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Quote by: LtMisha  Comrade/Comradess Athena has a point.
Taxes should be spent the way we want them (I'm talking about government taxes here) we should have a say in what our money goes on. Iv'e got no objections to how Volconvo is run.
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I do have an objection. I object to Society and Rights without Duty. Society and Rights is good for children, not for adults. The idea of democracy, or self government, is that the people have a duty to the state, and take responsibility for what their representatives and government does. But because it is not "popular" to speak of "duty", we have the mentality of children, whining when we don't get our way and blaming instead of taking responsibility. This is a political disaster! Volconvo has no nothing to offer me but a chance to change this consciousness, and I will donate money, only if volconvo serves
my purpose. Why else should give money to volconvo?
Further more, while volconvo is very polite at this time, I remember a spell when everyone was acting like a pack of wild dogs attacking a man who said is dying, and those in power defended this intolerable behavior. People were violating the rules, and the rules not inforced, because it was assumed the man is lying and deserved being attacked. This is taking tyranny too far! First off the man may have been lying, and that still doesn't make acting like a pack of wild dogs right. Secondly, I am strongly in favor of rule by law, but volconvo is rule by the owners and moderators whims. And, when I argued my objections, I was reminded I could be banned. Unless the thinking on this changes, I am not giving my money to tyrants.
How human beings act, depends on social pressure, not just the power of the king to control people. This king wants all the power, and will excommunicate a citizen who argues against this power of authority and for social cooperation too strongly. I am not giving such a king my money. He may enjoy the benefits of people arguing, but you best not argue too strongly against him.