Ideas Move Society

How we think about Philosophy, Economics and Government determines how the world is. Today we have increasing pollution, costs of living, injustice and decreasing wages. Below are some principled ideas to think about.

 
What is Philosophy?  
The process of determining right and wrong 
Liberty is based on the natural right of self-ownership.  
As we own ourselves, we also own our thoughts and our labor; thus we own what we produce.  
Items you have earned by your work or free trade, are your property.
No one is legally allowed to initiate the use of force against another person or their property.
 
What is Economics?
Wealth is created when you think and act to produce a product or service that has value to you or someone else.
The economy is a group of people voluntarily exchanging products and services.
Voluntary trading always increases the wealth for both parties involved.
Wealth creation represents the means by which all technology has been created.
Money is used to store wealth so you can buy stuff later.
Division of Labor (specialization) and competition, generate lower costs, greater selection and higher quality.
 
What is Government?
The group of people that have the right to imprison people, in order to establish social order and maximize prosperity for citizens.

This is immoral because gov. initiates agression against another person's property by forcing people to pay taxes. Since gov. cannot produce wealth, it must tax (direct tax, gov. debt, printing money) in order to operate; thus, all gov.s operate on a flawed morality.
 
You might say gov. is “a necessary evil”  We agree it is evil, lets consider it’s necessity.

Government does not make our lives better - in everything the gov. does, it is a monopoly, which means it uses force to prevent or limit competition (currency, dmv, roads, schools, protection, fire, nasa, farm subsidies, min. wage, usda, sec) 
Overtime, monopolies will always 1) raise prices and lower quality – since you, the buyer has no choice.  2) be corrupt, because the rich can capture the gov. and use it for their benefit.

Monopoly is easily prevented, not with more laws and regulations, but less!  Simply allowing more companies to compete for YOUR business drives down costs and improves quality of service.