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RE: Politics: The Path To Slavery
Politics is not evil. Centralization is not evil. Absolute power does TEND to corrupt, which is simply why efforts are made to centralize systems to the local level and create better distribution systems for an economy. . . . The say politics is always evil is closed minded. Generally most ultimatums are closed minded. Anarchy and the idea that all people are equal is a closed minded ultimatum. It's fine and good to have ideals, but you better have a practical example to prove your ideal in practice.
Government is a group of people who claim a territorial monopoly in violence, and claim superior authority over the lives of everyone in their claimed territory. They usurp the natural rights of individuals. That is evil.
Perhaps you should read the passage containing the "absolute power" quote, too.
"I cannot accept your canon that we are to judge Pope and King unlike other men with a favourable presumption that they did no wrong. If there is any presumption, it is the other way, against the holders of power, increasing as the power increases. Historic responsibility has to make up for the want of legal responsibility. All power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Great men are almost always bad men, even when they exercise influence and not authority: still more when you superadd the tendency or certainty of corruption by full authority. There is no worse heresy than that the office sanctifies the holder of it."
—Lord Acton
Uhm, all people are not equal, but all people should be equal under the law. The law should be simple and based on harm done to people or their property too. This shit isn't complicated.