I bet there would be less arguing.
Posted on 02/28/2008 11:36:32 AM PST by C210N
Looking for FR book recommendations.
I highly recommend “The Total Money Makeover” by Dave Ramsey. It will change your life.
I assume this book - which is premised on the idea that the US Constitution is a worthless document that can be safely ignored - is intended as comic relief for FReepers, and not serious reading.
The lunatic author, BTW, spent the last years of his life striving against "the evils of capitalism."
A thorough headcase.
Coming from you, this means almost nothing.
In other words, you can't dispute what I wrote.
Maybe if you actually wrote something worth responding to... Just a suggestion.
I can't force you to think.
Again, the fundamental premises of Spooner's works are his mentally unbalanced radical anarchism.
His No Treason is an out-and-out repudiation of the US Constitution and a declaration that no state or person should follow it.
Moreover, after this assault on the very foundations of our republic, he then turned to an assault on the foundations of our republic's economy: the right of property owners to accumulate and invest capital.
One might as well recommend the works of Kropotkin or Marx.
If that is your perception, then you should consider your projection problem.
As for Spooner, as a philosopher he had many insights and observations that are playing out RIGHT NOW in American politics.
And yes, if you haven't read Kropotkin, Marx, Hitler, Tzu, ect... then how do you know what you are supposed to be fighting against? You have to understand them to beat them.
Right now, our Republic is in dire shape. Particularly because of some of the very things Spooner was warning about. Hence my inclusion of that particular treatise on the list.
If that is too big a concept for you to wrap your head around, it could lie at the heart of why no one takes you seriously here...
Witness, by Whitaker Chambers
A darkly ironic comment - if intentional.
As for Spooner, as a philosopher he had many insights and observations that are playing out RIGHT NOW in American politics.
Spooner was not a philosopher (although I understand how abused that term is these days, what with Buckminster Fuller, Gore Vidal and others being given that title) but the Lyndon LaRouche of his day and age.
His arguments are basically variations on the theme of "If the Constitution were a draughtsman's contract then it would have expired." Wow.
And yes, if you haven't read Kropotkin, Marx, Hitler, Tzu, ect... then how do you know what you are supposed to be fighting against? You have to understand them to beat them.
But you were obviously recommending Spooner as constructive source, not a negative source required for getting inside the heads of the left.
Your interest in Spooner is not in "beating him." After all, The Probability Broach is precisely the sort of fantasy narrative that Spooner's musings envision.
Right now, our Republic is in dire shape. Particularly because of some of the very things Spooner was warning about. Hence my inclusion of that particular treatise on the list.
Spooner seemed to do a lot less warning and a lot more remonstrating, as I recall, like writing letters to Congressmen telling them they were not allowed to legislate because the Constitution had no legal force, etc.
If that is too big a concept for you to wrap your head around, it could lie at the heart of why no one takes you seriously here...
And by "one", the casual reader should understand "Ron Paul cultist."
(I haven't started too many threads recently as I've been busy with grad school as well as my day job. It's mostly been just a few times per year.)
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As for that last dig, I was a Hunter supporter until he dropped out. Then Thompson. I only switched over to the Crazy Uncle when the choice came down to Willard or McInsane.
If that is all the more accuracy your expositions contain, no wonder you are confused about the current state of affairs.
It's clear, DC, that you are laser-focused on avoiding any higher-level discussion of Spooner's "thought."
I'll stipulate, for argument's sake, that I am the worst person who has ever lived in the history of mankind. Boo, wideawake. Hiss.
Now that we've got that distraction behind us, let's get to the real question: what possible relevance do Spooner's ravings have?
As for that last dig, I was a Hunter supporter until he dropped out. Then Thompson. I only switched over to the Crazy Uncle when the choice came down to Willard or McInsane.
If that is all the more accuracy your expositions contain, no wonder you are confused about the current state of affairs.
Wow, that was convoluted.
I'll translate: you only joined the Ron Paul cult late in the game.
I don't dispute it.
I bet there would be less arguing.
And at least my book will discourage you two from litigating!
I’ve also been enjoying Joel Rosenberg’s books of late...
“The Last Jihad” and those following... First class geopolitical thrillers with a fascinating biblical prophecy undercurrent...
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