Why the Government Needs to Force People to do what is in Their Own Interest

An important fact I left out of this presentation is that this argument does not entail an Orwellian state in which the government simply forces people to do what is in their interest at gun point. This is because, un-surprisingly, feeling enslaved is antithetical to being happy.

Source:

(Surveys and longitudinal studies on income and happiness.)
http://www-bcf.usc.edu/~easterl/papers/Happiness.pdf

Category:

News & Politics

Tags:

• Libtertarianism
• government force
• ron paul
• self interest
• economics
• hayek
• rothbard
• Austrian economics
• anarcho capitalism
• capitalism
• intervention
• socialism

[SAEuropeanPatriot]

I agree, libertarianism is communism for the rich. Communism and capitalism/libertarianism do not work. I support an authoritarian (anti-communist)socialist nationalist government. This why the people will be the best off.

[TehAlexJonesChannel]

@spawk1993 Fuck you,  mr, Asslicker, We don't need no GOVERNMENT!

[bennyboy133]

People should be made aware of what is good for them, but I can't see how forcing them to do those things is going to make them happy. Furthermore, the assumption that politicians might know better than people what is in their interests is crass; the politicians can be mistaken. Furthermore, the policies so enforced will inevitably become the catspaw of party politics and subject to whatever political ideology the incumbent party subscribes to. This sounds like complete nonsense to me.

[shlockofgod]

This theory creates a rule (the Government Needs to Force People to do what is in Their Own Interest) but exempts some people from the rule. There's no one left to force the government to do what is in THEIR best interest (they have the monopoly on force) except the government.

Which means the government says "we do not need to be forced to do what's in our best interests but people do". That's a contradiction because the government are also people.

[dstrube1]

@spawk1993 I didn't say these policies should apply only to you. My argument is that, while your video seems to try to explain why the government needs to force some amorphous group called "the public" to do what is in their own interest, it neglects to explain why the government needs to force you, spawk1993, to do what is in your own interest. Consider the latter, take a stab at explaining that, and I'll be more interested in your argument.

[briano8713]

@Scientisticsoviet

Ill read a copy of that essay if you wouldnt mind! Seems interesting.

[Uhlbelk]

@fringeelements They might, and to believe in your own perfect understanding of everything involved in what is best for you is quite childish. Now don't try and pretend that I am claiming a politician can make every decision better, I am saying they might be able to make some decisions better.

[SanguineBullet667]

Screw freedom and liberty, I'm going to subscribe to this cool new contrarian thing called socialistic fascism. I want the power to control other people like puppets because obviously I know better than they do.

[fringeelements]

@RakaTheTenacious What are you talking about? Your simplistic free-rider argument has already been dealt with at length.

[governmentdidit]

Start your own D.R.O.