On the Philosophy of Crime and... Government
Just a little post of mine at the good old Patriot Debate forums:
...Your exchanges with wlrube in this thread bring up an interesting quandry here, perhaps something worth an in-debth investigation. Rember what you posted about increased crime over the last three decades or so. At the same time, the size and reach of government (especially the Feds) has increased too. Could there be a link between the two? If so, what is it about our governmental systems are creating more crime when they should in fact be at worst having no effect, and at best actually reducing crime levels?
The positive side of a government is that you can more efficiently stop criminals from doing what they do best. The down side to this, though, is that at the same time, you can also amplify the reach and scope of criminals within the system itself.
The bottom line is that government, at its most fundamental crux, is nothing more and nothing less than a chanler and amplifyer of individual and collective will, which is 99.9% of the time directed at others. In a sense, it can be argued, the result of all this is that such large power structures fundamentally need to create a culture of "do as I say, not as I do" amongst core and vestigial participants. Rare and special is he (or she or It or whatever) that leads by example, something all of us need to do. This is not a new concept for people, especially amongst those that were part of the international Scouting movement (that's you, GRLT Mr. Green).
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