Let's Put Government in Perspective

When it comes to topics like politics and government programs such as "health care reform", I think it is important to keep a broad enough perspective on things.

Government and politics are in the arena of social organization.

Most "u.s. citizens" have been socialized to believe that a government is the only way to organize society. In fact, the phrase "organize society" in any form is rarely mentioned.

So when it comes to how a society should be organized, shouldn't everyone in society have a say?

Many upon hearing this question will think "but we do have a say: by voting." But this kind of reaction is the product of a shallow perspective. It does not come from a solid understanding that democracy is just one way to organize a society.

We have all inherited a system of organizing our society that relies on the gross violation of the non-aggression principle.

I hope that eventually people will view the current way our society is organized as unthinkable as slavery.