MORE
*I do not own the copyrights for this video*
https://mises.org/library/new-liberty-libertarian-manifesto
"By pursuing his own interest (the individual) frequently promotes that of the society more effectually than when he really intends to promote it. I have never known much good done by those who affected to trade for the public good."
- Adam Smith
"Bottomless wonders spring from simple rules, which are repeated without end."
- Benoit Mandelbrot
Link - https://youtu.be/1gjTIhL8vM4
*Note: A complex system (such as an economic/social system), just like a simple tool (a hammer, a pen, a firearm etc.) cannot be moral or immoral.
Human beings (in their interactions with various tools and systems) act in moral or immoral ways.
However, a complex system can incentivize moral or immoral behaviour in human beings (such as rewarding innovation and dedication or subsidizing ignorance and dependency; such as creating conditions where peaceful, mutually beneficial inter-group exchanges can take place, or fomenting inter-group antagonism for political profit).
The degree to which these incentives emerge depends on the dynamics of economic, civil and political power. Centralization/concentration of power always creates enormous incentives for immoral behaviour, primarily because it blocks natural self-correction (economic and social) from happening.
Communism/fascism/feudalism/technocracy/slavery are all incredibly unstable systems because they prevent self-correction from taking place as power is concentrated into the hands of a few.
Such systems incentivize immoral behaviour even in otherwise moral and decent people.
Morality is not the same as values or traditions (which change over time and location).
Morality is not relative.
Morality has always been the same and will always be the same.
Freedom cannot come without morality and morality cannot come without discipline (not just the physical kind).
