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To: ForYourChildren
A lot of liberals believe that it is very easy for democracies to degrade into oligarchies, especially plutocracies.

If a person believes that, and has even just two neurons to think with, wouldn't he/she (or he-she?) want to have some minimal protections from such a state?

Wouldn't they want, for example, the right to bear arms and the right to private property?

I also happen to think that it is very easy for democracies to degrade into oligarchies. And that is why I am a strong defender of the 2nd Amendment and property rights.

Why liberals, especially liberal Blacks and Jews, can't see this basic logic is surprising to me.

4 posted on 10/11/2014 10:27:40 PM PDT by who_would_fardels_bear
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To: who_would_fardels_bear
"Why liberals, especially liberal Blacks and Jews, can't see this basic logic is surprising to me".

Any of them who are active participants rather than dupes see it just fine and are sure they're going to not only have rights to arms and other things the majority won't, they're convinced they'll have additional State protections as well.

That's how oligarchies always get the sort of middle level support they need to gain power, they convince the people they need they'll be taken care of when the new system is put in place.

How often such oligarchies actually provide those they depended on what they led them to think they could expect is another matter. One carefully avoided in "history classes" by government academic machines that now bathe the population in revisionist history.

JMHo

9 posted on 10/11/2014 10:37:15 PM PDT by Rashputin (Jesus Christ doesn't evacuate His troops, He leads them to victory.)
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To: who_would_fardels_bear

>>Why liberals, especially liberal Blacks and Jews, can’t see this basic logic is surprising to me.<<

Because liberals don’t think; they feel.


42 posted on 10/12/2014 2:14:39 AM PDT by NTHockey (Rules of engagement #1: Take no prisoners. And to the NSA trolls, FU)
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