Libertarians and Communists share the same fatal flaw

[Kludge]

Is it appropriate to threaten, beat, or otherwise punish your tenants on the basis that they can leave if they don't agree to the violence? Is it appropriate for a government to do so to its citizens? Is this simply the "love it or leave it" argument in microcosm? Does the fact that tenants are voluntary participants whereas children are involuntary participants to the action affect the validity of this argument? After all, tenants check in, the children didn't ask to be here. Who owes a responsibility to whom? The child who is an unwilling victim of cohabitation, or the parent who brought them in to this world? Can children leave? At any age?


-Rob

Children can leave at any age they are able. Otherwise, they are dependent and may be left for dead at any time the guardian would like. Charity (or the government) can step in as guardian of the child at any time they see fit. The parents do not necessarily have any right to be the child's guardian.

Citizenship does not imply we are dependent on the government. I do not need the government to survive. Dependency is the whole reason guardians may do as they please to dependents.

Moral: Don't piss off powerful people (parents, service providers, skilled laborers). Feel free to piss off unproductive bureaucrats and politicians.