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42 sats \ 11 replies \ @Aardvark 17 Feb \ on: Do you believe in authority? AskSN
I think authority is not only good, it's necessary. HOWEVER following authority blindly is the root of the most evil acts that this world has seen.
I'm fine with giving someone authority to make certain decisions under the agreement that if I find those decisions to be wrong or immoral, I will replace that person, or just stop following their decisions.
Even a voluntary organization can benefit from leadership.
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It is to an extent. I've given my company the authority to make some decisions over my life that I don't always agree with, but for compensation. I can always terminate this contract. That's why I said following authority blindly is evil. I dont follow my company blindly, if they said kill someone I'd quit. I've only agreed to give them authority very specific things.
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this is voluntary by you, you can walk away any moment (at least theoretically, then given the horrible nature of the nanny states theres potentially 100 laws preventing that and forcing both you and the employer into god knows what, but at least you've agreed to it when you agreed to the employment). With state's authority you really can't. You're born into servitude and it takes extreme measures to get out of it, and that will limit your freedoms in other direction (if you give up your passport/citizenship) and live in the wilderness somewhere you will likely have a very hard time traveling to other places that have boarders and require you to have permission to enter them
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Basically what i said to @DarthCoin I think we're all in overall agreement that government = bad. I may be using the word "authority" differently than you, but ultimately we agree, and are on the same side of this debate.
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Anyway you should be careful, because you first start calling authority when it is voluntary, and you end up accepting, because of ignorance or mal-education, any kind of authority.
We should make a clear distinction between leadership and authority. One implies voluntary participation, the other one implies submission.
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Please watch this short video and after that tell me that you still sustain what you just said:
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I agree with that video,and I don't believe in the governments right to act immorally. We are on the same page, so let me try to clarify what I was saying.
I have given my company the authority to make decisions on my behalf. They have chosen a code of conduct that I must follow along with a dress code. I agree with these rules in return for compensation.
I have NOT given the government the authority to make decisions on my behalf, therefore I do not believe in their authority.
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That is a contractual clause not delegation of authority. You agree with something in exchange for something.
Authority comes from author. You cannot delegate your own author-ity, it's only yours.
What you can delegate, indeed, is to act in your behalf, but that is power of attorney.
Whoever have any authority over you, it means slavery. They OWN you.
Voluntary leadership is not authority. Authority is when somebody tells you you must do whatever he wants, regardless if you voluntarily agreed before or not.
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