Just look how state works with solving all kind of problems with legislative regulations that, in the end, remove freedom of choice peace by peace. Neither you give responsibility to individuals to learn even from mistakes or take all of it. Of course because of our "safety".
So what's the solution here? Do we forcibly sterilize people? Lock them up if they have children? What's the anti-growth strategy we're actually advocating for?
You don't need to. Fertility rate per woman in wealthy countries decreases every year.
What corruption does to communism and democracy in Russia in years 1985 to 1999 is well documented in latest Adam Curtis documentary series Russia 1985–1999: TraumaZone
I don't believe in best. Point was that democracy by design allows censorship. It's just a matter of majority agreement if implemented to all.
To answer your question: Anything that abandons idea of centralised power with unknown electorate. History many times proves that it cause deaths of millions innocent people. Wars are possible only because idea of giving up personal responsibility for action in name of "safety, right, nation, greater good, you name it...", that centralised authority decide about.
The way I understand it you are not against centralized power in itself, but against the unknown electorate, or lack of personal responsibility when acting in official roles (i.e. immunity). The flaw seems to be in the execution (i.e. corruption) rather than the system itself. And there should be safeguards against those (again it's about execution). I'm probably limiting myself when I compare a "Democratic West" against an "Oligarchich Russia" and an "Autocratic China", but what other forms of government are there, that would better fit your description?
It depends how you define governance. We cannot morally justify system, that by definition supports involuntary money collection, right to oppress of minority when majority decide for or accept electorate without responsibility. It is possible to pretend that it is best system we can have just because we live in society, where state has monopoly to violence, thus unhealthy obedience to authority. And it is cultivated since our childhood in state funded schools as I mention earlier.
UBI is perfect tool to make citizens obey to state. You'll always vote for your breadwinners.
Why, instead of centralised planned economy that failed ans killed millions people many times in history, not just lowering taxes and let people to decide how spend their capital individually? Game theory applied on UBI sounds really like an ugly idea.
UBI is the opposite of centralized planning. Instead of the state deciding what resources people need, and who “deserves” help, it leaves it up to individuals to decide how best to divvy up resources, and everybody gets it.
As for tools that make citizens obey, the government already has the best one: a monopoly on the legitimate use of violence. Everything else is child’s play compared to that.
Because lower income levels in the USA are so low that a substantial number of people do not even pay federal income tax at all. Consequently, "lowering taxes" does not deliver any money to those people. A tax credit would, but this is more or less semantically equivalent to an actual payment such as UBI.
At the federal level, in terms of general purpose taxation? Not really. Capital gains? Even less people pay that. Fuel taxes, aviation taxes etc. are not general purpose taxes.
If your antidepressants are based on benzodiazepines, you should seriously consider to switch them off.
While benzodiazepines are highly effective in the short term, adverse effects associated with long-term use, including impaired cognitive abilities, memory problems, mood swings, and overdoses when combined with other drugs, may make the risk-benefit ratio unfavourable. In addition, benzodiazepines have reinforcing properties in some individuals and thus are considered to be addictive drugs, especially in individuals that have a "drug-seeking" behavior; further, a physical dependence can develop after a few weeks or months of use.
Sure you do. You need more oil to lubricate wind turbines than you do for gasoline, diesel, engine oil, transmission fluid, brake fluid...totally believable. And coal and natural gas turbines don't need any lubrication whatsoever.
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