Either we meet in truth through reason and evidence, or one dominates the other with violence.
Thus violence always has a delusional component to it. Delusional systems will unwind as their lack of connection to reality causes them to break down.
For example, take welfare. The delusional idea that we can solve poverty through violent redistribution of wealth (stealing from the unborn through debt, no less).
As the generations progress you get more poverty until the system becomes overloaded.
You pay irresponsible people to have more children, at the expense of responsible people, causing a dysgenic trend. As the number of irresponsible people increases relative to responsible people, you get less tax receipts and more dependence on welfare.
This will unwind at some point as the tipping point is reached and there’s not enough excess productivity to steal.
Delusion is unsustainable because at some point it will detach too much from reality and cause things to break.
I’m confused. I’m arguing for statelessness. I’m saying the violence of the state is unsustainable. Not sure how I’m being incredulous. Asserting that my arguments are just incredulity is not an argument.
But here, let me add to this supposed “incredulity” of mine by continuing to make arguments.
If everyone believes welfare works, that doesn’t make it work. It will still produce a dysgenic effect, and eventually topple. It literally does not matter how many people posses the deluded belief, it will unravel.
Sustainable only in the short term. Violence always unwinds, even if it takes a few hundred years for the more sophisticated of governments.
Can you prove that this is a universal truth?
We have only rationality or violence.
Either we meet in truth through reason and evidence, or one dominates the other with violence.
Thus violence always has a delusional component to it. Delusional systems will unwind as their lack of connection to reality causes them to break down.
For example, take welfare. The delusional idea that we can solve poverty through violent redistribution of wealth (stealing from the unborn through debt, no less).
As the generations progress you get more poverty until the system becomes overloaded.
You pay irresponsible people to have more children, at the expense of responsible people, causing a dysgenic trend. As the number of irresponsible people increases relative to responsible people, you get less tax receipts and more dependence on welfare.
This will unwind at some point as the tipping point is reached and there’s not enough excess productivity to steal.
Delusion is unsustainable because at some point it will detach too much from reality and cause things to break.
Your incredulity is not an argument. I wrote a whole piece just for this: https://sotiris.substack.com/p/the-dumbest-objections-against-statelessness-3
I’m confused. I’m arguing for statelessness. I’m saying the violence of the state is unsustainable. Not sure how I’m being incredulous. Asserting that my arguments are just incredulity is not an argument.
But here, let me add to this supposed “incredulity” of mine by continuing to make arguments.
If everyone believes welfare works, that doesn’t make it work. It will still produce a dysgenic effect, and eventually topple. It literally does not matter how many people posses the deluded belief, it will unravel.
I'm confused too. I misread you and I apologize.
Not a problem! Sorry if I worded it confusingly.