I feel the need to make some very insulting, extremely over-generalized, stereotypical comments today.
In my opinion the following explains a lot of the way things work:
As Ben Franklin once said: "Those who give up liberty for the sake of security deserve neither liberty nor security".
Or as Jefferson put it: "We hold these Truths to be self-evident, that all Men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness" Where John Locke, who for the most part could be considered the one greatest source of thought for the formation of the United States government, originally phrased it as Life, Liberty, and pursuit of Property.
So the liberty that we have given up is our property for the sake of security. However of the two which is more evil: Having your property taken to fund a military to protect your own life and remaining liberty and property, or having it taken to pay for the social welfare of those who would not earn it?
I will close with another quote, from a time when the media was not what it is today: "When liberty is taken away by force it can be restored by force. When it is relinquished voluntarily by default it can never be recovered" - Dorothy Thompson.
In my opinion the following explains a lot of the way things work:
- Democrats feel guilty for the possessions they have (if they have them), or feel they are owed something because they exist (if they do not have possessions)
- Republicans feel they deserve what they were born into. Or else are afraid of the change in status quo that being a libertarian brings forth (afraid of loosing the "protections" a strong government provides).
- Libertarians feel they have earned what they have and thus deserve it, but are hard working. Or on the flip side, lazy but happy to not have what they haven't earned.
From the Politician arena: - Democrats are those who have no qualms taking by force and giving to those that don't deserve.
- Republicans are those who have no qualms ignoring what democrats have done because they get a piece of the pie as well.
- Libertarians are not comfortable in politics.
From the voter base the following:
As Ben Franklin once said: "Those who give up liberty for the sake of security deserve neither liberty nor security".
Or as Jefferson put it: "We hold these Truths to be self-evident, that all Men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness" Where John Locke, who for the most part could be considered the one greatest source of thought for the formation of the United States government, originally phrased it as Life, Liberty, and pursuit of Property.
So the liberty that we have given up is our property for the sake of security. However of the two which is more evil: Having your property taken to fund a military to protect your own life and remaining liberty and property, or having it taken to pay for the social welfare of those who would not earn it?
I will close with another quote, from a time when the media was not what it is today: "When liberty is taken away by force it can be restored by force. When it is relinquished voluntarily by default it can never be recovered" - Dorothy Thompson.
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