tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28127675.post4887512776795424103..comments2024-03-14T12:01:17.079-04:00Comments on ROBERT BIDINOTTO: A Manifesto for "Coercive Paternalism"Robert Bidinottohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11777797272563802442noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28127675.post-16249562604369630572013-03-09T17:04:59.074-05:002013-03-09T17:04:59.074-05:00What this incredibly foolish woman fails to unders...What this incredibly foolish woman fails to understand, is that a government is simply a body of human beings. <i>The same human beings</i> who are too fallible and stupid--according to her--to be trusted to run their own lives.<br /><br />The difference is that when I, as an individual, make a stupid decision, it only affects a limited amount of people. When the government makes a stupid decision, it affects <b>everybody</b>, including those of us who knew it was a stupid idea in the first place.<br /><br />When I was in high school, 'logic' like that would have flunked me straight out of class. Now, it's being taken seriously enough to be published in book form? With insanity like this earning anything other than pitying contempt, our society is doomed. <br /><br />I'm starting to think the movie <i>Idiocracy</i> wasn't fiction; it was a documentary that fell through a time warp from the future.Wraithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02791730539181731523noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28127675.post-49713430110554469202013-02-24T20:43:21.287-05:002013-02-24T20:43:21.287-05:00Well, people didn't believe Hitler when MEIN K...Well, people didn't believe Hitler when MEIN KAMPF spelled out exactly what he would do when he got into power, either. I fear that, in our evolution to date, humanity is still dominated by our pretribal mode of consciousness. It's as if, in the face of a chaotic postindustrial world, we are turning backwards to find a security that can only in truth be found by going forward. We are doing the best we can with what we have; unfortunately, it's not enough.Martyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17635896230439415101noreply@blogger.com