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Originally Posted by djplong
BK: No, not familiar with that. But to explain myself a little clearer, it's like zoning laws. Yes, you have the right to do whatever you want with your property (in theory) but you can't put your pig farm next to my house. Nor can I put a miniature nuke plant in my basement.
In the perfect "individual freedom" world, unchecked, you end up with a lot of exploitation (like child labor). I mean, look at some of the dirtier sides of our economic and labor history. That's why it's so hard to draw the line between 'freedom' and 'tyranny' in the real world. One man's "tyranny" is another's "security".
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The issue of unchecked individual freedom is part of the invisible hand theory djplong.
Why can't you put your pig farm next to my property? Back in the days when people farmed to eat, it was commonsense. When necessity dictated, local zoning regulations dealt with the issue. The key word is local.
What cleaned up the dirtier side of child labor? It was the progress of free enterprise. You can't paint everything so black and white. You have to look at history. What happened that drove people from the farms to the cities in the first place...did they think things would be worse or better in the cities?
Keeping things local and not giving control of your rights and freedoms to people who work in Washington, DC, is my point. Of course I see the need for certain government functions. I'm not a libertarian, but the one thing I agree with is the total maximum freedom for each individual to follow his own ways, his own values, as long as he doesn't interfere with anybody else who's doing the same.