The rights of the right

Oct 16, 2009 19:40

I'm still learning about American politics, and will be doing so for as long as I'm here, I have no doubt ( Read more... )

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lonfiction October 16 2009, 19:19:57 UTC
The right to run the country the way they want to, without having to deal with any questions or complicated special interests?

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lonfiction October 16 2009, 19:24:24 UTC
The right to be let alone by the government, and to ask the government to interfere in the lives of those they deem unworthy?

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lonfiction October 16 2009, 19:36:09 UTC
Sorry. Having a cranky day, I guess ( ... )

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tchernabyelo October 16 2009, 20:28:15 UTC
Sorry, but I can't resist this...

...Teddy Roosevelt was a cannibal?!.

:)

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juudes October 17 2009, 15:10:24 UTC
Isn't it just like in the UK? Basically the BNP et al seem to think there's only a finite amount of rights to go round, so by giving rights to non-whites, immigrants, homosexuals, athiests etc. (i.e. people like THEM) you must automatically remove them from people like US. And one of those is the right to hate people like THEM and not have them in OUR country!

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bondo_ba October 18 2009, 14:55:15 UTC
Well, I don't live in the US, so it's not really something I'm qualified to discuss. However, I would say that as Argentina has veered toward the left, property rights have come under serious seige, and now liberty of expression is going under as well (one of the problems with the left, at least in South America, is that it tends to be idealistic as opposed to dealing with facts, and when the press calls things by their name, they go bonkers).

The truth is that if you have a university education and come from any country that isn't a first world country, you will never be a socialist. We've seen real socialism. We've suffered it. It is a way to supress any kind of individuality by insuring that there is no economic incentive (the only kind that really matters) to do things well, or to strive to be better than every one else.

Perhaps the US right isn't worried about this, but I would be if I were in the US. As they say: socialism is the most painful path from capitalism to capitalism!

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