It is not about charity, the point is that Corporations, given the opportunity will, in-fact, in some instances are required to, enslave people.
Why Do You Believe What You Believe?
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It is not about charity, the point is that Corporations, given the opportunity will, in-fact, in some instances are required to, enslave people.
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SmarterthanYou
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do you know why that happened? because big government democrats tried to confiscate property owned by corporations as punishment for not volunteering to reduce profits. so bad cases made bad case law
SmarterthanYou
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fixed part of that for you
SmarterthanYou
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just like government
Proof?
False, read the case.
Even if it were true, I don't so much care why it happened, I care that it did happen.
Giving Corporations Constitutional Rights as if they were people is a big step toward corporate Italian style fascism.
Government has no obligation to make profit at all costs.
SmarterthanYou
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government has no heart, THAT is what i said.
The purpose of government is to protect the people.
The purpose of a corporation is to make a profit.
SmarterthanYou
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the purpose of a government is to protect the RIGHTS of the people, not protect the people themselves. THIS is why you statists are looked down upon by any freedom loving individual.
To provide for the general welfare.
SmarterthanYou
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That's why you have to appreciate liberals. No matter how many times you prove their lie they are more and willing to repeat it again in the future.
I believe what I believe based on my life experiences and examination of the issues rather than a political ideology. I do my homework on whatever issue is at hand.
Given that, my views generally come down on the left side of center. That's probably because I despise greed as much as anything and the right typically embraces profit at the expense of everything else.
Given that, my views generally come down on the left side of center. That's probably because I despise greed as much as anything and the right typically embraces profit at the expense of everything else.
I'd be lying if I said that many of my beliefs arent things that my parents believe and were taught to me and also that most of my closest friends weren't raised similarly. It's hard not to absorb beliefs that your parents have and that your friends have, especially in small towns. Faith, friends, and family all shape beliefs in my opinion. My interest in the constitution and the more conservative/libertarian point of view became an interest to me when Obama was running for reelection and it's just grown on me through college so far to where it just clicks to me. I don't think I can point to any one thing though that made me believe what I believe though. I was raised to be as self sufficient as possible, to not make excuses, to have a good work ethic, and to trust in Christ. If I'm the result of that stuff then I guess that's why.
Maybe your parents were right.
Am I the only one that sees the irony here? lol
SmarterthanYou
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In the interest of following the OP, the reasons I believe what I believe are...
Up until 1997, I never gave much thought to politics because I was born and raised in Podunk Illinois, population 3,000. So we basically did what we wanted to, so long as we didn't intrude upon our neighbors, or when we wanted to go outside of our own little domain/property, we courteously asked for permission to do so. When the federal government besieged the koresh compound, subsequently immolating 80 American Citizens, I became anti big government (not really caring much about differences between liberal or conservative at that point). Then 9/11 happened and the PATRIOT ACT was forced upon us, all in the name of the war on terror. Since I was adamantly against the infringement on our freedom during a republican administration, I was branded a liberal. I said whatever, then i'm a liberal. Then Obama happened and a democrat majority continued to not only enforce the current policy of rights infringement, they proceeded to increase the pressure and oppression. But in the mass majority idiocy displayed by mainstream americans, I became a conservative because I didn't support Obama. So I said 'whatever, then i'm conservative'. But in those 24 years of continual whittling away at the constitution by either major party, I was acquainted with Libertarian-ism and it's core belief of freedom without infringing on the freedom of others. So I read the constitution, bill of rights, convention minutes, and most of the published commentaries leading up to ratification. Coming to the conclusion that nearly all liberals and nearly all conservatives are hugely resentful of the constitution and the rights that the founders believed we had simply for existing, I knew I was a Libertarian. Since then, my major objective has been to point out how totalitarian both the major parties, and it's core constituency, are.
Up until 1997, I never gave much thought to politics because I was born and raised in Podunk Illinois, population 3,000. So we basically did what we wanted to, so long as we didn't intrude upon our neighbors, or when we wanted to go outside of our own little domain/property, we courteously asked for permission to do so. When the federal government besieged the koresh compound, subsequently immolating 80 American Citizens, I became anti big government (not really caring much about differences between liberal or conservative at that point). Then 9/11 happened and the PATRIOT ACT was forced upon us, all in the name of the war on terror. Since I was adamantly against the infringement on our freedom during a republican administration, I was branded a liberal. I said whatever, then i'm a liberal. Then Obama happened and a democrat majority continued to not only enforce the current policy of rights infringement, they proceeded to increase the pressure and oppression. But in the mass majority idiocy displayed by mainstream americans, I became a conservative because I didn't support Obama. So I said 'whatever, then i'm conservative'. But in those 24 years of continual whittling away at the constitution by either major party, I was acquainted with Libertarian-ism and it's core belief of freedom without infringing on the freedom of others. So I read the constitution, bill of rights, convention minutes, and most of the published commentaries leading up to ratification. Coming to the conclusion that nearly all liberals and nearly all conservatives are hugely resentful of the constitution and the rights that the founders believed we had simply for existing, I knew I was a Libertarian. Since then, my major objective has been to point out how totalitarian both the major parties, and it's core constituency, are.