A move towards totalitarianism automatically is a move away from democracy.
No it isn't. Totalitarianism requires an extreme level of government control, but it doesn't automatically imply a lack of democracy. While a totalitarian democracy would be odd, and it can be argued that we've never seen one, it isn't a contradiction in terms. Totalitarian is the opposite of free, not the opposite of democratic.
Nope. You have totalitarianism/democracy mixed up with capitalism. It would be a restriction on our capitalism; not our democracy. In fact, putting a cap on some wages would be enhancing our democracy.
Totalitarianism is incompatible with capitalism, because a totalitarian regime controls the economy to a very large extent rather then a free market. It isn't inherently incompatible with democracy, although in practice it might be (If you have a stable democracy, why would people vote for totalitarian control? Well maybe its possible, but if they do the new dictator or controlling party might easily void the democracy)
So I take it that you support the idea that government should legislate (your opinion of) morality?
I think gov't needs to restrict it where it can.
The question was more general than just how much people get paid. Do you think its the government's job to impose its (in this case presumably your) ideas of morality on people? Recognize that if you support that idea, it can be used against you. You have a stronger case against government imposing moral ideas you don't like, if you oppose the government imposing moral ideas in general, rather then just arguing that you don't like some particular moral idea.
Yes some moral ideas directly involve protecting rights, but I'm not talking about such ideas here, and I don't think you can reasonably make a claim that you are, as even if it is somehow wrong/immoral for A-Rod to make $26 million a year, it can't reasonably be said that his high salary violates your rights or anyone else's.
and with baseball, gov't can refuse to fund and subsidize sports stadiums.
I actually agree with that idea, but apparently for different reasons. |
