It terrible, especially when you consider that the courts are no longer independent, but political. usually an arm of the ruling party.
I never said the person has to be poor, but they have to live under poor conditions while they are a politician.
Corruption definetely existed back then. It might even be the reason that Socrates was killed. Because he spoke out against it.
Both of them were deeply unhappy about their government it seems.
I don't support a majority tyrrany. I support a system where an overwhelming majority holds a view. I also support what the good man Ron Paul supports, in regards to the state interfaring with peoples lifestyles. They shouldn't.
If homosexuals wants to be homosexuals, they can, but in their own private sphere.
Its not something that the state should promote or demote. Marriage and such should be up to the states to decide on. In that way, people who dont want to have gay marriage can move to a state with no gay marriage. Then we are all free to live in a place that suit us. Not in regards to marriage only, but a whole range of things.
Actually, that is a strong conviction that I do have. That the world should be under a mininal regime of global regulation and that ALL policies, laws and democracy should be LOCAL and regionally (regionally as in states in the US, and regions in Europe, like Bavaria in Germany).
That way, all regions and states can have completely different laws, and people can move to those regions and laws, fit best with their own views, rather than to have laws, rules and norms pushed down their throat.
I just mentioned is as an example, because you have the most cementing constitution and the most obvious politicians overtramping of it. But yes, unfortunately, its like that everywhere.
I don't support any of todays governmental models. But Switzerland would be the one that would be closest to my view.
I believe the world should seriously look into governance and organise that again. The current model does not work.
Freedom is anarchy. Lack of freedom is tyrrany.
its not about selecting one or another of all the models. There are many good things about each model that we can use. But all in all, its better to move towards a controlled and well functional anarchy model where people decide about their own lives, than towards a tyrranical model where people are controlled by a system. Be it with a dictator or without.
To close Washington and create the government made out in the US constitution.
If someone is grossly neglecting their job, the first thing to think it: they should get fired.
If the whole government model is illegal, then it needs to be taken down and made legal.
Corruption is just a side effect of the problem. The problem can't be resolved since people are always going to be interested in oppressing and harming others. The problem with democracy is that it feeds into the weaknesses of people and does little to empower their strengths. The problem with democracy is rooted in people finding that they can use government towards their own ends usually at the expense of others. Just look at the ACA for example, the largest most talked about parts of the law are either involuntary servitude, forced commerce or using government to provide people individual services at others expense. If people want to actually get to a point where democracy works they have to stop pushing for government to fix their problems and focus more on rights and liberties. As it stands, we seem to be a part in a history where people don't want to be spied on and yet want government to keep them save at all times, don't want to be overly burden in taxes and yet want the government to provide them the basics in life, want liberty, but don't want it for their neighbor if they benefit from them losing it. Most people live in a constant state of contradiction and self denial.
It's basically misanthrophy, mixed with a healthy does of xenophobia, arrogance and quite frankly just being a plain old dick.
The Affordable Care Act is settled law per a U.S. Supreme Court decision.
When will the G-nO-P ever wake up and accept reality?
You sense yourself then, because you do not know me, and have not read what I have written earlier, specifically in regards to such ridiculous accusations.
Its far the opposite actually. For those who do not care about the fate of society, they have utter contempt and hatred for others.
I care, and your accusation is completely out of line.
Obamacare is not universal healthcare. I know, I have universal healthcare and everywhere I go in the EU i have universal healthcare.
Universal healthcare is when you pay a given % of your income to the state and in return, you get wheatever medical services you need, or from a wide range of medical needs.
For instance, my GP (family doctor) can send me to the state hospital to get bloodwork if I want to, no extra cost. I can however, because there are private hospitals, go to a private hospital and pay for blood analysis if I want to without a recommendation from my gp.
But the point is. Any medical practice that my family doctor deems fit, i can get it for free from any state hospital. When I was 14, I had developed ingrown nail thanks to some cretin who faulted me heavily when playing football. One visit to the family doctor later, I was already given a recommendation to go to the hospital for an operation. No cost for me or my family. I could have gone to a a private clinic and pay for it, but why bother.
Today, I have no family doctor now because I finished college earlier this year but during college, i had access to the campus doctor which fulfilled the same roles(my family doctor was in another city anyway). I will have to find a general practitioner sooner or later and enroll myself to him in his practice.
I also have a job now but I don't need to get insurance. All I need is to get a general doctor and have him consult me. Lets say I have an infection or smth that needs an operation, he looks at me... he writes me a note to go to the hospital and get the operation done. If I want, I can pay and go to a private hospital... but why bother.
But there are things that I am allowed to do and pay for them if I want. For instance, I can have access to dental care in a public hospital but all my life I went to a private practice to the same doctor. I don't go there because the state tells me to, I do it because I like how she works and I trust her. I can switch dentists anytime I want, no problem. If I had a family doctor I could go to him, have him give me a note and go to the public hospital for dental care.
The point is. Obamacare is not universal healthcare. It's universal insurance for people, whether they want it or not. For instance, I don't want health insurance. Why would I? I have universal healthcare. But if my govt would say: ok, everyone needs to have PRIVATE health insurance, whether you're working or not, or you'll be fined... I'd be pissed. And so would a lot of other people.
In my opinion anarchy is more of the goal of humanity, but not something that will probably ever happen. At the moment we seem to be going in the exact opposite direction and not paying any mind on exactly why government is needed in the first place. Then again, I doubt many people really understand it either.
The whole system is anti freedom. Most people have no choice of the life they live.
What sucks is that our government is really bad at doing anything in an economically feasible fashion. They just suck at it. I wouldn't want to imagine the red tape and inefficiency involved if our government provided healthcare.
That's delusional paranoid victim psychosis.
