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[Irulan]

I don't like big government.

Patriam, I'm not rustled, but I am very concerned about America and Christianity. We could very well watch what underpinned a great shift technologically and through the demolition of monarchy turn into a horrific secular dystopia of warring factions because mud people won't think and grow and always want to push their beliefs defacto on others without coming together and working within reasonable boundaries to bring Jesus to the world.

When you make people similar to me hate Jesus, you are failing Jesus.

P.s. I don't hate Jesus or the Christian Enlightenment. I hate what it's becoming, a front for organized crime, political control, and fraud. And the people who really don't get it, but think they do.

[mickmoranis]

Originally Posted by Wonkie [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

democracy and economic policy aren't the same type of thing. you're comparing apples and haldol.

socialism does not have a separation between democracy(the government) and economic policy, while the American system of government does.

Look vaccinations for example, that has nothing to do with economic policy but as far as the socialists are concerned the right to privacy prevents them from forcing you to vaccinate your child, therefore we must get rid of the right to privacy.

The american system of government isnt ONLY about the economy, and neither is socialism, the bill of rights isnt an economic plan ya moran.

hope this helps you understand something.

[JurisDictum]

The government isn't very good at regulating business because of regulatory capture. To me -- this proves that lots of a government regulation of business isn't likely to make anything any better.

Wealth transfers and government run business have a much better track record however. I think we could nationalize the oil and banking industries and make them work better for everyone rather than a small subset of elites.

There really isn't good justification why people should "Own" oil as their private property. We all need oil. Oil is not that complicated and governments are able to oversee drilling of it. We should drill the shit out of it and consider it a public good.

Meanwhile, wealth transfers isn't really a big government kind of operation. It takes a lot more money to hire people to sift through who should and shouldn't have food stamps than it would just to give everyone the sub 200 bucks a month in food money.

Big Bureaucracy is a problem. They take on a life of their own and end up generating lots of pointless jobs and tasks. It is never a good time to cut a bureaucracy as far as the bureaucrats are concerned. In fact, when cuts are forced -- they tend to focus on the most useful thing the bureaucracy does to cut first.

[Patriam1066]

Originally Posted by JurisDictum [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

The government isn't very good at regulating business because of regulatory capture. To me -- this proves that lots of a government regulation of business isn't likely to make anything any better.

Wealth transfers and government run business have a much better track record however. I think we could nationalize the oil and banking industries and make them work better for everyone rather than a small subset of elites.

There really isn't good justification why people should "Own" oil as their private property. We all need oil. Oil is not that complicated and governments are able to oversee drilling of it. We should drill the shit out of it and consider it a public good.

Meanwhile, wealth transfers isn't really a big government kind of operation. It takes a lot more money to hire people to sift through who should and shouldn't have food stamps than it would just to give everyone the sub 200 bucks a month in food money.

Big Bureaucracy is a problem. They take on a life of their own and end up generating lots of pointless jobs and tasks. It is never a good time to cut a bureaucracy as far as the bureaucrats are concerned. In fact, when cuts are forced -- they tend to focus on the most useful thing the bureaucracy does to cut first.

JD, there are no answers to life's problems. You can only persist in the face of "adversity" and adapt to "challenges." I put both of those in quotations because honestly, no one in America really faces that much adversity or challenges, at least those of us with enough free time to shit post. The point is, if I had been your father and beaten you once, you probably would've been a great man instead of a whiner. Since it's Sunday and Christ is love, why not stop complaining and instead plan on how, beginning tomorrow morning at 6AM, you will stop pondering how others, the system, or the world can change and instead man the fuck up? that's how dad did it. That's how America does it

[Irulan]

I like edging without ever cumming. Tbqh it's the purest form of virginal love we can share.

[Ahldagor]

Originally Posted by holesum [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

wouldnt mind ahldagor's attention on that post to be honest

Camus has a well done essay, The Myth of Sisyphus. Absurdity takes an extreme amount of care which the youth ignore which is why shit's going down hill. If a kid plays on a swingset and doesn't take the lumps then how will they know their limits?

[Irulan]

Originally Posted by Ahldagor [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Camus has a well done essay, The Myth of Sisyphus. Absurdity takes an extreme amount of care which the youth ignore which is why shit's going down hill. If a kid plays on a swingset and doesn't take the lumps then how will they know their limits?

Nice. Let's install razorwire.

[Ahldagor]

Originally Posted by Irulan [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Nice. Let's install razorwire.

What's razorwire have to do with anything?

[Wonkie]

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[Irulan]

Originally Posted by Ahldagor [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

What's razorwire have to do with anything?

It makes life way funner for people without heavy jackets, obviously.