A Case For Self Governance: High Fashion

This is not about government control this is about the redundant responses people give me when I say I oppose all government. I am going to talk about a world where the government came in and took over all clothing manufacturers and began to be the sole provider of clothing.  What was created was two wasteful bureaucracies to create low quality clothes at a higher rice subsidized by our taxes.  We will call our new government agency the Government Agency for Clothes Control (GACC)  You get essentially K-mart quality for Armani prices.  Fashion will be frozen.  Any advancements from creativity and modern inventions in fashion will cease.  This will freeze the clothes we wear as the government sees necessary.  Now, I am not painting this illustration to show why I oppose government control, but to show the flaws in the many arguments for government control.

Now in this new system I will begin to say we need to abolish the GACC.  This will lead to people screaming “You want the poor to go naked!” or “How would we get clothes?” and ” Why don’t you like clothes?”  I have nothing against clothes.  I wear clothes.  I have never seen a naked homeless man in America.  There are systems of charity and compassionate individuals who give gloves and coats at Christmas.  I want clothes.

The people have become complacent and can not imagine buying their own clothes.  They do not think for a minute that the clothes could become more appealing and desirable.  They start to wonder what they would do if they left town and split their britches.  Would they have to walk around naked?  They start to fear the thought of buying their clothes.  Nobody wants to risk nudity.

Now I paint this little picture of an alternate government (which is not far from the truth) to show the thought of those of you who still cling to government control and power.  Many assume if I do not support government in an area that I want the worst case scenario.  It is apparent that we have many choices and options for clothes.  We have thrift stores, and free stores that provide for the needy.  We have WalMart and K-Mart for those of us who have a little more and of course we have the high end fashion.  There is no shortage of clothing, and in cases where there is we attempt to provide for everyone with our excess.  This is not even something you have to go out of your way to do.  There are drop offs all over the United States.  Yes, I want clothes.  I don’t want the GACC.  I want more clothes, and more advances in fashion.  In fact I choose to not have the government because I want more clothes and better clothes. Many feel that syndicalism or socialism are the answers to these issues and I will not try to discredit you there. I will simply state that I will not oppose such efforts unless they use the initiation of force to achieve such ends. I will gladly support most forms of order under non-coercive voluntary means as opposed to the state and it’s use of force to obtain it’s desire.

I will be writing soon on how we are to improve our world with out government.  I will show how supporting the states natural aggressive force like police and military is in fact counter productive to eliminating violence and what we assume the government should be doing.  I will show how just like clothes all things are more accessible and advancements will only be made outside of government.  I will show how foolish it is to let the government handle things like violence, rape, and murder. I would rather see real advancements in those areas and the problem areas of the world instead of seeing their advancements stifled by a government.