Re(1): Too simplistic IP: 210.214.24.181 Posted on December 18, 2006 at 12:56:58 PM by Sanju Paison
It's true that stipulating monetary (or any other requirements) on someone to become a parent is controlling and suppressing them. I agree a hundred percent with everything you say. Don't you have anything to say about the thousands of laws we are required to follow in our lives? Don't you think they ought to be removed, in order for individuals to run their own lives? Again, I agree with what you are saying, on how to create a perfect world: leave people alone. But we do not do that now, either. We say we are running our own lives, but if you don't follow the said (and unsaid) laws of society, or even question them, you cannot survive. We have learnt to accept them without question.
Now, let me show you how earning the right to become a parent would erase the need for all other laws, hence making unnecessary the laws we follow today. If a parent can provide for his child, the child's childhood would be secure, making it more likely that his adulthood will be secured. First, he would not have to cheat, steal, kill - which would eliminate the need for most of the laws of today. Second, he would not have to depend on government facilities for his survival, growth or opportunities - he would have the resources himself without government intervention - which makes government itself unnecessary. People would have the resources to protect themselves. Taxation would become uncalled-for. Work itself will become unnecessary. (http://theperfectworld.org/world.htm) Don't you see, this is the golden solution that mankind has waited for, which you find elusive, and which Thomas Paine wished for, when he said, "That government is best which governs least."
Let me assure you, there's is no religious or philosophical influence behind my theory, even if it seems so to you. As for it being simplistic, I feel the same too, and I take it as a complement, because simple solutions deliver the best results in the long run. Complicating a theory may make the theory look impressive, but that's all there will be to it.
Who would decide the amount of money the child will have - I don't care as long as it's decided. How does the parent then discipline the child - I don't care as long as the parent is disciplined first.