Elections, Economics and Altruism

Elections - I voted on monday. The heat was so bad, i had a head ache the rest of the day even if my dad helped me skip the line and get it all done in an hour. Cheating? the initial long line is for sorting, if you know where you are supposed to go then you can skip it.

The right to vote and the not to participate. I've seen a bunch of pretty lame reasons not to participate: "choosing who will rape you by vote is still rape" and all that crap. The analogies are lame and fail on many levels to address the most fundamental fact of reality: if you have a better idea go ahead and try it, mean while we are free to negatively react and draw a poor opinion of you with such poor analogies.

Libertarianism - I think libertarians should read up on history, economics and human behavior more. I get a lot of them in 4chan, of course it seems like they are mostly Anti-Libertarians who are trying to draw them out to argue with them and disappear into anonymity.
Free markets as explained by Economists is not about Freedom means Better Living. It is the leverage of the public making businesses and government accountable for their bad decisions.

Fundamentally, when a government service or gov. subsidized business fails the money that went into it is lost and cannot be recovered. In the Philippines when we run a deficit we borrow to make up the difference. Most of the deficit is because of Overcharging of goods and services so that corrupt officials can pocket the difference. The C5 project, many of the computerization projects, the ZTE before it was caught, most of the Infrastructure Project, Bribing to CUT the red tape etc. are all aspects of unaccountability and the inability of people who are affected by this to do something about it.

Loss from competition, Bankruptcy, and Legal action a strong incentives for Self-interested individuals to work harder, innovate and protect themselves by playing fairer. Following the rules and transparency are shields when one goes to court.

A bad Government exhibits all features of a monopoly while a good government has features of free market competition. The problem is that getting Carried away with the more familiar term of "free market" can become a problem.

I'd rather just say just or accountable market or institution. Although I would be an idiot to turn it into an ideology, because once something becomes an ideology the blinders are on and we throw away all opportunities to hear other answers. .



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