is one attempt but we seem to moving towards violence instead of away from it. I think this is largely due to the state.
I disagree. Humans are inherently selfish and violent. Kids come out the womb hitting, lying, and wanting to claim everything as if they own it despite only having a few years of age.
Shrink the state's influence over the people. Let them localize solutions.
Sure this works in a utopia. The real world doesn’t function this way. Everyone is at each others throats to gain access of the same things. Food, water, energy, power and influence. Plus ideals like the one I quoted above ignore human nature of greed, jealousy, and envy.
As soon as this little community will prosper all it takes is another band of humans who don’t care about your way of thinking and have complete dominion over you.
I agree with you government hasn’t gotten way to large but I don’t understand why we have to eliminate everything about government when bitcoin the tech every libertarian rallies around is a product of tons of government investment and research.
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