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John Locke in his Second Treatise on Government explains that civil society was created for the purpose of protecting property. In this principle, he examines the origin of the word “property,” which when translated into Latin, means “one’s own” or “oneself.” In this, Locke concluded the purpose of government was to protect life, liberty, and property.
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Superglue, I'll bite:
1. Internet: if we eliminate government we do not eliminate private enterprise, ingenuity, or invention. In fact, a majority of what you know as "the internet" was invented and implemented by the private sector. If you were to travel back and look at the ARPANet, you wouldn't even recognize it as "the internet."
2. Emissions control removal as income: that is only a very small part of a tune shop's income--not to mention it doesn't apply many places outside of California.
3. Civil liberties: these have to be guaranteed by government to protect us from government taking them. Circular logic.
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Superglue, I'll bite:
1. Internet: if we eliminate government we do not eliminate private enterprise, ingenuity, or invention. In fact, a majority of what you know as "the internet" was invented and implemented by the private sector. If you were to travel back and look at the ARPANet, you wouldn't even recognize it as "the internet."
2. Emissions control removal as income: that is only a very small part of a tune shop's income--not to mention it doesn't apply many places outside of California.
3. Civil liberties: these have to be guaranteed by government to protect us from government taking them. Circular logic.
1. Internet: if we eliminate government we do not eliminate private enterprise, ingenuity, or invention. In fact, a majority of what you know as "the internet" was invented and implemented by the private sector. If you were to travel back and look at the ARPANet, you wouldn't even recognize it as "the internet."
2. Emissions control removal as income: that is only a very small part of a tune shop's income--not to mention it doesn't apply many places outside of California.
3. Civil liberties: these have to be guaranteed by government to protect us from government taking them. Circular logic.
2) Emissions regulations apply to nearly all passenger cars in the country, catalytic converters aren't exclusive to CA. It was just one example. Private industry isn't looking out for my best interests any more than the government. You think car mfgs really care about seat belts, air bags, and crumple zones if government mandates and high insurance premiums didn't exist?
3) Civil liberties are to protect people from anyone taking them, not just the government. It's just as illegal for the government to come into my house and search my belonging w/o a warrant as it is for my ex-girlfriend. Civil liberties aren't exclusive to prevent of the government.
The absence government leaves a power vacuum. Anyone hungry enough will gladly fill that vacuum using any power necessary. Could be someone from this country, could be another country, could be a combined effort from other countries. There are resources here that people will want to control for personal gain. There's no getting around that.
The Constitution is only a piece of paper unless people are willing to implement it.
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=Superglue WRX;2559409]1) Who funded the development of the internet? Chicken, meet egg.
The High speed, Java or HTML based, user friendly websites are the result of commercial interest.. Trust me no exclusively .mil system as user friendly as the internet.
If it was just the .mil side we'd still likely be using dial up with the modem you plug your phone into..
2) Emissions regulations apply to nearly all passenger cars in the country, catalytic converters aren't exclusive to CA. It was just one example. Private industry isn't looking out for my best interests any more than the government. You think car mfgs really care about seat belts, air bags, and crumple zones if government mandates and high insurance premiums didn't exist?
They care because of the bottom line..
You think the farmer in Nebraska or the Rancher in Texas or Wyoming gives two piles of prairie dog poop about some Subaru driving kid in East Bay???
Of course not!! But the Steak and Corn and Wheat you consume puts money in their pockets.
Manufacturers didn't used to all have Airbags (Which you know), first it was the Volvos, then BMW and Mercedes.. Pretty soon the tech got older and these things became cheaper.. Soon you got em on Toyotas, etc etc and on down the line.. By the time they were mandatory (Are Airbags mandatory now?) everyone already had them so they could compete with other cars that had them.
And WTH does the government know about my best interests?? If they did they wouldn't be giving 1/2 of My money to people that don't work? And they wouldn't be spending my money taking C-17s and G-5s from Travis to San Fran cause they can't be bothered to drive to Napa, while telling me my subaru's is evil because it's not a Prius..
At least Toyota will fix problems you have with their product.. McDonalds will even give you a new burger.
