On Sun, 27 Sep 2009 22:05:26 -0700, "nom=de=plume"
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On Sun, 27 Sep 2009 15:04:55 -0700, "nom=de=plume"
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On Sun, 27 Sep 2009 14:15:11 -0600, "Canuck57"
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"Lu Powell" wrote in message
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First, most excellent post. But one I might change.

ARTICLE VIII: You do not have the right to a job, you have the right and
obligation to look for a job.

I believe it's the case in the parallel world of progressivism that
it's the citizen's obligation and "duty" to pay taxes, and it's the
government's task to provide the jobs, health care, transportation,
social indoctrination, and the general security of the individual. I
think the charter that stands as the document that defines those
rights and obligations of government in that bizarro world is called
the "Manifesto." It's the evil alter-document to the Constitution.


I think you're talking about a rather extreme perspective. Certainly,
extreme perspectives exist on both ends of the political scale. In the US,
the mainstream political scale is quite narrow compared to the European
scale. We tend to forget this and try to lump people into groups on the
polar opposites. Most people are middle of the road in their politics. If
you want to get elected in this country to a national position, you mostly
have to appeal to the middle. That's a fact of political life.

You're right, Miss Woodhouse. It is an extreme perspective. I think
much of the difficulty in conducting a reasonable discussion on this
is that the moderate position may not track on the political spectrum
as it did mid century. Naturally, I may well be an extremist myself.
I've given considerable time measuring Mrs. Rands Objectivism, and
some of her political philosophy is intriguing.

I'm not a fan of Rand's philosophy. It sounds so independent, but when it
comes down to implementation it's a total failure (evidence being
Greenspan's admisson of error). It's also a rather cold philosophy in my
opinion... it has no heart, so what's the point. I missed the reference to
Woodhouse... sorry.


I apologize for being obscure. The Woodhouse's were the family that
was at the center of Jane Austen's novel "Emma." Too, I don't know
that there has ever been a practical adaptation of objectivism in
modern history, at least not in the sense that it has ever been fully
adopted by any government of any industrialized nation. I agree that
objectivism is too stark. But, then, I'm of the opinion that true
benifence of heart, or altruism, can only come from the individual,
not government.

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