Anyone who is prejudice is that way because they know they have faults. They just need to feel better about themselves by putting someone below them on some screwed-up hierarchy. Therefore, prejudice is a reflection of the prejudiced person's self-loathing. Knowing this makes me feel really bad about openly demeaning the Rangers, yet I can't help myself.
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10/24/2007 09:11 #41774
My thoughts on PrejudiceCategory: recently learned
10/23/2007 16:02 #41762
Libertarians - I like the conceptCategory: recently learned
I really like the idea of being a Libertarian. Other than the fact that I want the FDA to test all my drugs. And I want my food tested for safety. And I don't want everyone to have the right to have a gun. And some people cannot be trusted with money and/or power and must be regulated, like polluting industries. And worker's safety, I'm a big fan of that. And the rich should be taxed at a higher rate than the poor. But other than, I'm a Libertarian.
dcoffee - 10/25/07 11:45
Libertarianism is a philosophy, not a way of governing. They believe that the only thing the government should be responsible for is maintaining an army, the unregulated market should take care of everything else.
It's a decent philosophy, and we need a good segment of libertarians in the population to keep us balanced. But, if the ideology was ever implemented it would degrade into corporatism (aka Fascism) quickly, and we'd become a feudal society.
The problem is that the "free" market does not encourage competition, it encourages monopoly. If we left it up to the corporations, one of them would eventually come out on top, they would use their money to consolidate their power and hegemony over the rest. They would keep buying companies until the majority of our products and services are be controlled by one company. That company would be far more powerful than the government. We would effectively be ruled by a corporation whose leaders we can not elect. We would have no control over our circumstances. It would be imposable to take power back from this corporation by democratic means. Seems like an inevitable problem for the Libertarian system.
If you can answer the problem of the hegemonic corporation I might change my mind.
Also the ACLU is a good group to join if you want to protect your liberties.
Libertarianism is a philosophy, not a way of governing. They believe that the only thing the government should be responsible for is maintaining an army, the unregulated market should take care of everything else.
It's a decent philosophy, and we need a good segment of libertarians in the population to keep us balanced. But, if the ideology was ever implemented it would degrade into corporatism (aka Fascism) quickly, and we'd become a feudal society.
The problem is that the "free" market does not encourage competition, it encourages monopoly. If we left it up to the corporations, one of them would eventually come out on top, they would use their money to consolidate their power and hegemony over the rest. They would keep buying companies until the majority of our products and services are be controlled by one company. That company would be far more powerful than the government. We would effectively be ruled by a corporation whose leaders we can not elect. We would have no control over our circumstances. It would be imposable to take power back from this corporation by democratic means. Seems like an inevitable problem for the Libertarian system.
If you can answer the problem of the hegemonic corporation I might change my mind.
Also the ACLU is a good group to join if you want to protect your liberties.
james - 10/23/07 17:55
well, that is almost like saying "I am a communist but without the communal ownership of the means of production thing" but narrow political categories are lame, so kudos for broadening it.
well, that is almost like saying "I am a communist but without the communal ownership of the means of production thing" but narrow political categories are lame, so kudos for broadening it.
brit - 10/23/07 16:59
my professor is the head of freestate.org, they are libertarians that want to move to New Hampshire and take over local politics with a eye on the House and Senate. He is kind of quietly insane but he's growing on me...still, I think guns are bad and I like high taxes for the rich so I think I won;t be allowed on the NH ark
my professor is the head of freestate.org, they are libertarians that want to move to New Hampshire and take over local politics with a eye on the House and Senate. He is kind of quietly insane but he's growing on me...still, I think guns are bad and I like high taxes for the rich so I think I won;t be allowed on the NH ark
joshua - 10/23/07 16:04
At least you got the "liber" part of it right! =P
At least you got the "liber" part of it right! =P
metalpeter - incorrect
So would I be correct to assume that since you hate the rangers you are an Islander fan.
My pleasure. You never know with the confessionals and those priests these days.
Joshua - thank you for the absolution. Estrip absolution is clearly less messy than a confessional box.
We all know that the Rangers are exempt from all rules involving not loathing them. You are safe and need not feel conflicted!