It took me a long time to see that economics and abstract principles aren’t morality. If I hadn’t stopped wasting my life, gotten married, bought a house, and had a kid, I don’t know that I would have ever considered that. Too many of us starting life at middle age.
The last couple of years have been a beautiful revelation that we should all be grateful for.
So so right Pete. Social connections and cultural ties are always the starting point. Government and policy do not magically appear independent of these, they often form as extensions of them as social groups/family units expand and people look to a leader for guidance. If cultural connections go wonky (as they do clearly have for so many reasons that require another conversation altogether) then society as a whole follows
It took me a long time to see that economics and abstract principles aren’t morality. If I hadn’t stopped wasting my life, gotten married, bought a house, and had a kid, I don’t know that I would have ever considered that. Too many of us starting life at middle age.
The last couple of years have been a beautiful revelation that we should all be grateful for.
God bless you and your house, young man. You are the rock who bears the true weight of the world. Please have as many children as you can manage.
Building a family can be a beautiful grounding thing indeed
So so right Pete. Social connections and cultural ties are always the starting point. Government and policy do not magically appear independent of these, they often form as extensions of them as social groups/family units expand and people look to a leader for guidance. If cultural connections go wonky (as they do clearly have for so many reasons that require another conversation altogether) then society as a whole follows
How would Voluntanarchololbertism inspire the pursuit of high culture? Or any manner of common culture?