The point has been made that restrictive action taken by those in authority, is really about control.
It is probably fair to assume that most people in the world today live in communities.
The purpose of a community is to support and sustain the members of the community.
The members of the community must submit to the level of control necessary to ensure that the community remains a viable entity.
The viability of any community in the developed world today depends upon that community's continued economic viability.
The economic viability of a community relies upon the members of that community being productive units who will direct their productive capacity towards the support of themselves and the community.
If restrictive action is about control, and I personally believe that it is, it may be of benefit to all of us to try to come to some sort of understanding in respect of who gains the greatest benefit from that control.
Does the greatest benefit accrue to the community member who is furthest down in the pecking order of the community, or does it accrue to the community member who is at the top of the pecking order?
Since communities in the developed world are economic entities, is it not reasonable to expect to find that those at the top of the community pecking order, are also at the top of the economic pecking order?
Has anybody noticed the increasing polarisation of wealth in our societies?
Does anybody truly believe that our elected representatives are acting in the best interests of the majority of people who elected them?
Or is it possible that those elected to govern us are in fact governing us in a fashion calculated to produce the greatest benefits for those in control of the economic wealth of the community?
If this is so, then ask yourself, who really controls the community in which I live?
Is it I and my neighbour through the power of our vote and our voice, or is it some unseen person or organisation?
When we have lost all our rights, ( or , if you live in Australia, your privileges,) except those inalienable rights to be born, produce, consume, and die, we may console ourselves with the thought that as members of a community we have ensured the continuation of a system that on the whole has more to recommend it than its alternative.
You thought this was all about taking away our toys?
Well, it ain't.
Its about the continuation of the human race.
If a steamroller is coming down the road a smart man steps to one side, he does not try to stop it.
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