[ExI] rugged individualists

[Dan]

Well, that's the key narrative behind statism: yeah, the state is robbing you and, heck, it might even shot you dead, but you do get some benefits from it. No doubt, the English told the same to the Irish (and the Scots, etc.) when they invaded -- just as the US does today when it invades -- er, liberates some neighborhood* or country. "Hey, you could be worse off! Don't knock it! And crawl a little faster, boy!"
 
Regards,
 
Dan
 
* Just thinking of the antiwar protest sign from the Vietnam Era: "US out of Brooklyn!" (This was alongside "US out of Vietnam!")
From: Damien Broderick <thespike at satx.rr.com>
To: ExI chat list <extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org>
Sent: Thursday, July 14, 2011 7:11 PM
Subject: Re: [ExI] rugged individualists

On 7/14/2011 5:50 PM, David Lubkin wrote:

> But as the sole owner of a corporation that has hired me, I am
> required to pay into the unemployment fund and am prohibited
> from collecting from it.

Is it conceivable that you gain more financial benefits from this arrangement (given the existence of US as it is) than you might otherwise? Or than those not in this position who *can* collect unemployment benefits?

Damien Broderick
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