Comments by "Charles Brightman" (@charlesbrightman4237) on "Social Security: Facts vs. Myths what you need to know" video.
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Answer the enclosed questions in this following copy and paste from my files:
Consider the following: (Whether human, AI, or other species):
We appear to be individuals in a larger society of individuals. Whether it is an individual human in a larger society of humans, or an individual AI in a larger society of AI's, or an individual in a larger society of all species in existence throughout all of existence.
What is 'best' for an individual, may or may not be what is 'best' for the larger society of individuals. And conversely, what is 'best' for the larger society of individuals, may or may not be what is 'best' for the individual.
But, if a decision had to be made concerning a certain topic, of who's 'best' should take precedent over the other's 'best', who's 'best' should take precedent? If for an individual, which individual? All individuals? If for a larger society of individuals, which larger society of individuals? A certain group? A certain nation? A certain species? All species in existence throughout all of existence?
And who decides? And by what authority do they and they alone get to decide? Should I decide how you should exist? Should you decide in how I should exist? Should others decide how we both should exist? Should we decide how others should exist? And who even decides in how to decide? And by what authority do they and they alone get to decide?
And whatever is decided and by whom, there might be entities who are being forced to exist how they do not want to exist, which could be a source of animosity, which could lead to further violence and death.
This whole natural tension between the individual and the larger society of individuals, who decides, and by what authority they and they alone get to decide, is the cause of much strife, suffering and death in this world.
But still, while we consciously exist, how should we, individually and as a larger society of individuals, exist while we do exist? How should we help take care of the young, old, ill and needy, if even at all? How would we want to receive help should we be individually young, old, ill and/or needy, if even at all? How should those be treated who are being forced to exist how they do not want to exist? How should we treat others if we are being forced to exist how we do not want to exist? And who decides? And by what authority do they and they alone get to decide? And where does the money and resources come from to do what we would like to do for how we would like to exist while we do exist?
It's all basically about who is in control, so as to make the decisions, for who's benefit. With all the consequences and ramifications, seen and unseen, of all of our collective choices.
Then we all will still die in the end one day from something, we all will still forget everything we ever knew and experienced, and we all will still be forgotten one day in future eternity as if we never ever existed at all in the first place, regardless of how we all existed while we existed. An entity truly exists throughout all of future eternity, or they don't. It appears we don't in actual reality, and as such, all of life itself is all ultimately meaningless in the grand scheme of things. Death is freedom from life and eternal death awaits us all. Or so the current analysis would indicate.
Eternal Death 'IS' Eternal Peace. (OSICA)
(And note, those who cannot, or choose not to, face the above apparent reality, often delude themselves with fairy tales of alternatives).
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@cryptotronic7908 Everybody is entitled to their own view of reality, and thank you for sharing yours. Some questions though:
a. When you say, "Force each individual to be responsible for themselves and the people they care about.", what kind of force are you suggesting? A Chinese style of governance? And who and/or what enforces that force?
b. When you say, "I feel people should have the right to decide the best way to make their $ work for them.", even if it harms others?
c. When you say, "I dont need an oversized, inefficient bureaucracy to forcefully steal my money, claiming that it's for my own good,...", and yet many people put up with the US Fed's economic inflation policy that basically is a hidden tax on people. (Fed's 2% annual inflation goal upon all the 2%'s that came before it, which turns out to be a lot of inflation over time. People lose buying power of the dollars they have.)
d. When you say, "People need to understand that they are responsible for supporting themselves for their entire life and teach them how to plan accordingly.", so, you get ill or have an accident, or natural and/or man made disaster, too bad for you. You get too old and cannot work anymore, and inflation took away all your buying power of the money you have left, too bad for you. Also, I guess no more police, fire, rescue departments, or infrastructure or national defense then as well. You want protection, you pay for it all yourself.
e. When you say, "The government needs to be involved as little as possible, in my opinion", so, you don't mind breathing polluted air, drinking polluted water, having your own waste and sanitation to take care of, eating bad food, taking bad and harmful medicines, ...........?"
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