There's no balance between coercion and freedom. We've already found the best way to maximize human well being - property. If nobody is stealing from you, you can build and create value. A government should only ensure the inviolability of property, and instead of stealing from citizens to pay for its guarantee of safety, the citizens should volunteer in local government. That means if you vote, you better be in your neighborhood watch. Healthcare and retirement schemes are unnecessary if the money isn't debased, so those don't stand as a justification for taxes.
This sounds like a tribal organisation. So you want to organize the country as it was when natives were ruling it ?
My experience in France is that everything very big we achieved was made possible thanks to the gouvernement and public money:
- highways and roads (very good and dense ones)
- health care (one of the best un the world)
- TGV
- nuclear power plans and bombs
- aerospatial (Airbus, Ariane)
Today, things are not so good because this global effort has been jeopardized by privatisation of public services, lead by the financial system (privatisation of profits, socialisation of losses).
Has to be a troll account 😂
🤣 I'm a communist troll...
Seriously, not everybody has the same life experience. I'm 54 and I experienced the benefits of living in a country where taxes are high, but also life quality. I think the balance is not so bad.
Sure commie
I'm not. I valuate private property, even if I think it is no it always the best way to go depending on the case.
When it comes to things essential to a society and requiring huge investments (health, energy, transportations & communication infrastructures) it sometimes works better and is cheaper when things are managed as common goods.
You have a different opinion, I respect it, you don't have to be gross
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