Quote Originally Posted by Ash256 View Post
This is why everyone's pointing their finger and shouting STRAWMAN! You guys seem to be under the impression that I (and possibly others) that everyone should be equally wealthy, intelligent and athletic..
When you want to take money from the rich and give it to the poor it is the same as trying to take intelligence from geniuses and give it to the mentally handicapped. If technology allowed this would you not support it?

There is no difference between supporting Robin Hood activities and supporting brain surgery to make intelligent people dumber and dumb people smarter.

What you don't understand is that taking money from the rich makes them less productive and less able to produce things we value in the same way as IQ reducing surgery lowers a genius's ability to help society.

You seem to see the wealthy as Paris Hilton; someone who has wealth but does not generate it. I see the wealthy as Bill Gates, who generates wealth and value for society, and I am unwilling to give them both IQ reducing brain surgery; I think it is best to leave them both alone and allow Bill to be productive and allow Paris to fuck strangers in public. The brain surgery for the rich does more harm than good, and does not help the mentally handicapped poor even if it intends to do so.

Most government programs have backfired and or caused collateral damage. Building a network of roads is only one example that wreaked havoc on our transport systems. Public education is another disaster. All government "help" programs designed to aid the low IQ members of society end up making the mentally handicapped dumber (poorer), less able to contribute to society, and lower their quality of life in the long run.

Everything that is publicly run now would be cheaper and higher quality if it were released from gov't monopoly. Fedex and UPS are great examples of this, and were only allowed to exist after the laws banning competing with the post office were lifted. Before them the gov't said overnight was "impossible."

Imagine what is possible with schooling and transport if they were released from gov't control. Even private schools are under gov't control via accreditation board approval (controlled by existing private schools).