The absence government leaves a power vacuum. Anyone hungry enough will gladly fill that vacuum using any power necessary. Could be someone from this country, could be another country, could be a combined effort from other countries. There are resources here that people will want to control for personal gain. There's no getting around that.
The Constitution is only a piece of paper unless people are willing to implement it.
The Constitution is only a piece of paper unless people are willing to implement it.
Federal government was designed to have 3 charges.
1. Provide for common defense.. (IE. raise army when necessary)
2. Be a moderator in cases of State to State problems.
3. Facilitate in interstate commerce (building interstate Highways)..(Notice not Regulate interstate commerce)
All other things the government does now is mission creep..
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Didn't Apple have an "internet" type thingy waaaay back in the day...used just by Apple?
The important part is, how do we return to the root mission?
This is why the Founders considered government a necessary evil. They designed it to be extremely limited in scope and power...
Federal government was designed to have 3 charges.
1. Provide for common defense.. (IE. raise army when necessary)
2. Be a moderator in cases of State to State problems.
3. Facilitate in interstate commerce (building interstate Highways)..(Notice not Regulate interstate commerce)
All other things the government does now is mission creep..
Federal government was designed to have 3 charges.
1. Provide for common defense.. (IE. raise army when necessary)
2. Be a moderator in cases of State to State problems.
3. Facilitate in interstate commerce (building interstate Highways)..(Notice not Regulate interstate commerce)
All other things the government does now is mission creep..
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And if you really want to follow the money, sure, the DOD created the ARPANet--but who funds the DOD? Oh snap... taxes. So to answer your question of "who funded the development"--we did.
2) Emissions regulations apply to nearly all passenger cars in the country, catalytic converters aren't exclusive to CA. It was just one example. Private industry isn't looking out for my best interests any more than the government. You think car mfgs really care about seat belts, air bags, and crumple zones if government mandates and high insurance premiums didn't exist?
3) Civil liberties are to protect people from anyone taking them, not just the government. It's just as illegal for the government to come into my house and search my belonging w/o a warrant as it is for my ex-girlfriend. Civil liberties aren't exclusive to prevent of the government.
Their assertions do not coincide with yours; almost every choice they made was to keep government in check.
The absence government leaves a power vacuum. Anyone hungry enough will gladly fill that vacuum using any power necessary. Could be someone from this country, could be another country, could be a combined effort from other countries. There are resources here that people will want to control for personal gain. There's no getting around that.
I've long maintained that the brilliance of the founding fathers reached its apex with the original constitution. They created something that was better than they were, something that in its original form required no changes through hundreds of years to stay relevant.
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"Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable." -- John F. Kennedy
"The answer to 1984 is 1776." -- I don't remember where I got this from.
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I'm not trying to be an *** here, but you should study the history of the technology more before using it as an example like this. Yes, ARPANet (which I pointed out earlier is nowhere near recognizable as "the internet") was initially created by the DOD, but everything after that was done by the private sector, starting with private universities when the DOD handed it off to them to develop further.
And if you really want to follow the money, sure, the DOD created the ARPANet--but who funds the DOD? Oh snap... taxes. So to answer your question of "who funded the development"--we did.
And if you really want to follow the money, sure, the DOD created the ARPANet--but who funds the DOD? Oh snap... taxes. So to answer your question of "who funded the development"--we did.
The point is, it started with government funding. One can only guess as to where the internet would be without this beginning. But I'm more interested in what actually happened, not what would have happened if the government didn't fund the development just to further my point that capitalism would have invented it.
You should read the Federalist Papers. In those articles the founding fathers clearly describe why they protected certain rights and structured the government the way they did. I highly recommend No. 84, which expounds on the debate for the addition of the Bill of Rights.
Their assertions do not coincide with yours; almost every choice they made was to keep government in check.
Their assertions do not coincide with yours; almost every choice they made was to keep government in check.
I've long maintained that the brilliance of the founding fathers reached its apex with the original constitution. They created something that was better than they were, something that in its original form required no changes through hundreds of years to stay relevant.
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I've long maintained that the brilliance of the founding fathers reached its apex with the original constitution. They created something that was better than they were, something that in its original form required no changes through hundreds of years to stay relevant.
Most of the problems we see now are a result (both directly and indirectly) of stepping away from the original model..