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The Philosophy of Freedom/Libertarianism/Doctrine of free will / My questions after listening to "Freedom!"
« on: August 03, 2016, 09:38:14 PM »
I very recently discovered Adam Kokesh on Youtube. I was instantly intrigued and listened to "Freedom!" the same day. I then commented on youtube, asking that either Adam answer my questions or anyone else who knew what they were talking about. At that point, I didn't know this forum existed. So, here are my questions:
1. When we start having tiny community governments with no military, what happens when huge governments with huge(r) militaries attack these small communities, and put them under their power like a dictatorship? Doesn't that just reverse all of the work that was done to achieve freedom in the first place? You say that large scale invasions don't happen anymore, but look what happened with Russia and Crimea in 2014. I wonder, do you think that the process of localization will happen slowly enough that it will spread to all the other powerful countries before this becomes a problem?
2. What happens when a criminal doesn't want to make their victims "whole again"? When he is ostracized by the community, there will still inevitably be those who take advantage of that system, and sell him goods and services for more money, and to buy his goods or services for less money. People are greedy. (This is stating the obvious and I know that.) There is also the option of online business. He could potentially continue to victimize people with barely any consequence, especially if he doesn't care about having friends. How do we solve this?
3. On top of that, family members of victims (especially those of rape or murder) could potentially try to "take 'justice' into their own hands" by murdering the offender in retribution. If things like this continue to happen over and over in what could basically become an endless cycle, that would just be chaos. There would be no justice in that. What would the solution to that problem be?
4. Do people who refuse to contribute to projects such as roads, schools, and the like still get to use these public goods? What about those who are unable to contribute (the poor, the disabled)?
5. Do you believe relatively the same things about the Church and organized religion in general as you do about governments?
6. "Depression is not an organic phenomenon" what exactly do you mean by this? I'm not sure I agree with that statement. (I understand this question might only be able to be answered by Adam but I'm willing to hear what others have to say.
7. Lastly, what stops bigger, powerful people from starting large and powerful organized crime rings? (I think I might be able to answer this question, or at least I'm guessing it has to do with the larger community banding together to stop this from happening.)
Thanks to anyone with some answers. I'm curious to hear solutions to these perceived problems.
1. When we start having tiny community governments with no military, what happens when huge governments with huge(r) militaries attack these small communities, and put them under their power like a dictatorship? Doesn't that just reverse all of the work that was done to achieve freedom in the first place? You say that large scale invasions don't happen anymore, but look what happened with Russia and Crimea in 2014. I wonder, do you think that the process of localization will happen slowly enough that it will spread to all the other powerful countries before this becomes a problem?
2. What happens when a criminal doesn't want to make their victims "whole again"? When he is ostracized by the community, there will still inevitably be those who take advantage of that system, and sell him goods and services for more money, and to buy his goods or services for less money. People are greedy. (This is stating the obvious and I know that.) There is also the option of online business. He could potentially continue to victimize people with barely any consequence, especially if he doesn't care about having friends. How do we solve this?
3. On top of that, family members of victims (especially those of rape or murder) could potentially try to "take 'justice' into their own hands" by murdering the offender in retribution. If things like this continue to happen over and over in what could basically become an endless cycle, that would just be chaos. There would be no justice in that. What would the solution to that problem be?
4. Do people who refuse to contribute to projects such as roads, schools, and the like still get to use these public goods? What about those who are unable to contribute (the poor, the disabled)?
5. Do you believe relatively the same things about the Church and organized religion in general as you do about governments?
6. "Depression is not an organic phenomenon" what exactly do you mean by this? I'm not sure I agree with that statement. (I understand this question might only be able to be answered by Adam but I'm willing to hear what others have to say.
7. Lastly, what stops bigger, powerful people from starting large and powerful organized crime rings? (I think I might be able to answer this question, or at least I'm guessing it has to do with the larger community banding together to stop this from happening.)
Thanks to anyone with some answers. I'm curious to hear solutions to these perceived problems.