Re:"Equal pay for equal work" in remote jobs
by bumby on Wednesday November 18, 2020 @06:24PM
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>but there is no reason why it must come at the expense of liberty.
I do think there are times when they are juxtaposed. "The Constitution is not a suicide pact" is the cliché. Ideally they can coexist, but for the libertarian ideal to work, humans have to be rationale. I think we are anything but rational although we like to pretend we are
most times.
>unless they consent.
That consent, to a certain extent, is implicit on being a willing participant in a free democratic society. It's part of the social contract.
>"the people are the government" in approximately the same way that individuals cells are a human being
I don't think I agree with this analogy. A collection of human cells cannot volitionally decide for the human being to become something wholly different. A government, by the people, can change it's entire makeup to serve it's changing values. When I say the people are the government, I mean the people in a functioning democracy have the power to make the government reflect their value system. I feel like you are misinterpreting my statement by reading it through a individualist/collectivist lens.
I do think there are times when they are juxtaposed. "The Constitution is not a suicide pact" is the cliché. Ideally they can coexist, but for the libertarian ideal to work, humans have to be rationale. I think we are anything but rational although we like to pretend we are most times.
>unless they consent.
That consent, to a certain extent, is implicit on being a willing participant in a free democratic society. It's part of the social contract.
>"the people are the government" in approximately the same way that individuals cells are a human being
I don't think I agree with this analogy. A collection of human cells cannot volitionally decide for the human being to become something wholly different. A government, by the people, can change it's entire makeup to serve it's changing values. When I say the people are the government, I mean the people in a functioning democracy have the power to make the government reflect their value system. I feel like you are misinterpreting my statement by reading it through a individualist/collectivist lens.