Why is it a bad idea?

Let’s completely outsource government and do away with taxes and bureaucratic waste and skimming.

The money you give goes directly to the issues you deem most important.

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Burnley123 · 41-45, M

Business has plenty of bureaucratic waste too and the profit motive does not always produce healthy competition.

The society you speak of would make sense on a surface level but would have huge problems in reality. Those with capital would dominate and also have control of the army and the police. They would be free to draft their own laws and would be under no legal obligation for any moral responsibility at all. The libertarian paradise would be a feudal-style autocracy.

windinhishair · 61-69, M

@Burnley123 This style of "government" would produce multiple Trumps/Putins with a plunging life expectancy, serious crime going unpunished, and a breakdown of society in general.

GardenSage · 36-40, M

@Burnley123 those with capital already dominate and will always dominate. That’s the great thing about it! Lol.. why are you afraid of making money? Why not make money an achievable item for everyone and if one chooses to not participate in said society, then there’s nothing keeping you from living on your own accord.... that’s the beauty of it. Taking care of yourself is the most selfless thing you could hope for.

Burnley123 · 41-45, M

@GardenSage [quote] those with capital already dominate and will always dominate. [/quote]

There are degrees of it though . The post-war period had a much more even balance between capital and labour. It's now gone back to 19th-century levels of inequality.

[quote]why are you afraid of making money? Why not make money an achievable item for everyone and if one chooses to not participate in said society, then there’s nothing keeping you from living on your own accord.... [/quote]

You are using a personal argument to talk about the structuring of entire society and the rhetorical questions you are asking me, miss the point. If you want a 19th-century style society, then make the case acknowledging the pros and cons. These are the points with and I made above. The libertarian society would not work.

GardenSage · 36-40, M

It would absolutely work... just not for you.

Which is kinda the whole point... there isn’t a 1 size fits all political philosophy... it’s a fool’s errand to pursue that. So then decentralize and let people govern themselves. It works for every other species on the planet and likely worked for humans for a few 10,000 years @Burnley123

GardenSage · 36-40, M

@Burnley123 also you don’t need an exaggerated version of libertarianism. Centerism is kind of the idea. A great compromise.

Burnley123 · 41-45, M

@GardenSage Not for me lol. I'm educated and reasonably capable. If I wanted to just live life by the profit motive I could do better than a lot of people. I'm not interested in kissing the ass of power and I want to do good for the world.

'it works for other species?'. Leave aside examples of animals that work together collectively (most of them). We are not like other species and you would not like to live like another species.