NationStates Jolt Archive


Independence and individualism

JorX
11-01-2007, 00:56
Individualism!, most people in the western world is fond of it. In some way or another. Do what you want with your own money and life! You should be able to do want you want with your life (as long as it legal)! Your life - your choice! Not your life = stay away!

Where are the bounderies? Independence! Independence form government or independence from everybody else. Many governments of the world enforces a family structure with taxation with the loss of indepence of women, but some does the opposite enforces womens indepence at the expence of the nuclear family. Many governments enforces welfare at the expence of the individuals right to choose what to do with there own money, other governments do the opposite enforces the individuals right of independence and does not demand responsibility to fellow citizens. Most of us (maybe except the hard core anarcho-capitalists) notices both pros and cons with the either way, more or less dependant on oppinions and believes. What forms of independence should the government enforce, and what gives them the right to do so? What freedoms are important, and even considered human rights, and whats is not?