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dgtlghost

On Socialism and Libertarianism...

Jan 26, 2009 08:16

I find myself thinking, this morning, a bit about politics ( Read more... )

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A Good Set of Ideals. serpentrose January 26 2009, 16:05:34 UTC

And even were it conclusively proven to be impossible to live up to them it would be worth the effort to do so.

Re: A Good Set of Ideals. dgtlghost January 26 2009, 16:57:42 UTC

http://wordplay.donhmorris.com/failure.html

A few favorites:

"Some goals are so worthy, it is glorious even to fail."
Longinus

"There are no failures -- only feedback."
Richard Bandler

and, best of all:
"You may be disappointed if you fail, but you are doomed if you don't try."
Beverly Sills

Re: A Good Set of Ideals. serpentrose January 26 2009, 17:10:24 UTC

Ohh! Thak you for that link, I'm going to bookmark the page for when I need some encouragement to get off my ass and actually put in some effort to do something more than just coasting along.

Re: A Good Set of Ideals. dgtlghost January 26 2009, 18:23:13 UTC

I did the same. Delicious has a new motivational tool to share. Huzah!

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daddio914 January 26 2009, 17:43:43 UTC

I hadn't really sat down and talked politics enough with you, apparently. We seem to agree on most (if not all) the points here.

I'm a terrible libertarian because I think part of the function of our government is supposed to be ensuring the common welfare and I'm a terrible socialist because I don't think the State should own any more than what it has to or what makes the most sense for it to be administering...

dgtlghost January 26 2009, 18:36:34 UTC

Oh, sure! If you want to use as few words as possible. That's just not what Lj is for. I'd be using Twitter more if I were concise ( ... )

daddio914 January 26 2009, 18:59:05 UTC

As I recall, at the end of WWII, to punish the countries that grew into greedy expansionist monsters, the victors imposed upon them constitutional clauses which restricted their entire military structures to self-defense and policing only. In a lot of ways, I think every nation could benefit from this sort of stricture. In essence, it would be a return for the US to a pre-WWII footing. We've got the production capacity and capabilities to ramp up anytime there's something afoot that legitimately needs it, but the days of our dick measuring contests with the USSR are over ( ... )

State & Defense Swap mbtankersley April 24 2009, 20:48:36 UTC

Well said, sir.

MBT

On Socialism and Libertarianism... mbtankersley April 24 2009, 20:46:39 UTC

That is a very analytic piece and one I totally appreciate, as a capitalist Democrat. In particular, your study of General Welfare... very enlightening.

MBT