Free Association: What If?

Tuesday, October 27, 2015

If government played by the same rules as the rest of us, it would cease to be government.

Anonymous said...: We assign different orders of rights and obligations to different institutions, and people take on different social roles within those different sets of rules everyday. The rules are themselves a social invention, right alongside national sovereignty and money. This doesn't mean the rules are fake, but it does mean that their reality is not the result of an existence outside of human social relations.

If your post is simply trying to point out an obvious fact, then it is just that. If it's an expression of indignation, it's obtuse.; November 1, 2015 at 6:17 PM
Sheldon Richman said...: Sounds like question begging.; November 7, 2015 at 12:20 PM
Anonymous said...: That's exactly what I was suggesting.; November 7, 2015 at 11:15 PM

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