Re: Once upon a time We the people....

On Nov 7, 3:26 am, Strabo <str...@flashlight.net> wrote:
> hal wrote:
> > On Thu, 05 Nov 2009 19:14:00 -0500, Strabo <str...@flashlight.net>
> > wrote:
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> <snipped>
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> >>> The Founders knew The People were not your masters, you toadying
> >>> bootlicker.  The Founders meant The People to be free of the
> >>> aristocracy.  Yet they have you trained better than a dog.  
>
> >> No, the Founders meant to be free of oppression and restraint of all
> >> types, so they devised a system of minimal government with infinite
> >> checks and balances. It was libertarian in nature.
>
> >> Liberals see society as classes of potential criminals in need of 'law
'
> >> and regulation to maintain order.
>
> >> Progressives see society as building material for their utopia.
>
> >> Libertarians see society as individuals who want life, liberty and to
> >> pursue happiness. Libertarians then prevent the concentration of power
> >> by keeping it with the individual.
>
> > in a socialist democracy the power lies with the individual and The
> > People have decided they have the right to regulate and legislate for
> > the good of all people.  
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> In that case power does not lie with the individual.
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>  >
>  > In capitalist libertarianism you get a small> elite class becoming o
bscenely wealthy while the rest of us eat rat
> > parts in our hotdogs and drink poisoned water.  
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>  >
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> You have the right to life, liberty and the pursuit of
> happiness. If it doesn't work out that's the breaks.
>
> At least with minimal government you have a chance.

yea that worked so well in the robber baron era. the real truth is
that its we the people, and governments job is to promote and provide
for the common good.
there is nothing, i repeat, nothing in the constitution that
advocates for small limited government. in fact, its the opposite way
around. the constitution is a interventionist document, socialized:)
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