It's hard to treat people with respect when you have a system of government you despise forcibly imposed on you against your will, and you are thus systematically robbed and regulated by your inferiors. I don't respect statists and I will never respect statists.
You're a soldier, so you see everything as a battle. Statism is SIMILAR to robbery. It does not resemble either rape, uh, you know what rape is, right?) nor does it resemble murder. (Every regime has murder in its toolkit.)
What makes statism different than robbery is the consent of the governed. If the sheep are clammoring to be fleeced you cannot call it robbery anymore. Now it's "difference in political philosophies."
Differing philosophies do not lend themselves to being debated from a position of warring nations. (Neither do warring nations.) Diplomacy and skills necessary for co-existing need to be brought in to play because, here's the thing: war is worse. It really is worse than being taxed. Because in war you get taxed AND raped AND killed. Engaging with war with your political foes means you LOSE EVERY ARGUMENT.
try opposing Obamacare but favoring instead single payer for basic care only and a "major medical" market-based insurance system for the rest...
Oh, and point out that the federal government has no role in this (and that most states failed/had no prior interest in funding health care reform themselves/repeatedly elected state legislators that didn't have any interest in it)
That makes no one happy. The left considers you a right-wing-nut, and the right considers you a socialist who favors rationing (which we already have)
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What makes statism different than robbery is the consent of the governed. If the sheep are clammoring to be fleeced you cannot call it robbery anymore. Now it's "difference in political philosophies."
Differing philosophies do not lend themselves to being debated from a position of warring nations. (Neither do warring nations.) Diplomacy and skills necessary for co-existing need to be brought in to play because, here's the thing: war is worse. It really is worse than being taxed. Because in war you get taxed AND raped AND killed. Engaging with war with your political foes means you LOSE EVERY ARGUMENT.
So get some new skills, soldier.
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Oh, and point out that the federal government has no role in this (and that most states failed/had no prior interest in funding health care reform themselves/repeatedly elected state legislators that didn't have any interest in it)
That makes no one happy. The left considers you a right-wing-nut, and the right considers you a socialist who favors rationing (which we already have)
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