Journal smittyoneeach's Journal: 1k words 34
I think this more or less captures matters:
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-07-13/picturing-march-tyranny
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-07-13/picturing-march-tyranny
Politics: A strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles. The conduct of public affairs for private advantage. -- Ambrose Bierce
Which alternative exists? (Score:2)
However I don't see any political movement that has gathered any amount of attention as having a serious plan to break that dependency. The libertarian party wants to give more power to the people with the most money, which just reinforces this problem. I have not seen any indication of the Tea Party giving a shit about it. The gre
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That's simply not true. It's a leftie-progressive-whatever-you-call-it-this-week bullshit propaganda line and always has been.
Libertarians want to first remove power from interpersonal dealings insofar as possible, and only secondarily devolve whatever power cannot be removed entirely and spread it out as evenly as possible rather than letting it centralize and metastasize into a capitol an
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The libertarian party wants to give more power to the people with the most money, which just reinforces this problem.
That's simply not true.
I will give you that there are a lot of different people who call themselves "libertarians", and there is an argument to be made that there really is no libertarian party in this country - or at least, none that can possibly encompass the values of all the people who call themselves libertarians.
However, the most vocal "libertarian" politician - and the one with the most vocal and dedicated followers - is Ron Paul. His platform, beyond any shadow of a doubt, embraces the values that I outlined above. I
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The government has the advantage of being able to take money out of our pocket, and spend it against us, more or less at-will.
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His platform, beyond any shadow of a doubt, embraces the values that I outlined above.
You are, beyond any shadow of a doubt, wrong. It's not a near miss, you are not even on the same planet.
In what way? The platforms that I see Ron Paul preach about the most often all share the common connection of reducing the tax burden of the top earners, while simultaneously removing protections and opportunities of the rest. I certainly don't see how any of his platforms do anything towards actually reducing the power that big business - and big banking in particular - has over government. Ending the dollar for a gold standard (or otherwise recoupling the two) is only smoke and mirrors.
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Yes, EARNERS. People that work for their money. They should get to keep more of it.
Are you a subscriber of the delusional belief that we don't already have the most regressive system of taxation in the industrialized world? Your statement certainly seems to suggest that you are.
Which leads back to the fact that Paul's ambitions only concentrate more power into the hands of the powerful. In this country, money is power. When the people who hold the most money get more of it, they only become more powerful. Even more so, they are further given more ability to prevent others from accu
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Can you really have so much trouble understanding the difference between WEALTH and INCOME?
I am fully aware of the difference. Are you aware of the fact that your response is a complete non-sequitur? I'm sorry that I hurt your feelings so deeply that you couldn't bring yourself to actually respond to my post and instead tried to insult my intellect.
If you'd like to actually discuss politics, feel free to try again.
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Which of these two lakes controls more water?
Instantaneously, or over a specified period of time?
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"Top earners" only equals "People that work for their money" if you expand the definition of "work" to include "got born to rich parents and inherited lots of stocks and bonds and all the right social connections".
Being born on 3rd base does not make you one of the the all-time best hitters even if you do wind up crossing home plate.
The shoes are us (Score:2)
Even knowing that, Republicans will vote for Republicans and Democrats for Democrats and Libertarians for people who are not libertarian. Even knowing they're just putting the yin and yang into those crushing boots, they will continue to believe if they could only defeat other leg, once and for all, their lives would be glorious.
The one thing a Libertarian cartoonist won't tell you though, is if you follow those boots up to the legs, and the legs up to the pockets and the pockets up to the head, you will f
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I'll have to go look that one up. I'm afraid I don't know Alinsky as well as you do.
Me, I'm more of a Benjamin Franklin guy when it comes to Rules for Radicals. But I guess it's just a matter of choice.
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wrong (Score:1)
That Left vs. Right is only or mostly a distraction is a Leftie/Libertarian tactic. They are of course highly distinctly opposing philosophies, even if the extreme divide between the philosophies is not fully represented in Congress.
I don't know about the banks, but corporations are only trying to buy favor in regulations and subsidies, so that they can be more successful. This is tyranny in that it's anti-competitive and hurts the average citizen, but is nowhere near where the vast majority of the tyrann
Nothing will change... (Score:2)
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It's a little shocking how depraved the culture is getting and how fast it's getting there.
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But those evils don't expose any fresh hell in the human heart.
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Can anyone imagine a mob getting a CEO fired because he donated $1K to a political cause they didn't like even just 5 years ago? I can't, and it's why I'm still stunned Mozilla fired Eich... for the "crime" of having religious beliefs. And it's not just CEO's -- Chase bank
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"Quit before we fire you, and we'll give you a severance package, otherwise, you get nothing" -- hardly a choice there...
The church has done much worse in the past.
So, because a human institution (though divinely inspired by the Holy Spirit, it's still a human institution) did bad things in it's History -- everything should be thrown out.
You're advocating throwing the baby out with the bathwater. Which is fine, but considering the Catholic Church is what crea
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Anything that is not a Sacramental Marriage is not a marriage.
The problem I have with that cartoon,... (Score:2)
...although I don't claim to know the heart of mind of the cartoonist and am not accusing them of anything, is that the phrase "Global Elite Bankers" immediately sets me to looking around for someone with a copy of "The Protocols of the Elders of Zion" who doesn't know, or refuses to believe, that it was a hoax.