JimBowie1958
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Unlike you, who retained the maximalism of a 15 year old in your adulthood I did not.
I know about the necessary evil and have to agree of some amount of it and have never considered myself an anarchist.
The devil is in the details - in the scope of the necessary evil.
It is way overblown and as a rule tends to expand exponentially ( if not curtailed) to satisfy the need of it's own.
You want it expanding exponentially - I want it to be trimmed on a regular basis.
That's the difference.
What the fuck is a "maximalism"?
Look, you said two different things that contradict each other because you're trying to play both sides. I don't; I agree with the second. Pick a side already. Waffles are for breakfast.
Which brings us to starches...
The point where this began is consumer choice, and whether that's even realistic in a completely processed world. Not to mention a processed world dictated and greased by corporate media. That information is just not available to the average citizen. It requires seeing through a lot of lies. And seeing through lies is not a given.
I did not say anything contradictory. AT ALL. or I misread what you are implying - are you considering contradictory my statement that FDA has to regulate the food ingredients becasue I also consider government overblown and in need to be curtailed?
One can understand that there is a need of oversight and regulation and still understand and want to oversee the regulators as well. and cut their increased appetite, too
what is contradictory in that? it is just common sense.
maximalistic position is either-or - and it is a feature of teenagers - either you are with me or against me
as I said - one can understand the need for regulation necessity of the government agencies and the need to trim their over-expansion at the same time.
We have forgotten the principle of Subsidiarity for way too long.
Subsidiarity - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Subsidiarity is an organising principle of decentralisation, stating that a matter ought to be handled by the smallest, lowest, or least centralised authority capable of addressing that matter effectively. The Oxford English Dictionary defines subsidiarity as the idea that a central authority should have a subsidiary function, performing only those tasks which cannot be performed effectively at a more immediate or local level. The concept is applicable in the fields of government, political science, cybernetics, management and in military command (Mission Command). In political theory, subsidiarity is sometimes viewed as a principle entailed by the idea of federalism.