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NeedToUseYou -> RE: What should America do? (7/16/2007 12:56:04 AM)
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responding to the orignal OP, I didn't read the whole thread.
I'm for global economic involvement, I see no choice really in the short term, and for military isolationism. Use of the military if we are to be consistant with individual principles should be used under the sole purpose of protection. Or are we to say it's okay to attack a fellow in a neighboring town because he might not like us, and spoke poorly of us. It's the same thing. My view now is Pre-emptive war used when an attack isn't inevitable(sorta makes it non-pre-emptive at that point), is morally the same as attacking an individual because they might attack you later.
As far as global structure and countries are concerned, I'm a believer that smaller is better for the people, and larger is better for organizations.
My basic premise, has evolved based on a psychogical observation, and that is the larger the group(organization, corporation, bank, government), the more immoral the individuals act. This is a pretty well documented phenomenon.
So, accepting that premise as an observable fact. I come to the conclusion that the less large organizations be it private or government the better.
I see however the impulse in the world at large to bring more control under fewer bodies, and the implications on diffusion of responsibility for the actions of the organization grows in proportion to its size.
Simple example: Two individuals on a street and one has a heart attack, the individual almost always comes to the aid of the distressed person. A crowded street with 100's of people, odds are many will pass assuming another will do the right thing. Same mentality occurs in the corporate world, government or any organization. Once you have 1000's involved it increases the opportunity to transfer the obligation to the "others". End result more immoral behaviour occurs the larger the group. Now I understand everything can't be done one on one, but we sure could move the power away from big huge power stuctures to smaller ones, where responsiblity is easier to identify.
Thus the basis of my view against anything that is an expansion of control to large organizations.
I don't see how that isn't self evident.
So, I guess my hope is for more power to the local end of the spectrum, and less to the large all encompassing institutions on the other end. But my gut tells me, that huge monolithic organizations effecting the lives of people they may never come in contact with, is popular, thus I believe we will see a direct rise in immoral behaviour, acted upon the people.
Trade is fine, I'd just prefer to trade with more smaller(organizations, governments, corporations, etc.) rather than less but bigger ones.
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