I agree with that. But I think it is a good human trait to care for the health of others.
Water, food, shelter, health, education (expansional) and security are all fundamental issues of human existance.
Obamacare is not universal healthcare. I know, I have universal healthcare and everywhere I go in the EU i have universal healthcare.
Universal healthcare is when you pay a given % of your income to the state and in return, you get wheatever medical services you need, or from a wide range of medical needs.
For instance, my GP (family doctor) can send me to the state hospital to get bloodwork if I want to, no extra cost. I can however, because there are private hospitals, go to a private hospital and pay for blood analysis if I want to without a recommendation from my gp.
But the point is. Any medical practice that my family doctor deems fit, i can get it for free from any state hospital. When I was 14, I had developed ingrown nail thanks to some cretin who faulted me heavily when playing football. One visit to the family doctor later, I was already given a recommendation to go to the hospital for an operation. No cost for me or my family. I could have gone to a a private clinic and pay for it, but why bother.
Today, I have no family doctor now because I finished college earlier this year but during college, i had access to the campus doctor which fulfilled the same roles(my family doctor was in another city anyway). I will have to find a general practitioner sooner or later and enroll myself to him in his practice.
I also have a job now but I don't need to get insurance. All I need is to get a general doctor and have him consult me. Lets say I have an infection or smth that needs an operation, he looks at me... he writes me a note to go to the hospital and get the operation done. If I want, I can pay and go to a private hospital... but why bother.
But there are things that I am allowed to do and pay for them if I want. For instance, I can have access to dental care in a public hospital but all my life I went to a private practice to the same doctor. I don't go there because the state tells me to, I do it because I like how she works and I trust her. I can switch dentists anytime I want, no problem. If I had a family doctor I could go to him, have him give me a note and go to the public hospital for dental care.
The point is. Obamacare is not universal healthcare. It's universal insurance for people, whether they want it or not. For instance, I don't want health insurance. Why would I? I have universal healthcare. But if my govt would say: ok, everyone needs to have PRIVATE health insurance, whether you're working or not, or you'll be fined... I'd be pissed. And so would a lot of other people.
It is, but it's unrealistic to think everyone or even most people would. In a case of anarchy too, those who do survive are the ones who care the least usually. They are the ones willing to go to extremes to get what they want obviously. Especially those who are desperate.
Are you analysing yourself there and your very constructive input into this?
In Germany its also free to go to the dentist.
What sucks is that our government is really bad at doing anything in an economically feasible fashion. They just suck at it. I wouldn't want to imagine the red tape and inefficiency involved if our government provided healthcare.
it's free to go to the state dentist here too, but I choose to go to a private practice.
From where I'm standing, I can see how universal healthcare in the USA would be a win all accross the board. And I know how Congress can do it in a way that it's impossible to **** up unless they're retarded. This is how:
Find a good-functioning universal healthcare law in Europe that belongs to a federation -> Germany.
Copy-paste it entirely and then just modify the names of the states. From Thuringia to Virginia. From Saxony to Kansas. From Hesse to Texas, etc. And make 50 of them. Then pass it.
Republicans would be happier because universal healthcare in Europe is cheaper than in the USA. Germany is in the top 10 countries in the world in terms of healthcare and it costs HALF of what healthcare costs in the USA and it's ranked much better.
Democrats would be happy because they'd learn how to read and write a successful piece of legislation.
Obama would be happy because he wouldn't have to deal with Congress for another debt limit dealing during his term and the people would be happier because of 2 reasons:
a) congress would actually DO something
b) they'd get better healthcare.
Ideally I'd say copy France's. Those frog-eaters have been in the top 3 with a preponderance to be #1 in healthcare for 20 years now. But they're a unitary state, not a federation, and trusting Congress to implement that law for a federation is too risky and too demanding, considering the intellectual capacity of 90% of Congress.
The problem is that the government doesn't actually care about us, but about those lobbyists which line their pockets and make donations to their campaign funds. :mrgreen: And some of them are apparently retarded too.
Sick burn bruh.
Every generation since the dawn of time has had some doomsayer claiming that the current age was the most pathetic thing they've ever seen, and 99.9 percent of it is complete claptrap.
Yes, ofcourse, because you never sacrificed it enough thought. Thats why you believe that, in the same way some people believe in ghosts and magic.
Yeah, thats right. Stick to the relevant bits like your government tought you.
it's free to go to the state dentist here too, but I choose to go to a private practice.
From where I'm standing, I can see how universal healthcare in the USA would be a win all accross the board. And I know how Congress can do it in a way that it's impossible to **** up unless they're retarded. This is how:
Find a good-functioning universal healthcare law in Europe that belongs to a federation -> Germany.
Copy-paste it entirely and then just modify the names of the states. From Thuringia to Virginia. From Saxony to Kansas. From Hesse to Texas, etc. And make 50 of them. Then pass it.
Republicans would be happier because universal healthcare in Europe is cheaper than in the USA. Germany is in the top 10 countries in the world in terms of healthcare and it costs HALF of what healthcare costs in the USA and it's ranked much better.
Democrats would be happy because they'd learn how to read and write a successful piece of legislation.
Obama would be happy because he wouldn't have to deal with Congress for another debt limit dealing during his term and the people would be happier because of 2 reasons:
a) congress would actually DO something
b) they'd get better healthcare.
Ideally I'd say copy France's. Those frog-eaters have been in the top 3 with a preponderance to be #1 in healthcare for 20 years now. But they're a unitary state, not a federation, and trusting Congress to implement that law for a federation is too risky and too demanding, considering the intellectual capacity of 90% of Congress.
The problem is that the government doesn't actually care about us, but about those lobbyists which line their pockets and make donations to their campaign funds. :mrgreen: And some of them are apparently retarded too.
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