I feel pretty strongly that if something is illegal, unethical, or immoral for individuals, then it should also be illegal, unethical, or immoral for government and/or business. There should be no double standards. Ever.
Apparently I am part of a very small minority who feel this way, because we seem to live in a society chock full of double standards for government and business. Either that, or we lost control to the wrong groups of people a long time ago.
Just needed to get that off my chest.
I don't think lumping illegal, unethical, or immoral together is a good.
Ethics and morality is a tricky one too because standards are different within different cultures and communities.
I agree with your sentiment I just think it's harder to implement
Good point, I just wanted to cover all the bases in one comment. But you're correct, it becomes tricky.
No you are not in a minority, however people are often like sheep. We just had an state election in the next state where I live. The conservative party won for the third time but with a very diminished vote. One of my friends posted to face book that wasn't it wonderful. I said to her that the very same people who won has also done damage to our water ways so the river is no longer flowing, She answered that it didn't matter as the votes was that was important. So you are happy with the fact that people no longer have water to drink and that drought is killing the land then. She did not answer anymore. I do hope she is thinking about it though.
I think part of the problem is two-party politics. It creates the illusion than one is fundamentally different than the other, or better for the average person. In reality, they both serve the same masters: banks and big business. Under close examination, most of their differences amount to spin and window dressing. The differences are usually marginal where the rubber actually meets the road.
@Piratefish Yes you are right. What a great opportunity this is to start a new party.