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RE: Steemit Anarcho Capitalism: Killing The Ignorant - Very Short, Very Readable - 1 min #steemit - #anarchism
I really hope you have a chance to read the book. Elected politicians have power only in fiction in democratic systems, their influence is constrained by the fact they need popular vote to retain office. There is literally not much they can do.
I am genuinely frightened by the idea of a human being claiming the right to 'govern' me and decide what I may or may not do out of context of my own agreement (Like how I agree to terms and conditions when I buy a company's product). Whether this claim is disguised by the concept of 'popular vote' or some other concept makes no difference. It does not change the fundamental fact of the claim itself, and what the claim implies - ie that I am not sovereign, and my physical body (and by extension it's products) are owned by another. The manner in which decisions are made in regards to this ownership is once again quite irrelevant to the fact of this ownership. (Note that I have not provided here an argument for why owning human beings is immoral, I assume the reader already maintains a belief that ownership of human beings is in some capacity immoral) - All that said good job catching my attention with this article positive.