Comments by "Mark Zuckergecko" (@markzuckergecko621) on "Liberty in the Modern West" video.

  1. Not under our current elective systems. When you give people the option to either work hard to be self sufficient, with little to no safety nets, or all the safety nets and all the excuses, most people are going to vote for the safety nets and excuses. People have a tendency to choose the path of least resistence.
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  2. I was discussing this with a coworker the other day, stacking a million people in a couple of city blocks is a recipe for disaster, and poor behavior. If you're somewhere in the boonies, you're more likely to act like a civilized person, because that guy in front of you at the grocery store is your neighbor, the lady behind you is your kids teacher, the guy at the register plays on your softball team. There's more accountability when people know each other. With a million of you living on top of each other, nobody gives a shit, because you're probably not gonna see the guy you're being rude to ever again, and even if you do neither of you give a shit, because you're just one of another thousand people you're going to encounter that day.
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  3. And built the strongest nation the world had ever seen. Almost like there's a correlation there....
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  4.  @RextheRebel  I would be fine with them if they were only safety nets, and not an easy way out. They're supposed to be there for when people really need them, not just because they don't feel like working.
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  5. I think all inclusive democracy is the problem. When you just give people voting rights because they're a certain age, and they don't have to earn anything, they're not as likely to vote for representatives and policies that promote responsible behavior. There has to be adults in the room. We would all just eat candy and play in the dirt all day if there were no adults to tell us what to eat and when to go to bed.
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  6. Libertarianism isn't anarchy. If it was, they would just call it anarchy.
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  7. We have to understand the differences between "should" and "must", and "shouldn't" and "can't". That's the difficult part.
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