Re: Major Economic Threat
From: Sgt. Sausage (nobody_at_nowhere.com)
Date: 09/10/04
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Date: Fri, 10 Sep 2004 18:54:29 -0400
"The Trucker" <mikcob@verizon.net> wrote in message
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> Sgt. Sausage wrote:
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> >
> > "Albert" <alwagner@tcac.net> wrote in message
> > news:10jpuja7fvl5u1a@corp.supernews.com...
[snippage]
> >> No, unrestrained capitalism. Socialism is a patch for a broken
> >> capitalism.
> >
> > Socialism is a crutch for the weak, for the people who can't do, and
> > for the people who won't do -- so they can leach the life out of the
> > strong who can and do.
>
> Then let us discuss the issues as opposed to simply branding all that
> we do not like as "socialism". Such branding is a typical right wing
> authoritarian ploy to evade any and all logical discourse.
>
> Is any group action where one or more members of the group must yield
> up some amount of personal liberty/freedom for the benefit of MOST (if
> not all of the members to be classified as socialism?
In my book -- if they're *forced* to, then yes. This may not
jibe with any textbook definition of socialism, but, yes, I'd
classify yeilding of anything I've done/earned/created/etc --
yeilding of any of it, to someone who didn't do/earn/create,
yielding it without my consent, yeilding by force of law and
threat of imprisonment -- yes, it's socialism -- and it's WRONG.
> Another question is concerned with the "might makes right" theory I
> see espoused here by some: If _might_ is what "right" is about then it
> would seem to me that since the majority is stronger than the minority
> then it must be OK for the majority to whup up on the minority and
> steal their stuff. This is called being logically consistent.
No. Theft is wrong. Whether by socialism or by might. It's
wrong. No logical inconsistency here.
The sheer masses of the population *are* flexing their might on the
minority of those with money/wealth -- and stealing their stuff via
ridiculous tax obligations in support of their socialist programs funded
by our current government.
I'm labeling that theft and, per my above, theft is wrong.
> The "Major Economic Threat" is currently coming from the right wing
> authoritarian area of our nation as they attempt to destroy the dollar
> so as to destroy the government.
A government in serious need of being destroyed and rebuilt.
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