Posted on 01/16/2006 8:46:04 AM PST by Angel
Almost all modern liberals would declare themselves foes of slavery. They would insist that they are enemies, as well, of discrimination against any group whereby the rights of members of that group are systematically violated. In this respect modern liberals line up with classical liberals and most American conservatives in their support of individual liberty and rights.
Where modern liberals falter is in their refusal to recognize that individual liberties and rights are virtually meaningless if one does not have the right to property, to freely obtain, hold, and trade goods and services. So what if another person may not own me; what good is it if my assets and earnings may be taken from me without my permission?
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Yet in contemporary academic moral, political, and legal circles there is a very influential movement arguing exactly this: One's assets and one's earnings belong to society, not to oneself. snip . . .
The reason is that while these "democratic liberals" oppose individual slavery - an individual master owning slaves - they see nothing wrong with collective slavery. snip . . .
The idea that property should be collectively owned is, in fact, the main step toward endorsing slavery. That's really quite elementary.
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I like how he ties liberalism to slavery.
Err, "collective."
Where modern liberals falter is in their refusal to recognize that individual liberties and rights are virtually meaningless if one does not have the right to property, to freely obtain, hold, and trade goods and services.
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Yes, I tend to call these liberal SOCIALISTS. And as with all socialists, they exist only for themselves, and the individual is there to serve them (ergo slaves) with their work and wealth.
How is Hitlery these days?
Liberals love indeed the irresponsability of the system owning us. It gives them "good jobs" where they can individualy wage their irresponsible racism at will, all in PC fashion.
May I steal your phrase as a tag-line?
It's true. Liberal loons are liars...saying one thing when in fact most times it's opposite. If they were to get their way...the young loons of today would be slaves tomorrow. Oh...how they wished they'd listened to that group of right wing conservatives, the real freedom fighters.
21 As for the people, he removed them to the cities from one end of Egypt’s border to the other.
22 Only the land of the priests he did not buy, for the priests had an allotment from Pharaoh, and they lived off the allotment which Pharaoh gave them. Therefore, they did not sell their land.
23 Then Joseph said to the people, “Behold, I have today bought you and your land for Pharaoh; now, here is seed for you, and you may sow the land.
24 At the harvest you shall give a fifth to Pharaoh, and four-fifths shall be your own for seed of the field and for your food and for those of your households and as food for your little ones.”
25 So they said, “You have saved our lives! Let us find favor in the sight of my lord, and we will be Pharaoh’s slaves.”
New American Standard Bible : 1995 update. 1995 (Ge 47:20). LaHabra, CA: The Lockman Foundation. _____________________________________________________
Folks, when Joseph "bought" the land of Egypt for the Pharoah, he exacted a tax of 20% from the enslaved Egyptians. I don't know about you, but I would be thrilled with a 20% flat tax!! How times have changed.
Welfare recipients of any sort are indentured constituents.
The Democrats are the Slave Party, always were, and will always be.
Yes.
BTTT
Excellent post. Thanks
We have individual slavery. Its called the income tax. a third to a half of a year your working for the masssa.
Guess what culture slavery yet exists in.
As Nietsche said, more than a century ago, "Modern man is everywhere being prepared to live lives of slavery in the most exacting sense."
"Progressives" seem to find comfort in hastening this.
Interesting handle.
IB4TZ?
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