01-10-2018, 05:12 AM
(01-09-2018, 07:59 PM)Eric the Obtuse Wrote:(01-07-2018, 01:22 AM)Galen Wrote:(01-06-2018, 10:08 AM)Kinser79 Wrote: As or haves and have nots they have existed in every society. Liberty necessitates inequality BECAUSE equality is the polar opposite of liberty. As the 20th century has proved, any move toward "equality" at the expense of liberty leads to an equality of the lowest common denominator. Socialism makes everyone equally poor, equally hungry, equally naked and equally ignorant.
Socialists and modern liberals tend to be envy driven lifeforms who would prefer that everyone is equally miserable. That is paradise to someone like Eric the Obtuse.
Oh no, no, not at all. I just want YOU to be miserable! That would be paradise to me.
This is not a healthy obsession Obtuse One.
Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard. -- H.L. Mencken
If one rejects laissez faire on account of man's fallibility and moral weakness, one must for the same reason also reject every kind of government action. -- Ludwig von Mises
If one rejects laissez faire on account of man's fallibility and moral weakness, one must for the same reason also reject every kind of government action. -- Ludwig von Mises