07-08-2016, 01:40 AM
(07-07-2016, 08:03 PM)Drakus79 Wrote:(07-07-2016, 07:23 PM)Eric the Obtuse Wrote: Socialism does not equal a totalitarian police state; that has developed under capitalism too.
It's developed under large scale socialist governments and large scale governments with mixed economies that tend towards crony-corporatism. Neo-liberal / Neo-con policies of big government lead towards a police state. Free market competition does not lead to a police state. When governments remains small and localized with fewer strict laws less people are disenfranchised, communities are more trusting of each other, and there's less of a need for surveillance and curtailing of rights.
Exactly my point. Simply because fewer people are getting pushed around by people with guns and uniforms which for some odd reason makes this behavior acceptable.
Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard. -- H.L. Mencken
If one rejects laissez faire on account of man's fallibility and moral weakness, one must for the same reason also reject every kind of government action. -- Ludwig von Mises
If one rejects laissez faire on account of man's fallibility and moral weakness, one must for the same reason also reject every kind of government action. -- Ludwig von Mises