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To: fuzzylogic

“The common good”

When I hear that it triggers thoughts that we need to be prepared to remove the common.


66 posted on 07/20/2021 3:43:18 PM PDT by CodeToad (Arm up! They Have!)
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To: CodeToad

It’s like “public housing ownership” - if everyone owns it, nobody owns it and it gets trashed.

So “the common good” - if it’s good for everyone, it’s good for none and rights get trashed.


70 posted on 07/20/2021 3:49:32 PM PDT by fuzzylogic (welfare state = sharing of poor moral choices among everybody)
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To: CodeToad; fuzzylogic

Actually the common good is a solid and valuable principle when it is applied correctly.

“Government is instituted for the common good; for the protection, safety, prosperity and happiness of the people; and not for the profit, honor, or private interest of any one man, family, or class of men.”

~John Adams

Liberals on the other hand want to believe the common good is instituted for the government.


110 posted on 07/20/2021 5:32:24 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd (I love my country. It's my government that I hate.)
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