Even if you are not normally engaged in what you would call “politics”,
Modern politics should not be called politics but instead debates, real politics should be just a world pushing for a better country.
Even if you are not normally engaged in what you would call “politics”,
Modern politics should not be called politics but instead debates, real politics should be just a world pushing for a better country.
Far too many people view politics in much the same way as they do when watching a show like Game of Thrones, House of Cards, or The Bachelor. In other words, they focus on the drama, the conflict, the personalities, etc., and very often choose sides as if being a cheerleader/spectator is enough.
Modern politics are a joke, it is often about whos right and usually ends up in the two main parties trying to be contrarians and disagreeing for no reason.
I like the idea of a social contract–especially when it provides a starting place for any discussion related to protecting people from abuse, exclusion, and exploitation.
While a social contract may sound good on paper, how would one work in practice? Would non participants be considered sovereign citizens and not be subject to rules or will they just be deported ? As much as I would like the option I do not think one is plausible.
It was a rejection of the idea of “divine right”, or the doctrine that monarchies are based on the rule of God, and that we have no right to question God’s choices.
I imagine that this was mainly a problem with the English and other protestant monarchies, specifically because England had its own protestant church; they were not held back by the catholic clergy essentially giving these countries ultimate power over citizens (not that the Roman Catholic Church would care about its citizens)
The doctor didn’t ask when I was born if I agree to sacrifice some of my freedoms for the sake of the common good, so we can live together peacefully,
I always find myself thinking about this. Thinking that the simple act of government is tyrannic in and of itself, being forced to be part of a society you did not choose to be a part of or follow a certain set a rules that are not relevant to one is cruel, its like being part of a cult you were never asked to join. However the difference between a cult and a government is that cult leaders usually accept they are manipulating people for their own gain, but governments usually believe that they are doing good for the people and not the other way around.
I argue that the system is working as it was designed to.
I honestly believe so. What some may call a broken system is actually completely intentional. For example many people specifically left wing activists (I am unbiased in politics) have called out the united states tax system and calling it broken due to the poor having pay more taxes than the rich. However Adam Smith (the person who's theory modern capitalism is built off of today) believed that taxing in rich less than the poor. This was not to create classist inequality but only to improve the wealth of nations and to keep the rich from taking their businesses elsewhere.