tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1740670447258719504.post8971694031181049533..comments2024-03-27T03:00:27.024-04:00Comments on Facts & other stubborn things: Justification of the state on an individual basisEvanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12259004160963531720noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1740670447258719504.post-71830684983594751462012-07-10T05:45:26.418-04:002012-07-10T05:45:26.418-04:00As an economist might say, "this doesn't ...As an economist might say, "this doesn't fit the evidence."Jonathan Finegold Catalánhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16710256011291680376noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1740670447258719504.post-64463737247407392932012-07-09T20:54:40.320-04:002012-07-09T20:54:40.320-04:00States exist for two obvious reasons.
First, you ...States exist for two obvious reasons.<br /><br />First, you cannot live without them. <br /><br />Second, if you don't have one (and anyone in the hood does), you will be working for the man, under the incentive of the whip.<br /><br />IOW, great irony, the only path to freedom is via an effective state.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1740670447258719504.post-29790914044742553562012-07-09T14:42:01.213-04:002012-07-09T14:42:01.213-04:00Well, you can't derive an ought from an is.
A...Well, you can't derive an ought from an is.<br /><br />Anyway, we should all agree that whatever system we support we came to that conclusion before we had any significant justifications to support it.<br /><br />The state as it exists today (at least say in the U.S., Europe, etc.) does so due to a lot of inertia, eventually that will lose out if it is slowed down by, well, we can call it resistance. Combine that with the notion that there isn't any real reason to suspect that things will go on as they have done for the past several hundred years re: the advent of the modern state and I conclude that state or no state, social contract theory, etc. is a pretty sterile set of ideas anymore.Thorhttp://thor.asgard.comnoreply@blogger.com