Like I said, that solution is only given a revolutionary scenario, though contemporary prisons ought to be reformed into being something like, anyways, in so far that they should even exist. If there's a revolution than there's going to be a counter-revolution and what can be done about the counter-revolution is to either kill them or put them in jail. Since killing them is fraught with ethical and strategic quandries, the only solution is to put them in jail. Rather than place them in prison as we have come to understand them today, I have chosen to conceptualize Communities in Isolation, which are technically internment camps, though they wouldn't have to work, and I should hope that such notions don't throw a rose-colored shade upon the history of internment camps, but are intended to isolate the minimal amount of people for the minimal amount of time in the best of possible conditions. Like I said, though, it's probably best not to conceptualize any sort of ideal society along such lines.The SJWs will Enforce Freedom... — Asif
Otherwise, what leads people to be authoritarian should just be eliminated — thewonder
Anti-authoritarianism would destroy all concepts of "politics", and "government". Without authority no government, or society can be built. Authority is must to create society where we want to have "rights", without authority, everyone would have different conception of "rights", that lead to chaos and war.
Only thing that held societies together, is their authority, like politicians, army, police etc.
It only gets them votes from their party members. No one tries to cross party lines any more. It seems to me that most independents are the ones that are tired of politics as usual while the Dems and Reps keep voting for the status quo. It is they that have established an "us vs. them" mentality, as if the only solutions can only by provided by one party and any solutions provided by the other shouldn't be supported because it is from the other party. And then there are those potential voters that don't vote for anyone. I believe that the resentment against politics as usual is growing and evident in the growing number of independents.Why do politicians tell lies and make promises they know they cannot keep? Why do politicians focus on throwing mud at their competition instead of presenting voters with solid, future-proof policies?
They do these things because it is what gets them votes. If it gets them votes it means it is what the voters want to hear and see. Thereby the behavior of politicians is directly influenced by the voters' preferences, in accordance with the quote "Every country gets the government it deserves." — Tzeentch
No one tries to cross party lines any more. — Harry Hindu
Once, after the revolution, you banish them from the political sphere, — thewonder
The Master's Tools Will Never Dismantle the Master's House — Audre Lorde
The ones that benefit from you voting for them and not the other guy. It is in the politicians best interest to get you to think that only one party or candidate is righteous and the other evil. If not to vote for them then vote against the other candidate, either way they get your vote because most people maintain the two party status quo.And whose fault is that? — Tzeentch
It is in the politicians best interest to get you to think that only one party or candidate is righteous and the other evil. — Harry Hindu
This plays into what I was saying about the voters being barraged by misinformation perpetuates more ignorance by the media. — Harry Hindu
It depends on you knowing that you're misinformed. It also puts the burden on voters to find the truth rather than the burden be on the politicians to tell the truth. Those with the power should be held to higher standard.This portrayal of voters as victims of misinformation is something I dislike, because this seems to treat people as children who do not know any better, rather than independent agents. — Tzeentch
So you're telling me that voters vote for people that they know lie?Why do politicians tell lies and make promises they know they cannot keep? — Tzeentch
It depends on you knowing that you're misinformed. It also puts the burden on voters to find the truth rather than the burden be on the politicians to tell the truth. — Harry Hindu
Those with the power should be held to higher standard. — Harry Hindu
So you're telling me that voters vote for people that they know lie? — Harry Hindu
Raising the bar for those that weild the power isn't necessarily lowering it for others. Those without power don't have any responsibility in weilding what they don't have.Perhaps. Though, I find it difficult to imagine why the bar should be lowered for those who are not in power. — Tzeentch
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