Posted on 04/26/2018 7:11:05 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
I was trying to explain the Alfie Evans case to a friend. And finding it hard to do it. Not without resorting to bleak theories that allege the darkest motives. In case you’ve missed it, Alfie Evans is a chronically ill British child whose parents want to remove him from a Liverpool hospital to try alternative treatments. And the hospital is defying them. Denying him further treatment. Leaving him to die.
“So this is just the National Health Service, isn’t it? They’re trying to cut costs.” So she said, trying to make sense of the case.
Well, no. Not directly. Yes, rationing is a huge part of government health care. But it’s also part of private insurance. Chances are, your plan won’t cover elective bariatric surgery (though that might extend your life). There are also limits to how much it will pay even for directly life-saving treatments. We live in a world of limited resources.
Yes, the death of Charlie Gard, and the planned death of Alfie Evans, are partly the fruit of socialism. But not directly. After all, as some observers pointed out online, the Italian government offered to fly poor little Alfie in and care for him. It also has socialized medicine. In theory socialists could embrace the sanctity of life. Even as they trample over property rights and crucial liberties.
Socialism Undermines Humanity That rarely plays out in practice, however. Socialism saps the dignity of the individual. By separating him from the consequences of his decisions, it infantilizes him. (See my essay of last year on why.) If you make the State your Nanny, you’re admitting that you’re still a child. And children don’t make life or death decisions. We leave those to the adults.
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Keep angry, John. And keep writing.
Good or bad, that which you do unto others comes back on you times ten. I hope I live to witness just that.
To be relevant the nanny state kills children and adults
England has become a Dystopia; Huxley, Orwell not amused.
UK monsters Nanny State PING!
“If you make the State your Nanny, you’re admitting that you’re still a child.”
*BUMP*
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