Quick Observations

October

What are the criteria that make an individual sovereign?

October 30, 2021

By B

What are the criteria that make an individual sovereign? A sovereign individual is free to make their own decisions and is responsible to the consequences of them. They do not make decisions to please another. They are not free to impact the freedoms of another (and visa...

October

What is the difference between individualism and selfishness?

October 30, 2021

In Quick Observations

By B

What is the difference between individualism and selfishness? There is a companion question to that question: What’s the difference between acting in society’s interest and being self serving? First, I assume that you mean selfish. Second, a rational individual would not expect to pursue some freedom to the detriment...

October

Are there governments that crowdfund for their poverty eradication programs?

October 30, 2021

In Quick Observations

By B

Are there governments that crowdfund for their poverty eradication programs? I don’t know. It is a bad idea nonetheless if the intention is to redistribute wealth. People must learn how to fish (create their own wealth). ...

October

Has Jack Ma changed his opinion or just his speech after his re-education detention?

October 27, 2021

In Quick Observations

By B

Has Jack Ma changed his opinion or just his speech after his re-education detention? Free thought is hard to extinguish. The brain has no delete function. Free speech is routinely extinguished. ...

October

If Nigeria harnesses all its resources both natural and human. Will it become the world power?

October 26, 2021

In Quick Observations

By B

If Nigeria harnesses all its resources both natural and human. Will it become the world power? It doesn’t matter. The people will flourish in their happiness. To harness the power of the people, they will have to be enabled (problem solvers) and free. The goal is not power, it...

October

Why did most countries decide to be democratic?

October 26, 2021

In Quick Observations

By B

Why did most countries decide to be democratic? This is how it starts. If the government cannot give the people a say in their representatives, then the government is not of the people, or by the people. There is then no hope that it will be for...

October

Does true power lie in wealth or position?

October 26, 2021

In Quick Observations

By B

Does true power lie in wealth or position? No. True power is how many people one speaks for. Wealth and position, unfortunately, buys people. ...

October

What are the most important aspects of a capitalist system?

October 26, 2021

In Governance, Quick Observations

By B

What are the most important aspects of a capitalist system? Freedom;The rule of law created by the people enjoying freedom. ...

October

Why is it that voting is the only way to choose leadership?

October 26, 2021

In Quick Observations

By B

Why is it that voting is the only way to choose leadership? It is funny that you say it that way. Once, in America, we used elections to select representatives, and NOT our “leaders”. As a free people, we merely needed representatives in government to protect our...

October

What is the chance for authoritarianism in the United States in the future?

October 26, 2021

In Quick Observations

By B

What is the chance for authoritarianism in the United States in the future? A great leader brings the best out of the people they lead, fostering independence, a poor leader, by contrast, brings out the worst, encouraging dependence in the people they control. In America, we have...