Bradford26

Sometimes conversations tend to travel nice big circles until the participants ask, "What was the question again?" I could be totally wrong, and please be patient with me, but I feel like this conversation may be nearing that point. In any case, I will take this opportunity to start from the beginning. ;-) Are you an employee or a student? If yes, is violence used at your company or school to maintain customers, employees or students? How and when do you foresee your company or school turning into a state? What are some things that you or your company or school can do to prevent it from becoming a state? Thanks for reading, I'm looking forward to your reply.

I thought it would be fun to rewrite these rules as non-misleading truths. 1. Individuals own varying degrees of wealth. (The unequal distribution of wealth) 2. Individuals who others are more likely to follow will likely be more successful in business. (Those who own the most make the rules) 3. Exchanges of value are mutually beneficial. (The more money you have, the more you can get) 4. An individual gains less value in return when exchanging something of lower value. (The less money you have, the less you can get) 5. An individual's capacity for exchange decreases when they have less value to exchange. (The poorer you are, the more expensive everything is) 6. Quality is effected by the value of exchanged items. (The poorer you are, the worse your health will be) 7. An individual's wealth effects their ability to defer gratification. (The poorer you are, the worse your education and employment) 8. A job's pay depends on the level of physical exertion/ability and/or mental exertion/ability required by the employee. (The worse the pay, the harder the job) 9. Competetive pay rates aid in employee attraction/retention. (The higher the pay, the easier the job) 10. Investment is a strategy for increasing wealth. (If you're really rich, then you're a capitalist and you don't need to work at all) 11. Employees and customers are affected by a company's decisions. (The poor pay for every mistake made by the rich) 12. Individuals with less wealth are more likely to join the military. (Rich people start wars that poor people have to fight) 13. Inheritance is a way that personal wealth increases. (Most rich people get rich through inheritance, rags to riches stories are rare) 14. Wealth is dependent on individual habbits, choices and/or mental/physical defect. (Most poor people stay poor through hard work, thrift, and sacrifice) I was right. That was fun!

State justice is focused on vengeance toward individuals who act contrary to law. "Restorative justice" should just be called "justice." I like the idea of using the community to force restitution but am sad that their web site mentions using restorative justice to solve public school truancy and church social problems. They are also trying to use the state to change the state to enact a different kind of compulsive law system. I'd like to see a site that focused on using the community to punish criminals without the use of state functions. Maybe a social network-type site that allowed everyone to report and track every crime within specific communities. Then allow businesses to access the database and act as they like with the information. Thanks for reading.