Comments on: Elimination Dance: Small-Government Fanatics http://armchairpundit.metapede.com/2009/07/12/elimination-dance-small-government-fanatics/ Thu, 27 Oct 2011 02:44:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Tariq http://armchairpundit.metapede.com/2009/07/12/elimination-dance-small-government-fanatics/comment-page-1/#comment-383 Tariq Thu, 03 Sep 2009 21:18:14 +0000 http://armchairpundit.metapede.com/?p=577#comment-383 Government is a necessary and vital component of society. That said its tendency is to grow. Never the opposite. So if no one opposes this growth what will be the outcome? Government is a necessary and vital component of society. That said its tendency is to grow. Never the opposite. So if no one opposes this growth what will be the outcome?

]]> By: Tony Perrie http://armchairpundit.metapede.com/2009/07/12/elimination-dance-small-government-fanatics/comment-page-1/#comment-374 Tony Perrie Mon, 13 Jul 2009 02:19:25 +0000 http://armchairpundit.metapede.com/?p=577#comment-374 In some cases, government programs operate more efficiently than private companies. Private insurance companies are way more expensive to run than Medicare on average. I'm not sure that there is a clear alternative to limited democracy. Minarchists, anarcho-capitalists, and anarcho-syndicalists all make valid points. However, markets (free or otherwise) never really happened until government protection was provided. Unfortunately, our current fascist oligarchic cleptocracy isn't really doing it for me either. I don't know all the answers nor even all of the questions. Where am I? Seriously though. My thinking is that Eugene Mirman knows what's good for America. Here's his thinking on the matter. "We should probably use some form of socialist capitalism, where people's hard earned money isn't being snatched away by a tyrannical government, yet everyone has health care and shelter and snacks and a place to make out. I call this new system: sociocapaweeeeee! It is a fun government that has three basic rules: 1) No hitting. 2) Kids eat free. 3) Poor people aren't allowed to swim." In conclusion, stay off those truther websites. In some cases, government programs operate more efficiently than private companies. Private insurance companies are way more expensive to run than Medicare on average.

I’m not sure that there is a clear alternative to limited democracy. Minarchists, anarcho-capitalists, and anarcho-syndicalists all make valid points. However, markets (free or otherwise) never really happened until government protection was provided.

Unfortunately, our current fascist oligarchic cleptocracy isn’t really doing it for me either. I don’t know all the answers nor even all of the questions. Where am I?

Seriously though. My thinking is that Eugene Mirman knows what’s good for America. Here’s his thinking on the matter.

“We should probably use some form of socialist capitalism, where people’s hard earned money isn’t being snatched away by a tyrannical government, yet everyone has health care and shelter and snacks and a place to make out. I call this new system: sociocapaweeeeee! It is a fun government that has three basic rules:
1) No hitting.
2) Kids eat free.
3) Poor people aren’t allowed to swim.”

In conclusion, stay off those truther websites.

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