[ExI] Cephalization, proles--Where is government going?

[BillK]

On Sat, May 14, 2011 at 11:03 AM, Rafal Smigrodzki  wrote:
> ### It's easy to pretend you care, it's difficult to think.
> Libertarianism is what happens when you think more about the truth
> than about how to present yourself as a person who cares about other
> tribal members. In the previous post you indulged in moral posturing
> and you disavowed the way of thinking that is actually more likely to
> produce good outcomes for the poor, if there were ever enough
> libertarians to make it happen. So, *appearing* you care is more
> important than actually doing something good.


That's the way humans have evolved. They are not rational computers.
They are confused, emotional smart monkeys.
Treating them like computers will bring the torches and pitchforks.

You, and other so-called rationalists will spend hours rigorously
analysing a problem, striving for logical solutions, arguing minute
details....... then go out and so something completely irrational,
like falling in love or climbing a mountain to look at the sunset.

If you have spent much time and effort building a home, cultivating a
garden, carefully designing your home environment then you are not
interested in monetary compensation for the next door factory
pollution. You want your home, you don't want market value
compensation.  Market value isn't *your* value.

Surely your libertarian policy prefers non-aggression or
non-interference from the factory next door rather than aggression
followed by a cheap payoff. You will never receive a payoff equal to
destroying your life's work and totally disrupting your life. And if
the factory gets away with it, such destruction will become a standard
operating expense, ruining the lives of all their neighbours.

It is a very *socialist* attitude, coming from you, that the good of
the majority over-rules the individual rights.


BillK