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This is just chock full of insight and clarity, but Friedman makes an early comment that explains the fundamental justification for supporting freedom and opposing collectivism: “Socialism guides our behavior in strict contrast to what be believe to be the facts of the World.”
Look, this piece isn’t the whole story. Follow the other YouTube links, too, and read the works discussed.
I can’t think of a better way to prepare yourself for the “theological” battle ahead.
Unless you understand the historical ideas in play, you’re already behind the power curve.
Today’s dangers are about nothing new. Your enemies didn’t just come up with this stuff yesterday — they’re quoting chapter and verse of recycled crap, and they’re lying old lies about freedom.
You need to know why that’s crap, where that crap led in the past, and where it’ll inevitably lead again.
[I'll quit, here, since you have a lot of work to do.]
Or am I preachin’ to the choir?
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Even when you preach to the choir, the choir still listens.
Have I tolja lately how much I appreciate your reminders to “keep my powder dry”?
You are Range Master on the practice field of this Shootin’ War of Ideas, reminding us to keeping our aim clear, our methods correct, and our bugger hooks off the bang switch until our weapons are properly loaded and the target is in our sights.
Tkx.
You are Range Master on the practice field of this Shootin’ War of Ideas, reminding us to keeping our aim clear, our methods correct, and our bugger hooks off the bang switch until our weapons are properly loaded and the target is in our sights.
Amen, Claire!
You are a good ‘Porch Marshall’ for sure Doug. The right is in the mess we’re in today because as you say no one was keeping up on their own thinking. The “Planners” were taking care of everything.
Well, that you had mentioned it one more time, these ears heard again about what Rush was saying for a hole year and then some. I would have never gone over and caught The Road to Serfdom. And just like reading Animal Farm as I did in 67′ I am seeing that book along with Serfdom living out daily over these last 40 years. And we had ‘our’ side kissing ass with them. And most recently every time this regime changes the ‘rules’ calvalarily and says “Oh no the Constitution means this..” I think about the pigs in Animal Farm.
TaDa: The Tea Party movement. Pols, you been found out. Now look out and get out of the way.