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"The problem with socialism is that eventually you run out of other peoples' money."
Margaret Thatcher
"The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of blessings; the inherent virtue of socialism is the equal sharing of misery."
Winston Churchill
“Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn't pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same, or one day we will spend our sunset years telling our children and our children's children what it was once like in the United States where men were free."
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Category Archives: Collectivism
Does the government own you?
Does the philosophy of the Left require an implicit acceptance of the notion that government owns its subjects? That is an honest question. When I say “the philosophy of the Left”, I am talking about statism/collectivism; for a deeper explanation … Continue reading
Levin’s Conservative Manifesto, Part 1: Taxation
I will be quoting from Mark Levin’s book Liberty and Tyranny in this series of posts commenting on the concluding “take action” chapter titled A Conservative Manifesto. I hope that my work here will encourage you to acquire … Continue reading
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Tagged Conservative Manifesto, Liberty and Tyranny, Mark Levin, Taxation
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The Europe/Socialist Syndrome
I originally wrote this a few months ago but I think that it is very applicable here. The Murray article that I quoted provides an interesting perspective that helps explain one of the reasons that statist/socialist societies can never achieve their … Continue reading
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Tagged Charles Murray, Europe Syndrome, EuroSocialist, socialism
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Don’t allow Socialists to define the terms
Socialism is a dirty word in America. It is an epithet and it deserves to be. The core of the philosophy – that you are owned by the State – is inherently immoral and completely contradictory to the principles on … Continue reading
Hayek and de Toqueville on Socialism
I have been reading Mark Levin’s Liberty and Tyranny and though he and I don’t agree on everything we certainly agree on an outright rejection of socialism. In the chapter titled On The Free Market, Levin included a great quote from Hayek’s The … Continue reading
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Tagged de Toqueville, Hayek, Liberty and Tyranny, Mark Levin, rights, socialism
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My War On Socialism
This has gone too far. It was one thing when we had a small percentage of people getting a free ride, living off of the rest of us. But that percentage is now over 40 percent! Yes, the bottom … Continue reading
