tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21089791.post4834468803484384914..comments2023-05-24T01:45:26.054+02:00Comments on Perfect for Biltong: Globalisation and its MalcontentsMjumohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08072563040679533183noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21089791.post-22800837273132481842009-04-06T15:23:00.000+02:002009-04-06T15:23:00.000+02:00Disillusioned may be just the right word. The illu...Disillusioned may be just the right word. <BR/><BR/>The illusion is that somehow the imposition of a solution on everybody, whether from the centre or the periphery it matters not, will somehow solve all the problems of humanity. This is not a new illusion, but it is still a dangerous and misguided one. <BR/><BR/>It is based on a fundamental misapprehension of the purpose of government. Government exists to allow men (which encompasses all humanity, women included) to live and interact with each other in peace and harmony. Government is *not* an end in itself. It is merely a means to the end of allowing peaceful and harmonious coexistence between human beings. This implies that government, proper and legitimate government, must be limited in its scope and its powers.<BR/><BR/>Thinking about the precise aims of the anti-globalisation movement is liable to give someone a severe headache (or worse) since the aims are totally inconsistent at best and totally incoherent at worst. For example, the anarchists want to do away with governments altogether, whereas the environmentalists want governments to adopt and strictly enforce so-called green policies. <BR/><BR/>As to systems of political economy, none of the alternatives on offer comes even close to reconciling individual freedom and the common interest in the way that democratic capitalism does.Mjumohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08072563040679533183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21089791.post-33505447523743187832009-04-02T07:20:00.000+02:002009-04-02T07:20:00.000+02:00Hi againI had a boyfriend ten years ago (I think) ...Hi again<BR/><BR/>I had a boyfriend ten years ago (I think) who used to go to all those protests. He's since become disallusioned.<BR/><BR/>I tried to argue that there is no way we can have utopia on earth when we only have imperfect people to run it.<BR/><BR/>All systems, therefore, are flawed. Democratic capitalism may be the best system (I don't know as it's all I've known) but I think the pursuit of government as a kind of saviour is just weird. <BR/><BR/>We have religions for that sort of thing - and may they always be separate.<BR/><BR/>Let me know what you think.<BR/><BR/>Amberambersunhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05582546511382184025noreply@blogger.com