RE: Fear of Voluntaryism due to Statist Thinking

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Fear of Voluntaryism due to Statist Thinking

in voluntaryism •  7 years ago 

I have a draft of a post to give examples of the mountain of petty regulations and how it affects people. I'll post that eventually.

I've started following you so I'll keep a look out. What I will say though, already now, is this:

You can give all the examples you want but, in my opinion, it only takes one good law to argue against the abolishment of all laws. If you present me with a mountain of petty regulations, I'll most likely agree that we should remove those specific regulations. But I won't simply conclude that all laws and regulations should be removed. For that one good law, I'll still say we keep it. To me, that's basic logic. For example, pointing out all the adult human beings in the world is not going to convince me that all human beings are adults. All it takes is one child to render that argument false.

If you want to prove that we should remove all laws, focus on the so called "good laws". If you can present a mountain of seemingly good laws and show how they are actually bad then you'll have a better chance of convincing me. Back to my example, if you explain that all children are actually adults in waiting then maybe I'll start to think of all human beings as adults. I realize that this is not a very good analogy but hopefully you get my point.

I actually experience a sense of loss when I pay taxes

Well, I don't so I can't empathize. And in the absence of empathy, how do you then convince me that taxes are bad? How do you convince me that your feelings are more important than the benefits I perceive from taxation. I'm not even saying taxes are definitely a good thing. It's just my perception. But how do you change that perception?

Also note, another user posted some resources.

Yes, they've been very informative and helpful. I'll also check out the other resources you've mentioned. Thanks.

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