Government Power Critique

The government is made of people. It's inherently fallible and manages a lot of power. It's a recipe for disaster.We're at this intermediate stage because the previous solution was to just give all the power to a bunch of people, likely the ones that killed more people.Using elections instead of military power is an improvement over middle age, but you still have a bunch of people with a lot of power.There's absolutely zero trust possible.Maybe after western socia

It's not hard to make the case that today's governments are tired and slipping and in need of reform. But there's no such thing as the libertarian fantasy of "lack" of governance. Human nature dictates that if there's a power vacuum, it will be filled. If it isn't filled carefully with a system designed to serve the people, it'll be filled by whoever can take it for themselves. And whether that's a feudal lord or Mark Zuckerberg, it will be wor

Unfortunately I doubt it, the government is always in power.

Isn’t the government a worst alternative?

There isn’t any that I’m aware of - most governments fall victim to the rich and powerful, one way or another.

Maybe don't allow central governments to accumulate so much power.

you can't do anything.current governments in big/not-failed countries are way too powerful, so any idea that "people decide" is from an old age.they just want you to continue to believe this, so they keep the sheep and you think you live in a good ole western democracy, while you're not

That's a bit like saying: "I don't mind giving my government absolute power, because my government isn't corrupt absolutely."

Me neither. The problem is the all powerful government that doesn't answer to the general population.It's great when they're doing what's best for the majority. But inevitably they start doing things for the powerful minority (themselves) at the expense of the rest.In a democratic system (which can, in fact, have heavy socialist elements) there are ways to legally and peacefully change the government. The public officials are servants of the people (well, ideally).In

well, it's a government, so it basically just works until it doesn't. then you get a revolution. and a new government, that works until it doesn't.nothing is guaranteed. it's just humans.