In Petition, I like how he warns of the dangers of continuing to rely so heavily on candles for light becasue to produce moreyou have to bring in more sheep which will scalp the land and then they would have to kill more whales which I think is horrible for the simple act of producing light.
I agree with this statement. If France were to continue to produce all of their own light sources, they would not be able to keep up with other countries and their advancements. For example, France must import coal, which is a very important resource in the light industry. There is an abundance of benefits to importing goods from other countries, such as: receiving products you would not have access to otherwise, manufacturing costs will decrease, efficiency, and even creating alliances. It would be nearly impossible to continue to make improvements without the use of coal. By relying solely on candles for light, France would be limiting itself. You also stated that by doing this, France would need to bring in more sheep which would deplete the soil of all nutrients because of their grazing, I believe you are correct. France would need a very large sum of sheep to keep up with the candle demand. The pastures and valleys would no longer be viable for planting crops, building homes, or even building factories and businesses. As I stated previously, trading and importing goods from other countries could lead to an alliance. Blocking trade would make this extremely difficult.
I do agree with Bastiat here, becasue I feel like the system relies too much on loyalty rather than even focusing on what's right and wrong which shouldn't be the main goal, Justice...?
I think this is a very interesting point that could tie into trading and exporting and importing goods. I do agree that the system relies on loyalty and power a little too much. The justice system in the United States is absolutely broken. Money and power play a huge role in this. Criminals get off unscathed while victims do not receive answers or justice of any kind, strictly because the criminal knows someone influential, or they have money to make the problem go away. The government has too much control. With a smaller, less involved government, the justice system would be more fair. Trading, exporting, and importing would be easier as well. Most likely, there would be less internal issues in each country which could potentially lead to less external issues as well. Overall, looking at the our government officials backgrounds, their decisions on how to run our country, and how to keep up with an everchanging economy, it is easy to come to the conclusion that the government has too much power over our individual rights.