Being Liberal
Being Liberal
Having been a liberal for most of my life, liberalism offers no mystery, no curiosity. For instance, if some people have no money, give them money, and then they'll have money. Simple enough. Right? Yes. Simple. Very simple.
If criminals commit crimes, make more laws. Apparently, the first few thousand laws were not enough, so thousands more will mystically compel good behavior, where the first thousand or so did not.
Prices rise because of greed, not sunlight or its lack, which causes corn to grow and helps wheat to become bread, cars are powered, food reaches store shelves, and we consume. Boy, do we consume! All because of the sun and soil, because of the rain. Because of people and their labor. Not because of Congress.
"What?" Say the liberals. "Government's not the cause?"
"No! It's not the cause. Human activity is. Ingenuity is. Hard work is. Government grows out of all such activity. It is not the cause! Damnit!" replied a conservative voice
But this does not make sense to the liberal, the civil servant, the government employee. And, if it were, somehow, true, it must be punished with taxation. Yes! Taxation!
"Believe us, this is not a punishment. It's a reward." Say the government.
"But! Wait a minute! We created you, not the other way around." responded a wise libertarian. "If we created government, what right do you have to try and direct our lives and tell us what to do!"
"Because. We're the government. Once you gave us the necessary power to tax, spend, kill, steal, rob, what made you think we would listen to you anymore." said the government.
"Well, we didn't give you the power to do those things!" cried the people.
"Oh. Yes, you did!" said the government. The minute you gave your power over to us, you gave us the power to do whatever we wanted. And now, we will."
coda: This will sound like gibberish to a liberal. They will find endless loopholes in this argument. They never recognize that the law cannot be endlessly open-ended, left to the imagination of judges. Because the power to determine legal reality is the power to define reality for everyone. That power is as close to God-like as exists in our world. Who wouldn't be tempted to sin? Who could resist the allure of having the world laid at their feet?
Beleive me, no mere apple ever looked so good.
Sherlok Homes
Having been a liberal for most of my life, liberalism offers no mystery, no curiosity. For instance, if some people have no money, give them money, and then they'll have money. Simple enough. Right? Yes. Simple. Very simple.
If criminals commit crimes, make more laws. Apparently, the first few thousand laws were not enough, so thousands more will mystically compel good behavior, where the first thousand or so did not.
Prices rise because of greed, not sunlight or its lack, which causes corn to grow and helps wheat to become bread, cars are powered, food reaches store shelves, and we consume. Boy, do we consume! All because of the sun and soil, because of the rain. Because of people and their labor. Not because of Congress.
"What?" Say the liberals. "Government's not the cause?"
"No! It's not the cause. Human activity is. Ingenuity is. Hard work is. Government grows out of all such activity. It is not the cause! Damnit!" replied a conservative voice
But this does not make sense to the liberal, the civil servant, the government employee. And, if it were, somehow, true, it must be punished with taxation. Yes! Taxation!
"Believe us, this is not a punishment. It's a reward." Say the government.
"But! Wait a minute! We created you, not the other way around." responded a wise libertarian. "If we created government, what right do you have to try and direct our lives and tell us what to do!"
"Because. We're the government. Once you gave us the necessary power to tax, spend, kill, steal, rob, what made you think we would listen to you anymore." said the government.
"Well, we didn't give you the power to do those things!" cried the people.
"Oh. Yes, you did!" said the government. The minute you gave your power over to us, you gave us the power to do whatever we wanted. And now, we will."
coda: This will sound like gibberish to a liberal. They will find endless loopholes in this argument. They never recognize that the law cannot be endlessly open-ended, left to the imagination of judges. Because the power to determine legal reality is the power to define reality for everyone. That power is as close to God-like as exists in our world. Who wouldn't be tempted to sin? Who could resist the allure of having the world laid at their feet?
Beleive me, no mere apple ever looked so good.
Sherlok Homes