Dispelling Liberal Myths

[Pete7469]

For my first thread here, I figured I may as well jump in the deep end of the pool and go for it! YOLO! So here I will present a sampling of liberal myths, and explain why they are, in fact, myths and not facts. Shall we begin?

1. We must do something about wealth disparity, the gap between the rich and poor, the 1% vs. the 99%.

It's not a myth that rich people get richer while poor people remain poor. The myth is, that we should (or could) do something to change the dynamics. We can't and shouldn't try. Rich people become richer because, generally speaking, rich people have better business sense, sharper intuition, more motivation, ambition, drive. It's kind of like saying, marathon runners win more races than couch potatoes, so we must do something to hinder the marathon runner.

Rich people mostly became rich because of their drive and ambition to do so, and poor people don't become rich, because they lack this same level of drive and ambition. Now, we can't ever "fix" this problem by making it MORE of a challenge to become rich. The best idea would be to try and foster a sense of ambition and drive in people who are poor. The easier it becomes to attain wealth, the more poor people will be inclined to achieve it.

No matter what happens, we will always live in a world where wealthy people gain wealth faster than poor people with nothing. Wealth disparity is a natural thing that happens, regardless of anything you can do. Liberals argue for wealth redistribution, but this won't work, because the drive and ambition element is unchanged. A noted economist once predicted, you could redistribute all the wealth in the world, equally distributing it to every person on the planet, and in 20 years, we'd be right back to where we started.

2. Republicans don't care about the poor, sick, or downtrodden.

This myth perpetuates itself because Liberals assume Republican objections to their ideas mean they have no compassion. Republicans, for the most part, simply have a different idea of how we "help" others. No one wants to see people suffer or die. However, in the mind of a Liberal, there is ONLY the Liberal idea, and if you are not on board with the Liberal Idea, you must hate people and want them to suffer. Fact of the matter is, we've been implementing liberal policies and programs for 60 years or more, and according to the studies, our poor and downtrodden aren't much better off. So, the liberal ideas aren't working, and intelligent rational people believe there might be a reason to try something different.

You have to almost wonder if it's not the Liberal who doesn't care about the poor, sick or downtrodden, they continue to want the same kind of policies and programs which have failed the past 60 years, and refuse to try something new. It's the same template over and over... We're going to have our liberal idea, if we have to crusade with our torches for 100 years, by god, we're going to have our liberal idea... then when the idea is implemented and doesn't work, it's because we haven't spent enough money on it. We have now spent somewhere in the neighborhood of $70 trillion, fighting the "war on poverty" and we have as many families at poverty level than any time in our history. We've committed to spend another $100 trillion, and any talk of reducing that amount is met with moaning and writhing in the streets by Liberals who cry that Republicans don't care.

3. Gays are being denied the right to marry!

In 1987, I attended a gay wedding in Alabama! Two of my dear sweet gay friends, decided they wanted to commemorate their love for one another, with a wedding ceremony. We gathered on a hillside in the country, with a Rastafarian minister, and they got hitched! The wedding was complete with rice and photos, and the couple dashed off on their honeymoon to Hawaii.

Now.... How can this be? Gays can't legally do this, can they? Sure they can! There is no law which prohibits a gay couple from having a wedding ceremony. In fact, there is no law which prohibits gays from getting a marriage licence, it just has to be with the opposite sex, like everyone else. That's because this is how "marriage" is defined, and it's not restricted to only heterosexuals. Nothing is being denied that isn't being denied to everyone.

4. Military-style Assault Weapons are a problem and need to be banned.

There is no such thing as a military style assault weapon. It's true! There are weapons which are "military style" and this refers to various aspects of the functionality, but the rapid-fire 'automatic' element is missing, we don't allow those type weapons to be sold to the public, they are for military use only. In a weapon available to the public, the term "military style" has more to do with the grips, the stock, the removable clip, etc. It's a much more efficient and ergonomic design, and has nothing really to do with the military or the kind of weapon they would use.

It's illegal to "assault" using a weapon in the US, and a gun is completely unable to "assault" on it's own. Therefore, the term "assault weapon" is a misnomer, it can never be legally used for this purpose in the general public.

5. Something HAS to be done about greedy capitalists!

This is pure propaganda, perpetrated by pure Communist Socialists. The very nature of free market capitalism, all but destroys the element of greed. When capitalists are free to compete, the "greedy capitalist" is quickly put out of business by the "smart capitalist" and life goes on. Oh...this multinational or that is 'bilking' us... well, go out there and find some investment capital, and start a rival company! Nothing is stopping you! If you can do it cheaper or better, without a high-dollar CEO, or whatever... go do it! Give us consumers a deal that isn't 'bilking' us and I promise, we consumers will make you rich!

The real greed exists in a closed market system, like Russia or China. Where competition has been eliminated and the State controls all wealth and power. THAT is when you see greed rear it's ugly head, for REAL. You see, the sad truth is, the 1% will ALWAYS exist... nothing you can ever do about that. In a socialist system, the 1% is the Ruling Class, who now control not only all the wealth, but all the political power as well. Government figureheads and their cronies, soak up all the gains and spoils, and the general public is left with nothing. Not only are they left with nothing, they have also been stripped of opportunity to attain wealth at all.

I have several more myths to address, but I think 5 is plenty to start with.

First, I must start off by asking... Is that Kelsey Grammar in your avatar?

1. Wealth disparity is a myth. Everyone has the same freedom to attain the same wealth in this country as opposed to others. Those who fail to take opportunities or choose not to take chances are those who are whining about the evil "1%"

2.If I recall correctly, a Republican abolished slavery in 1865. The main opposition to abolition were from Democrats.

3. There is no law stopping them from marrying. I have tried many times to find it. The legal definition of marriage is between one man and one woman, but if a religion allows there to be same sex marriages, the government is required not to interfere. I however favor flat line benefits for gay couples, but not full benefits.

4. My father owns an assault weapon, an M16-A1 to be exact. I've actually tested it. But to say it needs to be banned means you are depriving him of his rights to own a firearm, which is by all rights and means a violation of the 2nd Amendment.

5. Yes, there are capitalists who take advantage of the system, but most of them don't. They are there because of their own hard work, given the power by a free market system. I'd love the liberals to live in system of their own making though, just to know how flawed their contentions are.

It's where they belong. Why can't we just keep this country sane and free? They can just as easily go ANYWHERE else on earth.

 

[Boss]

#5. Lordy, lordy, were you just hatched? Ivan Boesky pretty much defined the greedy capitalist. People like the Ken Lay at Enron demonstrated the depths these kinds of capitilists plumb. And then we have the derivatives debacle that triggered the 2008 world economic meltdown.

Last I checked, Boesky and Lay were sent to prison for illegal activities. I wish we could pass some law to prevent people from committing illegal activities, but so far, no one has figured out how to do that. These are prime examples of why our system rules, while others drool. We have governmental oversight agencies to hold the corrupt accountable, you don't have this in a totalitarian socialist regime, you never hear about the Boesky or Lay, they grow to be fat old ruling class bastards, who never pay for how they screw people.