"Need to believe"? This is not a matter of belief. Someone is in control. This is a matter of acceptance. That this is not perfectly clear is an indication that people have not been listening to us.Juggernaut Nihilism wrote: Mr. P, people have a deep, deep need to believe that somebody is in control. Deep as in it goes all the down. It's not just part of who we are, but what we are.
Someone is always in control. Do not doubt it. I could even give you specific names if you haven't figured this out yet. No, not Ben Bernanke.
Deprive people of the Master? Not only is this not possible, neither you nor Mr. P nor anyone else has even tried it, nor have you even advocated trying it. If you had actually considered what it would entail even to think about attempting to advocate the goal of living with no Master, this conversation would not be occurring.When we agitate for less dependence on government, that's what we're up against. So it goes beyond a few policy changes or a rational argument. At this level, you are talking directly to the central nervous system. You can't change people's need to believe that someone is in control. When you try to deprive them of that, most people will hate you for it. You have to give them something else to lean on for support, and don't say "themselves" because they're not interested.
When suffering exists, work is entailed regarding it. This is a necessity and it has never been denied for a single instant of Human history. Whose work would you have it be?The operative mode of a huge number of people today is that the government's work is never done as long as there is one person suffering, but this naive and idiotic idea has done nothing but add to wrong side of the ledger.