He had obviously never read the constitution of the United States. I love these lefty “thinkers” who think they can rewrite the constitution at their superior whim.
Centralized health care and education? Get lost! No mention of National defense nor border protection - two of the central constitutional functions of the US government.
Let the states and locals handle health care and education however the citizens want.
But he’s right about this: Tea Party is right that the government is too big and powerful. Some of the wall street protesting stinkies are right that corporations have too much power and influence in the government due to global trade. Globalism has to go if America is to recover.
Centralized health care is the antithesis of distributism. Distributism would be every doctor acting independently; every person providing their own health coverage.
Distributism in education would be home schooling.
Distributism in national defense would be a heavily armed citizenry.
Centralized health care is the antithesis of distributism. Distributism would be every doctor acting independently; every person providing their own health coverage.
Distributism in education would be home schooling.
Distributism in national defense would be a heavily armed citizenry.
Phillip Blond is an Englishman. Regardless some of his ideas may do well here despite the differences in are founding documents.
It's not that difficult to google distributism, Phillip Blond, G. K. Chesterton, etc.
You might find that you like some of the things they have to say.
Of course you'll probably find one thing you disagree with, then decide their all a bunch of commies, including that damned leftist C. S. Lewis! /sarc
I am not optimistic that America will recover. I am a longtime gate guard at a resort in Florida. The spring break crows and the early summer crowd- mostly college kids or just out of college and unemployed- has been getting duller each year that I have been there and this year the curve took a discernible turn netherwards. This is the generation that will run our businesses and politics in a few years.
Good for you, Sara.
From the article: ““You need a new culture, or a new commonality around which you can associate and create.”
“And the problem is you don’t have that because you have culture wars. And once you have culture wars you have a society that fragments ... which means you become a society that can’t solve problems. Which is very worrying.””
The whole article was just another WaPo space filler against the TeaParty. Oh, and somehow give the illusion that it’s the fault of religion.