By JG Vibes
theintelhub.com
I had a feeling that all the hype about Iceland’s “revolution” was a bit off base, especially because their so called revolution was rooted in the collectivism of democracy, a worldview that uses popular opinion as an excuse to use violence against nonviolent people. How they handled the bankers was great, but allowing yourself to be oppressed under yet another democracy is certainly not a worthwhile revolution.
The functions of government that are legitimately needed by society should not be under the control of a coercive monopoly, as i explain in my free Ebook “Creating Peace and Abundance Through Stateless Economics”
While Iceland is probobly a great place to live in a lot of ways, their political system is definetly not something to be admired or replicated by people interested in freedom. Recently, there have even been suggestions of unprecedented internet regulations targeted specifically at online pornography, but still giving the government a foot in the door for control over other aspects of the internet.
“The government is considering introducing internet filters, such as those used to block China off form the worldwide web, in order to stop Icelanders downloading or viewing pornography on the internet.
The unprecedented censorship is justified by fears about damaging effects of the internet on children and women.
Ogmundur Jonasson, Iceland’s interior minister, is drafting legislation to stop the access of online pornographic images and videos by young people through computers, games consoles and smartphones.
“We have to be able to discuss a ban on violent pornography, which we all agree has a very harmful effects on young people and can have a clear link to incidences of violent crime,” he said.
Methods under consideration include blocking access to pornographic website addresses and making it illegal to use Icelandic credit cards to access pay-per-view pornography.”
The proposals are expected to become law this year despite a general election in April.
“There is a strong consensus building in Iceland. We have so many experts from educationalists to the police and those who work with children behind this, that this has become much broader than party politics,” Halla Gunnarsdottir, a political adviser to Mr Jonasson told the Daily Mail.
