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To: sinclair
He imagined that if a group of people were designing a just society without knowing what their place in that society would be, behind that "veil of ignorance" they would make sure that the society would be most fair to its least privileged members because that is who they might end up being.
Liberals do envision their selves entrusted as the designers of our society.

They quickly realize that their skills will not be in great demand from the rest of us though. There are very few want-ads for "society builders".

So they do their best to engineer a society that obliges the largest number of people to their whims. Liberals become the distributors of cardboard boxes for the homeless, unemployment for the unemployed, and tax-breaks for the non tax payers.

Enslaving us while adding to the ranks of the worlds "least privileged members" year after year.

21 posted on 12/21/2002 12:04:06 PM PST by avg_freeper
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To: avg_freeper
if a group of people were designing a just society without knowing what their place in that society would be, behind that "veil of ignorance" they would make sure that the society would be most fair to its least privileged members because that is who they might end up being.
. . . or else they would redefine "priviledge" as rights with corresponding responsibilities.

If my "priviledge" is only my bank account, I have the responsibility to earn, save, invest. That is fairness to the least priveledged, in that it allows them the fruit of their own diligence.

That's why conservatism is compasion . . .


22 posted on 12/21/2002 1:19:14 PM PST by conservatism_IS_compassion
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