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I just don't think the government is generally as good at solving problems as people are.
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I just don't think the government is generally as good at solving problems as people are.
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What you seem to miss is Teh Gobmint *is* people solving problems. It didn't magically appear, it wasn't imposed by aliens. It was mankind's solution -- a tool made to solve problems. The fact that this tool is universally present tells us ether:
a. It's a good & effective way to solve problems or
b. People can't solve problems for sour apples, making stupit n00b mistaeks, like the governments.
I didn't miss that at all. Government solutions are by necessity imposed top-down and non-voluntarily, with exceptional amounts of overhead.
It uses big hammers to hit little nails. It is generally the most wasteful way to get something done and is the most useful for only the most intractable of problems. So yes A: Government is the least-bad way to solve otherwise intractable problems, and thus necessary
There's a less contrived way of saying "least-bad" -- "BEST."
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and B: I would trust a person who likes to make applesauce with sour apples than I would a government to do so.
When folks run to government for every little thing, they empower it and dis-empower themselves with tragic result.
When folks run to government for every little thing, they empower it and dis-empower themselves with tragic result.
As far as i know, government doesn't make applesauce from sour apples, or any other kind. They might stop you from selling me rotten apple puree with rat feces, but that's fine by me. Let's keep this real. And "dis-empower"?! WTF does that even mean?
that comes from some rare species going extinct doesn't feel quite as 
