Capitalism - The Only Scrip for the Wuhan Virus
Posted by mshupe 4 years, 1 month ago to Philosophy
As Harry Binswanger is saying, "The ethics of self-sacrifice is at work, bigtime. In order to protect fools who would take snake-oil remedies, you and I are legally barred from taking, for instance, Regeneron's antibody treatment. What is that other than the sacrifice of the rational to the irrational?
In regard to the shutdown of the economy, the philosophic factor at work is the denigration of productiveness. This makes people's minds skitter away from even recognizing the fact that our lifestyles and our very survival depend upon production.
A philosophic-political idea at work is: coercion is beneficial. So, curfews are being imposed in many localities. It will be illegal in my area, I've been told, to go out after 11pm. Why? Because force is held to be the solution to all problems. Forget individual judgment about the risks and rewards of going outside: our leaders have a one-size-fits-all solution: "No, you can't."
Environmentalism at its root is fueled by this level of self-hatred. But the popular and governmental reactions to the COVID-19 virus are not driven by self-hatred. It's the taken-for-granted, automatized response of politician and citizen alike.
The first step is to make a demand: the FDA must stop preventing people from taking new medications. Big pharma should need no one's permission to produce and sell promising drugs they think are safe enough.
It's your body and your life. You are not the bureaucrats' serf. Your body is not government property. Your life and your mind are your own---by right.
In regard to the shutdown of the economy, the philosophic factor at work is the denigration of productiveness. This makes people's minds skitter away from even recognizing the fact that our lifestyles and our very survival depend upon production.
A philosophic-political idea at work is: coercion is beneficial. So, curfews are being imposed in many localities. It will be illegal in my area, I've been told, to go out after 11pm. Why? Because force is held to be the solution to all problems. Forget individual judgment about the risks and rewards of going outside: our leaders have a one-size-fits-all solution: "No, you can't."
Environmentalism at its root is fueled by this level of self-hatred. But the popular and governmental reactions to the COVID-19 virus are not driven by self-hatred. It's the taken-for-granted, automatized response of politician and citizen alike.
The first step is to make a demand: the FDA must stop preventing people from taking new medications. Big pharma should need no one's permission to produce and sell promising drugs they think are safe enough.
It's your body and your life. You are not the bureaucrats' serf. Your body is not government property. Your life and your mind are your own---by right.
The lefty business model is the only model that doesn't care if they kill off their customers...
"The market has never tried to change human nature. Instead, precisely because human nature cannot be changed, the market economy exists, which is also the reason the market economy is necessary: It causes human actions to conform to the requirements of virtue."
Markets are perpetually trying to change human nature. That's what advertising is. All trade is derived from what one values. If human nature is fixed, so are values. Human actions are encouraged by the market to conform to virtue because it is the most efficient. (I lay this out in my book and compare the society of virtue to the society of vice.) But these feedback mechanisms can not force one to change or adhere to virtue.
The reason that coercion in government ultimately fails is because it takes so much more effort and knowledge to choose for others what they should do and the level of effort and knowledge required are superhuman. The other funny thing is that the more you learn truth, the more you realize just how absurd it is to aspire to control others. It is only the ignorant and egotistical who seek to control others.
I cover this in my book as well. Members who are satisfied with limited information will make less beneficial trades for themselves than those with extensive information.
Those who are knowledgeable are also going to be less susceptible to misleading advertising. Both business partners actually benefit by knowing as much as possible because it encourages a long-term relationship between both which is also more beneficial for both than constantly having to seek out new business partners.
For me, I pretty much continue my daily routine. Life does on.