Obviously ballet, cars, football, roads, bridges, and airplane routes are not run BY regulations or agreements. However they indeed run IN ACCORDANCE WITH regulations and agreements. Would you board an airplane that relied solely on the ethics and technical knowledge of the corporate owner for maintenance, safety procedures, design standards, personnel certifications etc. with ZERO external requirements or oversight? I didn't think so...Lawrence wrote:I ask you LanDroid, does a ballet perform by regulations or agreement? Are cars manufactured by regulations or agreement? Is football played by regulations or agreement? Are our roads and bridges and airplane routes built by regulations or agreement.
Perhaps you're not aware that NFL football is an extremely regulated "socialist" activity. For example the worst performing teams "win" the best draft choices the next year. There are many other rules such as salary caps that seek a reasonably competitive league. If you eliminated all those restrictions inevitably one team with a large media market and the top income would procure the best players and coaches, win more games and more money, continually recruit more of the best in the league, and establish a long term dynasty that fans would stop watching out of boredom.
Uhhhhh the men and women in 1776 overthrew a monarchy. They did not set up a Libertarian Utopia, but instead a Government that has evolved into our current situation.All I'm saying is that it is past time to sit down and see if there is a more effective system that can be designed to enable our society to live in peace. That is not science fiction it just takes the personal fortitude of men and women to think outside the box, be committed to it and suffer the rebukes of small minded persons who simply don't understand. Like the men and their women did in 1776.
Can't tell where you're going with this. I agree change is required. I'd love a better system that allowed this planet to live in peace, but I gave that up long ago as an adolescent pipe dream.