We have everything upside-down

 

We are understanding everything upside-down: socioeconomics and politics

 

For most philosophers and poltiicians I have read and listened to, there is a complete misunderstanding of socioeconomics and poltics.  It seems that most peoples basic undertadnign of economics and potiics—and the wellbeing and wlrfare of the people of a society or nation—is founded on the assumption that the government or systems determine our welfare and wlellbenng; and that the government and systems are where we go to solve these prolbems.

This theory of economics and politics is a total misunderstanding.  We assume that our welfare is detrmined by a governing authority and can be solved by a governeing authority.  When actually, we ourselves determine our welfare; and our governmnrt.

Our socioeconimics is actually a complex series of voluntary associations and autonomies; labor andtrade that starts with the indivudal and groups of indivudalls.  Ssytems that recognize the indivudal in irghts and simply limit government—negative rights—have the most community and philanthropy aalong with proseprtiy, wealth and art and culture.  Every sytrm or gvernemnt that is based in the group or common good or positive rights becomes destitute and totalitarian and has less social services and more need for them.

I’m sure you can cherry-pick what appear to be exceptions but on further, closer examination, I bet you will find out that they are not.

If you want more peace; if you want more love; if you want more social security; if you want more art and music and film, you want more liberty.

 

The same goes for aedifying people: each child or adult can be aedified in empathy and compassion.  The only way to heal the world is through the individual child.  The accumulation of those adults is all that will heal any ills of the world.