Posted on 06/27/2019 9:41:08 AM PDT by detective
This is pure fascism by definition.We are supposed to break up big corporations when they are not servingour democracythe government .
Agreed. My edit of the original quote reflects the fact that socialists of all stripes, including fascists talk about government all the time - but usually under a euphemism such as society or public or, in this case, our democracy.SOME writers have so confounded society with government, as to leave little or no distinction between them; whereas they are not only different, but have different origins.Society is produced by our wants, and government by our wickedness;Society in every state is a blessing, but Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state an intolerable one . . .the former promotes our happiness POSITIVELY by uniting our affections, the latter NEGATIVELY by restraining our vices.
The one encourages intercourse, the other creates distinctions.
The first is a patron, the last a punisher.
For were the impulses of conscience clear, uniform and irresistibly obeyed, man would need no other lawgiver; but that not being the case, he finds it necessary to surrender up a part of his property to furnish means for the protection of the rest . . . — Thomas Paine, Common Sense (1776)
“Government cant produce wealth, sustain wealth, or even redistribute wealth. It can only destroy wealthorstay out of the way and let the productive segments of our free-market economy produce it.”
Excellent post. Excellent point.
Is that a quote or is it original?
I think the idea is based on something I heard Thomas Sowell say in an interview.
Didn’t his so-called wife just score $8 million?
Not yet....
Thanks detective.
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