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RE: Stop Blaming Capitalism for the Failures of Socialism
We are all equal, except some like to be "more" equal than others. It is unfortunate human nature seems to dictate we all should achieve (is that nature though, or peer pressure) focussing on what we gained when in reality what we did - and who we helped along the way is far more honourable yardstick.
Politics, religion or personal gain - is taking another persons life ever justified? Sometimes I wonder at Darwins theory, is the human race the most evolved or actually the least.
We aren't equal, and our species would have gone extinct long ago if we were.
If a panel of nuclear physicists is discussing how to design the next particle collider, and a pipe from the restroom breaks, the plumber who comes to fix it may have a wonderful design for a particle collider, but he or she is not automatically given time at the panel without submitting it for peer review first. Likewise, none of those nuclear physicists will probably be trusted to fit the pipes correctly. They are both superior within their fields of expertise, and it is this specialization that has allowed innovation and the advancement of our species.
Even if we are equal, is that a natural state? Or is it something that can be forced by a government?
If we agree that theft is wrong, we cannot morally make exceptions to that rule. Likewise for murder, coercion, kidnapping, etc. If a 100% tax rate is equivalent to slavery, what is a 40% tax rate, if not simply a matter of degrees?
If I rob you at gunpoint, we probably agree that I have committed a crime against you. But if my friends and I get together and take a vote to rob you at gunpoint, suddenly it's justified? Because that seems to the be rationale used by supporters of various governments, whose primary function has always been first to live at the expense of others, and second to perpetuate its own existence.
That first sentence so reminded me of the famous animal farm which I do believe the same line was said, and funnily the same problem happened there too they all turned on it's leader in the end.
Taking another life in justification is a hard question to answer, I think often of such subject and law its self, what we ourselves percieve to be right and wrong which I wonder if most of it is based on feeling alone when the outcome has been reached.
Infact to be honest until the day we reach contact with other civilisations in space which I believe there are we will never truly grow as a race, because we don't comprehend how small and insignificant we actually are, in the grand scheme of things.
One solution to the Fermi Paradox is that once most species reach a level of technical sophistication enough to destroy themselves, they proceed to do so.
Also glad to see you're still around. 🤗