[trisham]

Why does one have to accept the tenets of the Declaration which is nothing but a lot of political propaganda. The preamble is a collection of Enlightenment bromides and rather stale ones at that. The whole purpose of the Declaration was to score points against the crown and provide the rebels with some rhetorical ammunition. The basis of much of libertarianism is simply understanding that men are power oriented and greedy and one has to arrange things to restrain their natural appetites in order not to become a serf. There is no right or wrong here just a recognition of what a predatory and vicious creature the homo sapient is and that if you let him he will be a tyrant as it just comes naturally from our old reptile brain.

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Why are you here?

[robowombat]

As i noted above, I loath liberals as they want to make us all serfs to almighty government so we can be made ‘better people in a better land’. In reality they just love power and want to boss everyone around. They are the permanent hall monitors of the universe. Tat would seem to be an adequate reason to be here. I wasn't aware there was some litmus test here beyond'small government good, big government bad’.