Good article on "Common Good"
http://www.scu.edu/ethics/practicing/decision/commongood.html
From article.....
First, according to some philosophers, the very idea of a common good is inconsistent with a pluralistic society like ours. Different people have different ideas about what is worthwhile or what constitutes "the good life for human beings", differences that have increased during the last few decades as the voices of more and more previously silenced groups, such as women and minorities, have been heard. Given these differences, some people urge, it will be impossible for us to agree on what particular kind of social systems, institutions, and environments we will all pitch in to support.
And even if we agreed upon what we all valued, we would certainly disagree about the relative values things have for us. While all may agree, for example, that an affordable health system, a healthy educational system, and a clean environment are all parts of the common good, some will say that more should be invested in health than in education, while others will favor directing resources to the environment over both health and education. Such disagreements are bound to undercut our ability to evoke a sustained and widespread commitment to the common good. In the face of such pluralism, efforts to bring about the common good can only lead to adopting or promoting the views of some, while excluding others, violating the principle of treating people equally. Moreover, such efforts would force everyone to support some specific notion of the common good, violating the freedom of those who do not share in that goal, and inevitably leading to paternalism (imposing one group's preference on others), tyranny, and oppression.
Any idea what they are refering to with the nail clipping comment & the part about matching the sofa to the drapes?
(I had no idea my interior designer sister-in-law was such a powerful person, I'll have to be nicer to her.) ;9/
".. going to take things away from (us) on behalf of the common good."
This covers more than money, this includes guns, rights, etc. She has just let slip what is her/their true intentions.
When I hear of events such as this, where the totalitarians of the left reveal their agenda and its goals in clear, unequivocal, and impossible to misunderstand terms, I just have to shake my head when I realize that HALF of the people in this country continue to align themselves with the dumbass Democrats!
The acceptance of Hildabeast's rant by her adoring crowd is a life lesson on how killers, like Karl Marx, who put down his monstrous plan in the Communist Manifesto, or Adolf Hitler, who outlined his agenda in Mein Kampf, were able to get away with mass murder through the complicity and assistance of their wild-eyed devotees. There was no validity to the canard that the people were unaware of the true nature of these creatures. The fact is, these demagogues and their followers are one. We are witnessing evil incarnate before our very eyes!
Truly, the stupidity of man knows no bounds!
This is no secret. They've been telling us this for years.
No, I believe this is the democratic message: We will determine what is the common good for you (socialism) and will use the court system to implement it.