God and Individualism

[LCMS_No_More]

Thank you so much to everyone who is replying on this thread. Your comments are very interesting!

Personally I like the idea of a mixed economy ~ capitalism for non-essential items because it does generate creativity. Essential services (housing, jobs, health care and education) should be provided by collected tax money. Basic human well-being should not be dependent on marketplace competition.

Along with community comes responsibility to help each other and that’s the basis of my own positions.

Hope everyone is having a wonderful day!

~Jai yen

Yes. I don’t want government making my shoes, building my house or manufacturing my computer or car, but I DO want government involved in road building and maintenance, making sure that the water, food and medicine are safe and what they are supposed to be (beef should be BEEF and it should be safe to eat when prepared) and that employers pay the workers and don’t put their workers in danger.

 

[thedavidwilson]

Godwin’s Law is hereby invoked.

Whatever. Look at any communist country or itallian fascism as well. All of these systems, including Nazism, were very popular becasue they initially put everyone to work. The problem is that people in these systems have no incentive to become more efficient and eventually everything collapses.

 

[grampben]

I would disagree. Some goverments are. Hitler put a lot of people to work and really grew economy in the early 1930’s. Unfortunatly he forced most of these people to go to work Larger government tends to want to grow and take way people’s freedoms. That is why our governmental powers are separated and most of the power was place in the states by the constitution.

So some governments are inherently evil but all corporations are inherently just? Double standard much?