tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2207076947655236975.post6653673825561991166..comments2024-03-14T07:32:30.141+09:00Comments on Marketing Japan: Big Government is Not the Answer... Government is Our Enemymike in tokyo rogershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04977446676243085409noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2207076947655236975.post-28800363171317214852011-12-30T06:55:01.572+09:002011-12-30T06:55:01.572+09:00Hello again Mike!
Do we need government? Although...Hello again Mike!<br /><br />Do we need government? Although it seems that many people believe it, I'm not 100% certain of that. Why is it that most people can't think of a world without it? Why is it that many people in the absence of government don't seem to revert to a baser norm, but fall even further?<br /><br />I consider humans at birth to be neither good nor evil, but neutral. Most likely, to prevent most crimes and deaths what a human needs is good parents. "Give me a child until he is seven and I will show you the man."<br /><br />Does power corrupt absolutely? Even though many government officials act G*d-like, and they may dream of absolute power, the world is finite, and so there is a limit to both their corruption and power. Although a member of parliament in any first world country today, probably has the possibility due to increased wealth and power in our modern era, to rival the degree of power and corruption of an ancient Roman emperor. <br /><br />Do we need governments to prevent crime and deaths? It seems that a certain percentage of people seem to need something beyond themselves to prevent their baser actions affecting other people. It seems that industrial and post-industrial societies are very strongly correlated with governments to function. Is there a modern society that doesn't have a government? Or even a limited one?<br /><br />Sure wars break things and kill people, that is, when they aren't killing things and breaking people. Although I have not calculated changing demographics, poor health care, malnutrition killed approximately 12 Mio. humans a year in 2006. I propose that in most of those places there is no or very little of what can be called a modern government. If one multiplies for about 15 years, that rivals all war in the last century, does it not?<br /><br />http://www.un.org/ecosocdev/geninfo/afrec/subjindx/113hung.htm<br /><br />http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/28/world/africa/28malnutrition.html?pagewanted=all<br /><br />My point about Montreal and Liberia, is that when governments break down, it encourages enough people, even a small percentage, to commit horrible acts against the many. There are various statistics, but it seems in most societies, there is a small percentage, 1-4% of the people, call them anti-so, sociopaths, criminals, what have you, who cause 70-90% of the crime, violence, or trouble, for the public. <br /><br />新年快乐!Mr. Nobodynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2207076947655236975.post-80843075777525094902011-12-30T02:15:19.268+09:002011-12-30T02:15:19.268+09:00Oh and Mr. Nobody (and everyone) I hope 2012 sees ...Oh and Mr. Nobody (and everyone) I hope 2012 sees you and yours with health, happiness and prosperity.<br />God bless!mike in tokyo rogershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04977446676243085409noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2207076947655236975.post-23120354564144209932011-12-30T02:14:13.944+09:002011-12-30T02:14:13.944+09:00Dear Mr. Nobody,
As usual, my friend, you ask per...Dear Mr. Nobody, <br />As usual, my friend, you ask pertinent and intelligent questions. May I beg your pardon and answer your question with a question (or two)? Is your notion wrong? Do we need government to prevent crime and deaths? Do you consider people basically good or basically evil? Do you also consider the idea that "power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely" as being true? If so, to the last one, then I ask that you consider what has happened in the 20th century with big governments, including (but not limited to) USA under Lincoln, Nazi Germany, Imperialist Japan, USA under FDR, Stalinist Russia, Mao's China, etc. Under the rule of these large governments (and others) more than 160 million people died worldwide from government instituted wars. How does that stack up against the Liberia or Montreal examples (or any others that you can find)? Please refer to: <a href="http://www.scaruffi.com/politics/massacre.html" rel="nofollow">"Wars and Genocides of the 20th Century"</a>.mike in tokyo rogershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04977446676243085409noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2207076947655236975.post-46606454315902230112011-12-29T22:43:05.746+09:002011-12-29T22:43:05.746+09:00Hello Mike,
Libertarians, leftists, anarchists, a...Hello Mike,<br /><br />Libertarians, leftists, anarchists, and others, love to talk of the withering away of government and coercive force, but in reality, they seem to usually wind up replacing it with something as bad or even worse. <br /><br />Is the idea of the withering away of government simply a utopian notion? If not, why then does violence and general crime get so bad with the breakdown of government? <br /><br />I'm thinking of places in both extremes, from the poorest to the richest. If one looks at Liberia, in the last ca. 15 years, which had wars that got so bad that they were using children that were kindergarten age. Another example, when the police went on strike in Montreal, which if anything is not a poor city, ca. 1968, there was more crime in one day than what would happen in an entire year.<br /><br />If the thesis of many outside of the status quo is that governments are evil, or at best, amoral, why then, have they been so popular for so long? Does the problem lie with government, or does it moreso lie with human nature? <br /><br />Without the proper layers of guidance, knowledge, and overall structure in ones life, is man a noble virtuous, pure creature, or an evil or amoral animal?<br /><br />My current hunch is that one of the large drives of governments is to channel violence that would have been committed domestically into business and foreign affairs. Or is this notion totally wrong?<br /><br /><br />All the bestMr. Nobodynoreply@blogger.com