Why is voluntarism wrong?
Voluntarism is sacrifice.
There are 2 related manifestations of hypocrisy related to voluntarism:
- The good work for the bad, while the bad preach for it and refrain from acting on their words.
- In a pretense of voluntarism, the pretender works to achieve own goals, while pretending to do for the good of another's.
In voluntarism the good get fucked, instead of everyone. Good and bad.
Should taking the good and fucking them be favored over fucking everyone? Is it more just?
It discriminates against the good.
It strengthens an already existing evolutionary pressure against the good.
It relieves the government from some of its good responsibilities, allowing it more resources for its bad goals.
If this is what you want to achieve, go volunteer yourself.
Thought about using the tag altruism, but am limited to 5 tags.
A similar, almost identical thread could be posted about altruism.
It should be done too, both to catch more search results and because there are differences.
Both arguments will be similar, but may not be identical.
Edit:
I am stunned by comments and replies to me from the comments section.
I thought that people know what the word volunteer means both as a verb and as a noun.
But I thought wrong, so I have to clarify the obvious:
As a verb, to volunteer means not only to act out of consent, but also supposedly to do so without material reward, ideally.
As a noun, a volunteer is one that volunteers according to the definition of the same word as a verb.
I hope that my explanation is clear enough.
I did not expect that I will have to explain the word.
It enlengthens the text.
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Yes, I agree largely to what you say. Although it is basically a good thing to help out other people ( especially those who are in need), but it is easily exploited as well.
I think the USA are the best example for that. Many people there do volunteer work to help out in problem areas that the government fails to adress. That would be ok if there would be a minimum government - but it is not.
It is just as badly bloated as governments in countries that Americans like to call "socialist", for example in western Europe or Scandinavia.
However, I dont know the answer to this problem. A stop in charity work would certainly make things worse for a lot of people, until the government does what its really there for. If it ever does that at all.
I think you have a fundamental misunderstanding of what voluntaryism is. I ask you to check out my most recent post about this very topic!
Could have been nicer if you linked me to it instead of urging me to search, guess and risk a wrong guess of your intention.
You meant this one?
https://steemit.com/anarchy/@roninphilosophy/self-ownership-voluntaryism-and-the-free-market
If so, it is merely about libertarianism or anarchism.
I referred to volunteering in this thread of mine.
If voluntarism is not about volunteering, and it is what you consider it to be, what is the difference between it and anarchism or libertarianism?
Links are not always appreciated in comments.... and lately links can be scams/phising also.
So maybe it is not so bad what @roninphilosophy did ;)
Also people who are voluntaryist write volutaryism sometimes as voluntarism....so the mistake is understandable i.m.h.o. I'm a voluntaryist myself and was a little confused also as to how to interpret the post.
Voluntaryism or (volutarism) anarcho-capitalism are pratically the same, libertarians are still busy in the political process, but a lot of them are voluntaryist too, some are minarchist.
In regard to volunteering, I think it is ok only if it's done with consent. If I mow the lawn for my neighbors because I like them out of my own incentive, without being threatened or forced everything's ok.
Volunteering without consent is slavery.
I edited my initial (root) post and added definitions I did not expect to be needed.
I did not expect from people whom use a word to define themselves or their agenda to not know what it means.
Volunteering without consent is not like a car without wheels, it is like a car with no wheels, seats, engine, pedals, steering system.
The example with a car just does not nail it, so I should think of a better equivalent.
(...thinking...)
To volunteer without consent is like to be raped out of consent.
Here.
I found a dual analogy for you.
I hope, but am less certain that it is clear enough.
To add more clarity, I will think about another example:
(...thinking...)
To volunteer without consent is like to walk without feet, and with no prostheses either, to make it clearer.
It is like to nod without a head.
It is like to shit without an ass hole.
It is like to shit without shit, and I do not mean to try to shit, I mean to shit.
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I apologize. I'm fairly new, I dont know how to quick link and I figured just going to my page would be clear. Yes, I did mean that one.
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