Society and corruption

There have been some conservatives who have been claiming that the people o=
n the Left are destroying society. I have things to say on the subject.

It is inevitable that people will form societies. What is not inevitable is=
 that these societies be tyrannical and corrupt. And the societies that the=
se people have formed have been both.

They have high levels of incest. They have high levels of domestic violence=
. They have an anti-intellectual attitude and extreme conformity pressures.=
 For as long as these practices go on in the name of society, that discredi=
ts society. And this leads the sincere people to become antisocial.

When someone claims to speak for society, he must be challenged. That is be=
cause what we have here is an authority that is unelected, unofficial, unac=
countable, unchecked and unbalanced =E2=80=93 that as such has nothing to k=
eep it from becoming tyrannical and corrupt. If you want your society to wi=
eld authority, make it official. Pass it into law. Subject it to accountabi=
lity, check and balance. Otherwise what we have here is a sneaky totalitari=
anism that controls people=E2=80=99s lives without there being any check an=
d balance upon it.

So no, the people on the Left are not evil. Many of them are more sincere t=
han the average person. They make the mistake of confusing the abuses of th=
e value for the value itself. They see abuses done in the name of society a=
nd mistake it for society itself. This is wrong. Society can, and should, b=
e done better.

Should we do away with society? By no means. But we do need to prevent it f=
rom becoming tyrannical and corrupt. Practices such as incest, domestic vio=
lence and extreme conformity pressures should be confronted. Wrong things d=
one in the name of society must be abolished. And then society itself will =
survive without being associated with things that are wrong.