owebo
Gold Member
Good post....but I question your idea of Liberty....Liberty is a construct of what freedoms a free people are willing to give up in order to protect other freedoms they hold important.....Well lets get past the Government GIVEN liberties. Then lets hear about the FREEDOM. The simple fact that Government is supposed to HOLD your liberty in check is a problem. The idea is for you to have the complete spectrum of personal liberty with NO interference from government That is FREEDOM. Liberal is Not even close to a correct description of the people it is supposed to describe. Moreover socialist is not even a REAL economic model. Dictatorship is the model of a socialist society. A modified Monarchy with a Group of ruling class dictators that take what they wish from society and distribute what they do not take for themselves to whom they choose. Easy to follow just read Animal Farm, [( assuming you are able to read and comprehend) something todays schools reject as counterproductive] it is the same historical story for all of time. SO as Freedom is NOT given by governments, and liberty is the ability to ACT on ones FREEDOMS. Neither of which rely on governments permission but of your actual ability to carry out the action itself Where does that leave government unless it is controlled BY the holders of the FREEDOMS as it should be. Governments purpose is NOT to "level the playing field", it is to assure no one blocks, or takes control OF the playing field.
Our government does indeed level the playing field....it makes sure life, liberty, and the pursuit of property are equally available TO all (not for all). Animal Farm is indeed a good read to demonstrate the preversion of this concept...Four legs good, two legs better....