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 Was listening to "5 Reasons Why You Cannot 'Just Be a Good Person'" By Safina Society

Heres the link for anyone who wants to listen to the whole thing: https://youtu.be/i0Lt9t4MveU?si=DCVShx31t5CsGSNC

And it lays out plainly why all these man made ways of ruling end up resulting in tyranny.

"...anything that you say is purely subjective it's your opinion, and if it's your opinion you can't make law on it, and if you do you're just imposing your law on me. 

Monarchy is the imposition of the subjective values of a minority on a majority. Democracy is the imposition of the subjective values of a majority on the minority. 

Democracy is the lesser of two evils. In the absence of a revealed law, democracy is the lesser of two evils, it's still the imposition of the majority's view on the minority. 

The only one who can give us an absolute answer to what to do with ourselves is our owner. Did you create your body or did you buy it? No, neither one therefore you don't own it. We say my body it's an attribution only, it's not actual ownership."

- Shadee Elmasry