tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204289.post114102408512067142..comments2024-03-15T02:26:31.009-05:00Comments on Independent Country: Fourteen PointsAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11620822221586726516noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204289.post-1141069741873884912006-02-27T13:49:00.000-06:002006-02-27T13:49:00.000-06:00Replace "apartment" with "condo" and "landlord" wi...Replace "apartment" with "condo" and "landlord" with "condo association". Owners of condos in a building belong to an association which governs common concerns and collects dues in order to conduct its business. The people are owners, not renters.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204289.post-1141050258908400252006-02-27T08:24:00.000-06:002006-02-27T08:24:00.000-06:00Good points, but I think you undermine your own la...Good points, but I think you undermine your own landlord metaphor by including point six. Once you have yourself made such an exception to the equivalence of government and landlords, it's harder to object when others point out other exceptions - such as the fact that landlords don't have a legislature and rely on an external judiciary to settle disputes, or that there's a fundamental difference between a collection of (possibly different) leases and a single constitution. Pretty quickly the analogy just falls flat.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204289.post-1141048757926293472006-02-27T07:59:00.000-06:002006-02-27T07:59:00.000-06:00All good points... I could argue some of them arou...All good points... I could argue some of them around the margins, but by and large, and decent view of the State.<BR/><BR/>However, I've never been comfortable with the "landlord" analogy, because it smacks too much of paternalism. As you mentioned, the landlord owns the property...and the tenets are mere renters. All property is owned by the State, and subject to the rules set by those in charge.<BR/><BR/>This is different than the view that the State is simply an agent of Sovereign, self-governing individuals... ie.. the "apartment dwellers" decide to appoint the landlord... In this sense, maybe you could substitute a "homeowners association" analogy with the "landlord"...<BR/><BR/>Just a thought.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com