CPS01
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Hi again!
Since my last thread "Why wouldn't anarchy work?" I have made a couple of reflections. I have come up with 5 flaws in the anarchistic ideology, that i would like to hear your reasoned and objective rebuttals against.
Present your arguments against these 5 claims:
1. Without government money will become worthless.
Who will regulate the amount printed? Who will stop people making counterfeit money? A modern society cannot work on barter alone, there needs to be some kind of currency to determine the value of goods and services.
2. Public services will only be available to the rich.
Without the government, things like the police, the fire department and health care will all become completely privatized which poor people will not be able to afford. Doesn’t everyone deserve protection from crime? Why should the survival of a sick or injured patient be determined by how much wealth they have?
3. Without the government, there is nobody to protect the rights of the invidividual.
How will we stop terrorist groups like Al-Qaeda getting their hands on nuclear or biological weapons? How can we stop businesses enslaving their workers? Who will tell the scientist his ethical boundaries in performing experiments? What will stop organized criminal mobs taking over society by force?
4. We would no longer be able to stop global warming
Call me insane, but I think if you gave businesses the choice they would care more about money than the environment. It’s not just greenhouse gasses either, these guys could totally rape the environment without consequence. All the forests cut down, all the rivers poisoned, the land stuffed with toxic waste and the sky filled with pollutive gas.
5. The Government is good for the economy.
The government provides corporations with infrastructure for trade, an educated workforce and a secure environment to do business in.
Since my last thread "Why wouldn't anarchy work?" I have made a couple of reflections. I have come up with 5 flaws in the anarchistic ideology, that i would like to hear your reasoned and objective rebuttals against.
Present your arguments against these 5 claims:
1. Without government money will become worthless.
Who will regulate the amount printed? Who will stop people making counterfeit money? A modern society cannot work on barter alone, there needs to be some kind of currency to determine the value of goods and services.
2. Public services will only be available to the rich.
Without the government, things like the police, the fire department and health care will all become completely privatized which poor people will not be able to afford. Doesn’t everyone deserve protection from crime? Why should the survival of a sick or injured patient be determined by how much wealth they have?
3. Without the government, there is nobody to protect the rights of the invidividual.
How will we stop terrorist groups like Al-Qaeda getting their hands on nuclear or biological weapons? How can we stop businesses enslaving their workers? Who will tell the scientist his ethical boundaries in performing experiments? What will stop organized criminal mobs taking over society by force?
4. We would no longer be able to stop global warming
Call me insane, but I think if you gave businesses the choice they would care more about money than the environment. It’s not just greenhouse gasses either, these guys could totally rape the environment without consequence. All the forests cut down, all the rivers poisoned, the land stuffed with toxic waste and the sky filled with pollutive gas.
5. The Government is good for the economy.
The government provides corporations with infrastructure for trade, an educated workforce and a secure environment to do business in.