I would rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending too much liberty than to those attending too small a degree of it. — Thomas Jefferson
The majority, oppressing an individual, is guilty of a crime, abuses its strength, and by acting on the law of the strongest breaks up the foundations of society. — Thomas Jefferson
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Those sentiments are no longer very popular. I’d like to change that. And you know who most opposes those sentiments? Democrats and Republicans. What I hear most often these days is, “It is not practical”. As if fascism was.
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6 responses to “Liberty Is Not As Popular As It Once Was”
Oh, fascism is very practical. It makes the trains run on time… No matter how many they have to kill to do it.
the freedom and liberty to die in front of a hospital because you have no money to pay or at least not enough strangely does not impress most people especially if it is a child. and the government forcing hospitals to give emergency help to sick children you don’t like that either. (especially if their minority children. example mexican-american baby was not seen for ten hours(when she died) maryvale hospital said they didn’t refuse to see baby they said they didn’t get around to it.(white people with insurance were seen with in an hour or less. mesa luthren young mexican-american teen (both us citizens) had burst appendix was told she had upset stomach and sent home and died on way. libertarianism in action. I have plenty more examples.
cap,
Well, well well,
Because people die theft should be universal.
Wonderful.
Freedom is hard work.
Much easier to have everything planned. organized and predesigned for you.
I’m guessing that Mesa Lutheran was originally a charitable/volunteer hospital and is now corporate owned. I don’t know if there are any hospitals around that are still run by religious organizations. Federal regulations killed them, along with the charitable care. Even non-profits have to cover their costs or go bankrupt.
As long as they don’t make the stockings run on time.