Saturday, July 17, 2004

What if there was not State?
I've often wondered what would happen if the State would disappear one day. Would we miss it? Would we turn into out-of-control anarchist monsters and start killing each other and robbing? I think not. I don't think it would take long until men came together and build up somekind of frame around society to protect human lives and properties and arrange somekind of law enforcement and court-system. Just like happened when the United States of America were formed.

Leftists tend to think of the State as a tool to shape society with, rather than looking at it as an instrument to protect our rights to live and prosper on our own terms. Leftists don't accept the fact that the State is made by men to protect men. They prefer looking at the State as a super-human which rules over other men. Bad way of thinking if you ask me.

In Iceland there are now talks of taking up a somekind of  "sugar tax" which would affect the prices of goods which are considered "unhealthy". Of course, having a centralized, government-operated health care system does involve somekind of manipulation of people's diets and lifestyles because men are sheep and have little or no personal responsibility. Or that's the Leftist-dream anyway. Alcohol-taxes, tobacco-taxes and now a sugar-tax - all aimed on pushing people from unhealthy lifestyles into the healthy ones. Men are sheep. But the sugar-tax is above all a very describing tendency of politicians to try to shape society into a certain image - mold people like clay and harvest their work and time to spend on some social experiments. This is not unusual - it's typical. Leftists, conservatives and others who want to rule over men cannot grasp the thought of men being free in spirit and have minds of their own.

So what if there was not State? Wouldn't we do just fine? Are we men or are we sheep?

1 comment:

Geir said...

I've heard Mr. Gylfasons arguements and they are general for consumption-taxes of all sorts. The question still remains whether men should be looked at as individuals who make decisions and except their consequenses, or sheep that is best kept in fences.