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Originally Posted by Waye Mason
Hahahahha! How can you be taken seriously by anyone with sweeping statements like this?
I laughed out loud. Ludicrous.
This sounds like something out of Dr. Strangelove, or an NRA convention when Heston was still the leader.
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No, it is the belief of the left. Surely you are well-read enough to realize that the Eastern European nations of the late 20th century actively discouraged private transportation in order to maintain central control. You must limit the freedoms of the proletariat if you are going to maintain govt control over them. The left not only wants your money in the way of high taxes, but they also want to make you dependent upon the govt. One way to do this is to control their movements.
Central planning is not all that much different. It is inherently anti-property rights and anti-freedom. While I do not personally subscribe to the theory espoused by some of a total absence of govt planning, where you could do anything on your property that you want, the degree to which it occurs is where the art comes in. The left would demand far more in the way of planning control than many would find acceptable. I heard a discussion today about "sandwich board" signs which illustrates the matter quite well - businesses who use such signs to promote today's special or whatever, and the usual heavy hand of HRM trying to ban them based upon some alleged threat to public safety or esthetics. Ridiculous.
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