Not my question.
Given the broader context of my participation in the conversation gravitating towards STEM focus and dropping anal rape, what would you surmise that I mean?
What does this mean? The government is stupid or those who govern are stupid?
What argument? I told you what I believe.
I believe that if you saw someone on the side of the road with a flat, that you’d feel inclined to help (assuming you know how to change a tire).
I believe that if the government saw someone on the side of the road with a flat, they’d offer them a rental car that keeps them just poor enough to never be able to buy another car or replace their tire - that way they can keep them in a constant state of dependence.
*And they’d do it all on the dime of other drivers.
These aren’t arguments. They’re beliefs.
Feel free to tell me that you think the government is inherently more ‘good’ than the average citizen. I’ll wait.
We are a nation of laws. The government creates and enforces the laws. Therefore, it is the highest authority. Should it be? What are the options? No government?
Why should I surmise anything when I can just ask you and avoid any confusion or misrepresentation? But if you want me to, I would guess you would be fine with the board of ed devising the curriculum but would want parents to have veto power. Think about how that would play out. You can’t get a group of people to agree on what toppings they should get on pizza. If I’m one of those parents, I hope you like anchovies.
I believe government is equal to the average citizen, in theory. In practice, it is worse because it’s more powerful.
They are arguments against government. What’s the alternative?
Get rid of government and you’ll see how good people are.
I don’t understand what you’re saying. Is our government bad or is government bad?
My question was whether or not you believe govt should be a higher authority in a child’s life, specifically for education and curriculum content decisions, than a parent.
Do you?
Do you not comprehend that there is a middle ground between the bullshit that is or current system, and no government?
It’s full dictatorship or somalia?
This is my opinion: Government is bad. All of it. But it is necessary.
So how do you balance that? By having the smallest amount of government possible.
That’s what my stance is
Both and there’s no avoiding it in any form of governance.
So its best to limit how much power the inherently bad thing has.
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This is exactly what’s happening though… except it’s anal rape.
As I’ve been saying, and framing to an imperfect analogy here, schools shouldn’t provide any pizza. They should instead focus on fundamentals of how to bake and quit deciding who gets anchovies or olives.
There.
Curriculum decisions are made at the district level by local school boards. People elect them to make those decisions.
You do know, as I already told you, I didn’t think it was an appropriate book for minors?
So let’s circle back to Florida vs California.
Could be an interesting states rights issue.
But there are federal interests in state education systems.
So focus on STEM, teach literary lessons without including anal rape and generally leave the bullshit out. Govt has no business instructing any of it. Including the 10 commandments.
How can that which is necessary be bad?
By having the power to vote?
Then it has no business banning anything. The problem is people are imbeciles who can’t keep their politics out of schools and it comes from both sides. But it’s a good ploy as they can cry what about the children. I don’t see things getting better.
*government is necessary for a society to progress.
We were never designed to live in cities.
I grew up in a town with 3,000 people. My graduating class had 129 students in it, and they came from 3 different towns. This is commonly considered a VERY small town and small graduating class.
For most of modern human history, we lived in groups of people about a third this size. Such a gathering of people would be considered monumental. There was no government needed as people largely hunted and gathered their own food, or worked closely with neighbors to do this.
Government is inherently bad because it gives another individual authority over you.
I should not have a right to tell you what to do, or vice versa. So long as what we are doing does not hurt others - we ought to be left alone.
Given what we have turned society into, government is absolutely required to allow people to continue gathering in such large groups. In fact, the larger the populace, the more controlling a government NEEDS to be.
None of that makes it “good”.
By keeping the government as small as possible in every circumstance. I already said that.
It’s been real, @zecarlo , but I’m out. You asked the questions, you got the answers.
If you don’t like my answers, feel free to fill out an Unsatisfied Customer form and email it to AndrewgenReceptorsDoesntCare@proton.me
If that’s how you would prefer to live.
And when the inevitable happens, who metes out justice? Even tribal groups had leaders.
Nothing good comes from society as it is? The medical and technological advancements? If government is necessary for those things, then how is it bad?
I’ll refer you to my last post
You’re not a bad guy, but you really lack a sense of humor. I bet you can’t dance either.
Posting it twice doesn’t make it any less gay.