Re:The Oppression of the Supermajority
by pdonis on Tuesday March 05, 2019 @03:07PM
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> I don't understand why so many people are convinced that a giant state imposing one-size-fits-all on a hugely diverse population is a good idea.
The people who are convinced of this are the people who stand to benefit from it. People who rely on benefits that require a large population to support them (for example, Social Security and Medicare) will want to have a large population supporting them. But that means one-size-fits-all has to be imposed on that large population. If people could choose whether or not to contribute to those benefit programs, many would choose not to, which would decrease the available benefits.
The people who are convinced of this are the people who stand to benefit from it. People who rely on benefits that require a large population to support them (for example, Social Security and Medicare) will want to have a large population supporting them. But that means one-size-fits-all has to be imposed on that large population. If people could choose whether or not to contribute to those benefit programs, many would choose not to, which would decrease the available benefits.