Fausty's Libertarian Blog: Is it the government's business to make us happy?

Monday, 15 November 2010

Is it the government's business to make us happy?

The government wants to measure our happiness.

Why might that be?

If it seeks to measure happiness, it follows that it seeks to make us happy should it discover that we are not happy. Yes?

The Soviets and the Nazis sought to keep the people happy and/or docile (whether via water fluoridation or propaganda) to forestall their desire to revolt.

Notably, the American Constitution codifies the right of the people to secure their own happiness.

What makes this government believe, apart from its desire for control, that it has any business spending our taxpayer money on finding out what makes us happy or making us happy?

If it believes that we are better able to spend our own money, surely it would believe that we are better able to make ourselves happy.

The government should just leave us alone and mind its own g*ddamned business!

4 comments:

Goodnight Vienna said...: All 27 'member states' are introducing it and you're right, it's none of their damned business. If they were serious they'd give us that referendum we want - that would make me happy!; 16 November 2010 08:26
Fausty said...: Exactly so, GV! I might've guessed that this garbage originated in the EU - it's daft and intrusive enough.; 16 November 2010 11:05
Leg-iron said...: 'Happiness inequality'.

That's the next 'issue' that must be 'fixed'. First they need to pretend to talk to people. They don't need to analyse the results, that's already been done and the conclusions drawn.

And the main conclusion is that money is the root of happiness, therefore equality can only be achieved by removing it from the excessively 'happy' and giving some of it to those lacking in 'happy'.

On the way, a great deal of the 'folding happy' will get creamed off. As usual.; 17 November 2010 01:04
Fausty said...: Indeed, Leg-Iron. The straw man is capitalism, despite the fact that what we have witnessed in the past decade is corporatism, not capitalism.

I appreciate that our leftie readers are unable or unwilling to differentiate between the two, but hey, what do they care, so long as Sue six-pack falls for it.; 17 November 2010 02:30