tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4824790768118172625.post7134158957579863708..comments2023-08-24T18:26:14.508-07:00Comments on Pragmatarianism: The Devil's Advocate for Public GoodsXerographicahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14978832439622230018noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4824790768118172625.post-87862053594806355222011-12-09T18:30:52.850-08:002011-12-09T18:30:52.850-08:00"The moral of my story is that playing the ro..."The moral of my story is that playing the role of devil's advocate is only worthwhile if we can truly understand why people are willing to put public goods in congress's hands."<br /><br /><br />...because people would rather live off the efforts of others than effort themselves.<br /><br />In this, there is no mystery. <br /><br />If you came to my house, offered that you would provide to me all my desires and request little in return from me, what the hell do you think my answer would be?<br /><br />Few challenge this by a question:<br />How are you going to provide this?<br /><br />Few challenge because most know such provisioning must come at a cost to someone else.<br /><br />Most know that those "someone else" will not willing entertain effort for the gain of someone else.<br /><br />Most know, therefore, that violence will be necessary upon those "others" to provide.<br /><br />All of this, of course, will be ignored as it is distant, untasted, and the blood that is necessary to achieve this does not splash on themselves directly. Therefore, the blood spilled will be ignored.<br /><br />But to the reasoning man ... is this satisfactory?<br /><br />Does not the reasoning man conclude that evil done will be evil returned?<br /><br />Thus does he promote evil in his name, or does he stand -regardless of his short term gain from it - AGAINST evil in all its manifestations?Black Flagnoreply@blogger.com