Cracking the code on how to be socially good

TownHall.com ^ | Friday, August 8, 2003 | by Ross Mackenzie

[JohnHuang2]

You have to love those crazy Canadians.

As it used to be with all things Scandinavian, so now with much in the realm of social policy that emanates from north of the border.

Welfarism was the Scandinavian - northern European - cry. Government health care - government "care" of just about everything, because government knows what's best for people better than do the people themselves. Correspondingly lofty taxes to pay for diminished service. Flight from God. Illegitimacy, easy divorce, family collapse. Diluted drug laws. Pacifism. Sloth.

Lots of license without much responsibility. Government enhancement of the self-centered self - an abundance of the things that make your everyday sociologist's heart beat pit-a-pat: humming, finding your karma at the convergence of forces, and doing your own thing. Don't worry, be happy.

You know.

And you know, the United States should emulate the northern European countries, as all the right people urged it to do, because Scandinavia had cracked the code on how to be - you know - socially good.

[JohnHuang2]

Friday, August 8, 2003

Quote of the Day by genghis

[Evil Inc]

The scandinavian countries have a few million white people with excellent educations and wealth from years of Christian frugality. How does that compare to our country with cities bigger than all of scandinavia, half of which are violent unemployable idiots. Not to mention we have more illegal immigrants than there are people in scankinavia.

[libertylover]

You speak a truth not often stated.

[Dr Warmoose]

Lots of license without much responsibility. Government enhancement of the self-centered self - an abundance of the things that make your everyday sociologist's heart beat pit-a-pat: humming, finding your karma at the convergence of forces, and doing your own thing. Don't worry, be happy.

Quick. Who is Ross MacKenzie talking about?
(A) Libertarians.
(B) Socialists
(C) Both