CAN ANY (COERCIVE) GOVERNMENT BE MORAL?

Posted by helidrvr 9 years, 7 months ago to Philosophy
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This is just a simple question, not a political opinion.
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  • Posted by freedomforall 9 years, 7 months ago
    " Is it moral for one group of men to take money by force from everyone else?"
    This question was answered long ago by revolutions. So the method has been changed to hide the result. Now the question is:

    Is it moral for one group of men to create money and credit from nothing and force everyone else to pay them for the use of it in a manner that guarantees the eventual bankruptcy of all the productive clients, the corruption of the government, and the collapse of the economy?

    Again, the answer is revolution.
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  • Posted by 9 years, 7 months ago
    >> So, it is very important for us to ask questions about morality, but we should ask them sincerely, not as a tool for winning some kind of debate. Debating is a poor substitute for understanding, and word fights are primarily an exercise in entropy. <<

    Absolutely beautiful.
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  • Posted by edweaver 9 years, 7 months ago
    All governments are coercive whether we like it or not. How can they not be with the power of the gun. The question is how can we keep them small enough so that they do not become stifling like what we have now?
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