It's an interesting discussion, and something similar to what's been bouncing around my head for a few weeks, and to a lesser extent years.
I love, in concept, individualism, libertarianism, and free market capitalism, and think they're the ideal systems. But the fact is, they're also all atrocious at self-policing or preserving, because they're so freedom-oriented. They're prone to subversion.
Fact is, it seems like you need at least some amount of authoritarianism, protectionism, and collectivism, or you lose what it is you care about it. I don't like it, but it seems pretty self-evident.
To a large extent, that is what borders are for. To keep out all crap from the un-free parts of the world that would subvert a free society.
You get searched there, even arbitrarily, you are effectively guilty until proven innocent at them, if you don't like it, just don't try to go past them and this was uncontroversial until recent history in the US, even when the founding fathers themselves were at the helm.
It's an interesting discussion, and something similar to what's been bouncing around my head for a few weeks, and to a lesser extent years.
I love, in concept, individualism, libertarianism, and free market capitalism, and think they're the ideal systems. But the fact is, they're also all atrocious at self-policing or preserving, because they're so freedom-oriented. They're prone to subversion.
Fact is, it seems like you need at least some amount of authoritarianism, protectionism, and collectivism, or you lose what it is you care about it. I don't like it, but it seems pretty self-evident.
Keeping out Jews would be a major rule
You need an ethnically homogeneous people. Any other situation will trigger the prisoner’s dilemma of ethnic tribalism.
A system's purpose is what it does. Individualism, libertarianism, and free market capitalism's purpose IS subversion.
Is that actually the system we live under though?
To a large extent, that is what borders are for. To keep out all crap from the un-free parts of the world that would subvert a free society.
You get searched there, even arbitrarily, you are effectively guilty until proven innocent at them, if you don't like it, just don't try to go past them and this was uncontroversial until recent history in the US, even when the founding fathers themselves were at the helm.