EVoCeO @EVoCeO@qoto.org

The God of the Machine
Isabel Paterson

shorturl.at/fxV48

... man must impose restraints on himself for the objectives distant in time and needing to be directed in space... His initiative will be wasted unless he also inhibits himself; he must be able to count upon others who participate in the exchange to observe like long-term inhibitions.

^this is what man is, he is initiative and creation itself. For, government cannot create. only man can create.

... there must be and agency to witness long-term contracts and see that they are fulfilled in the absence of either of the parties, or to enforce an agreed penalty in case of default. the appropriate authority for this purpose is therefore delegated to government.

^"this is what government does, and all it can do. It is a prohibitory and expropriative agency."

The God of the Machine
Isabel Paterson

shorturl.at/fxV48

"Initiative is life itself."

@EVoCeO this sums it up pretty good.

https://youtu.be/P0y6M-N8wOE

The God of the Machine
Isabel Paterson

shorturl.at/fxV48

"...physics has no name for the exact function which is delegated to government."

Rough,

https://twitter.com/EthicalSkeptic/status/1300184443479642112?s=20

Data, Truth

https://twitter.com/EthicalSkeptic/status/1300188721032069121?s=20

Great stuff from this guy.

#qotojournal

ELI5. There is only 6% death rate on deaths solely attributed to COVID-19?

Comorbidity is way higher.

https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nvss/vsrr/covid_weekly/#PlaceDeath

The God of the Machine
Isabel Paterson

shorturl.at/fxV48

" Where force is the arbiter, government ceases."

"... assassination is a symptom of a grave imperfection in the mechanism, a reletively weak connection, or a point of disproportionate stress, where a break occurs."

The God of the Machine
Isabel Paterson

shorturl.at/fxV48

Fallacy:
"... war and leadership seem to be synchronous developments. This is what lends plausibility to the theory that government originates in war and therefore that government per se is force."

The God of the Machine
Isabel Paterson

shorturl.at/fxV48

Individual = authority
agent = government
private property = mechanism by which authority is manifested, energy converted from potential to kinetic

The God of the Machine
Isabel Paterson

shorturl.at/fxV48

Government is our AGENT, subservient to our will as a society (whether it be two or 200,000), belief and most important (and most conflicting) moral construct.

The God of the Machine
Isabel Paterson

shorturl.at/fxV48

"liberties" in Europe evolved into freedom.

The God of the Machine
Isabel Paterson

shorturl.at/fxV48

The nature and an analogy of government, people and economy.