I do not see countries full of rape, murder, and corruption out competing more civil societies
Also you're using the word society but presumably advocating for zero meta-organization within a certain geography. But what happens when the neighboring country expands it's border?
just using society to talk about the group of people. not zero meta-organization (business organization I think is fine). know someone else mentioned how the name could be oxymoronic.
Right! "Group of people" implies there's some value that's joining them together. I don't see how a company and a government are different(unless you do some 1984 newspeak gymnastics).
I mean the typical cited difference is just that you can leave a company. I’d be fine with government if taxes were like kickstarter (pay for what/how much you want), lol.
So yeah, if you're paying some tax and getting very little back for it, fight to make it more fair! But also, don't let it ruin your day, and getting thrown in jail is not worth it.
it can vote itself largess out of the public treasury. After that, the majority always votes for the candidate promising the most benefits with the result the democracy collapses
Hard to say fight to make it fair with 1 vote vs 350,000,000. “A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only exist until the majority discovers
I mean the bottom of this conversation is ultimately "Give to Caesar what is Caesar's". If you think you'll ever get out of paying tribute to someone or something you're delusional.
There's gotta be some check on it. I think in an anarchy situation companies can become territorial mafias very easily. So no, you can't necessarily just quit.