Joseph 1 Wrote:
>Where your right as an individual to remain an ignorant and unproductive
>member of society conflicts with my right as an individual not to have to
>support you economically.
>I think my right should prevail.
I think you are confused with what I'm talking about. You are stuck in some sort of proposed Socialism. I'm speaking of Capitalism here. If I chose to be ignorant as an individual it won't effect you. But you insist on controlling me because you believe your individualism is more important than mine. Well, I have news for you. It's not.
>Similarly, that can be applied to the group as a whole; the rights of all
>those individual members of the group translates into a collective right of
>the group, as defined by the rights of the majority of individuals.
The problem with socialism is it cannot be free. And that's what I'm all about. I don't need some individual or group try to force me to do things I don't want to because they feel they are more correct than me. If you want to do something than do it but don't drag me along because your friends may be not.