I agree with having the smallest number of laws possible for our society to function. What that number is, however, I have no idea.
The basic problem I have with any 'free market' analysis is the erroneous assumption that people act in a rational manner.
pbs.org
"One lesson thus far: The brain isn't quite as rational as the discipline of economics has long assumed, a finding that could have major implications right now given current economic uncertainty -- the falling dollar, rising interest rates, stock market volatility."
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I also have a problem that any 'free market' analysis also makes the erroneous assumption that markets are perfectly free of friction and costs and information is perfectly available to all participants at all times. Obviously, in the real world, none of this is true.
Therefore, the ideologies that rise from the idea of the rational human being acting self-interestedly in a friction-free perfect-information market are, IMO, bogus.
I also do not think that Democracy is a natural condition of the human species. Ditto individualism. We are a herding, flocking species naturally given to hierarchical organizations.
IMO, Democracy and Freedom are unnatural or 'civilized' states. That's why they are so hard to create and maintain. It's very easy for us to fall back into our natural state of tyrannical herd behavior.
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I don't like a usage tax because it's very regressive. As with tyranny, concentration of money (and therefore power) must be prevented through laws including progressive taxation.
I also like mandated education because an educated populace is our only true defense against tyranny. |
