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2008-09-18

Laissez faire

Material inequality. . . . is a necessary outcome of the freedom to choose one's own actions without imposing on others.
Quoted from Wikipedia's article on Laissez faire.  Opinions?  Ready, go!

3 comments:

SWong said...

What's the philosophy where you're allowed to choose your own actions while also imposing on others?

Andrew / Hidoi said...

Most marriage counselors talking to people here in america were we use the "Laissez faire" system say you can't change your spouse, you can only change yourself and hope they change. So pretty much in all couples other than ones where both are willing to work hard to make things equal, you will end up in the unequal setting you described. I think it happens all the time, a quote I try and live by is "if you think you are doing 60% in a relationship, you're probably doing about 50%. If you think you are doing 50%, you're probably doing around 40%." I think it happens often where one who is not doing as much thinks, they are doing plenty, and it ends up being such a relationship despite what one or both of them thinks.

Andrew / Hidoi said...

oops cut of the conclusion: I agree with the quote, it is a result guaranteed to happen when you can't control the others will. Doesn't mean it is the only outcome, but it is an outcome that will occur.