The Changing World Order

But you don't like the people. You don't want to be equal with them. Another reason why you should throw Dalio out the window. Conservatives want to maintain their privilege. That's THEIR privilege, not yours. Apparently YouTube hasn't had any videos to show you the results of the recent mid-term elections. It's YOUR bunch that is being voted out.

Stop talking about authoritarianism. You don't know what you're talking about. More important, there is no reason to allow them to do business in a country that they refuse to support with their taxes. There's your beloved "offshore system" again, where they take their vast profits out of the country.

I have explained this to you before: Money circulates.I give spare change to a homeless person. He spends it on drugs. The drug dealer buys groceries at Safeway. The government taxes Safeway and spends the money on welfare. The welfare recipients buy groceries at Safeway. Safeway pays you. You pay your rent. Your landlord buys groceries at Safeway.Taxes paid to the government don't just disappear into a hole.Tax cuts for the rich DO go into a hole (overseas).

Our city government calculated that it would take $122.5 million to "end homelessness" in the city. That would require a tax increase of $40.59 per month ($487.08 annually) per homeowner in 2023 and $11.90 per month ($142.80 annually) in 2024.

Your belief is wrong. The government has a legal right to do whatever the Constitution doesn't forbid. And it has a moral right (and duty) to do whatever the electorate elects them to do. See above. I appealed to the Constitution. That's a completely un-Christian stance. Is a glitch in your mind. ALL government is an infringement on individual liberty and private property rights. All SOCIETY is an infringement on individual liberty and private property rights.Remember our member Petrophysics? We haven't seen him here since he said he voted for Trump in 2016 because he did everything he promised (BEFORE he was elected, mind you.) That genius Petrophysics claims to be completely self-made with no responsibility to society. I asked him if he built the university where he learned about petrophysics or if he built the roads that he drove on to get to that university. I got no answer.And I don't suppose I'll get an answer from you either. You'll go on blathering about how you have no obligation to society. How many years have you been predicting that? And that "5 years" keeps receding into the future.

Will you ever get it through your head that the "private interest" that you tout is not YOUR interest? You're like the poor whites who supported slavery even though it was AGAINST their own interests. I own macaroni. USEFUL commodities are a safe harbor, things that people NEED, like food. Invest your money in pork bellies.

So you should give Hitler credit too. (By the way, Hitler was an authoritarian.)

Next are you going to make the point that water is wet?Of course there were both liberals and conservatives on the Allied side. If you had read your own wiki quote, you would know that Churchill himself was both a Liberal and a Conservative.Also, you should be aware that the British Conservatives of the past were not the raving lunatic scum-sucking "conservatives" in your Republican Party today.

Because you have to do the work to get one. You have to take classes you don't want to take and hear ideas you don't want to hear. You can't just turn a semester off like a YouTube video and find another one that you like better.

Not much of a discussion. You call me authoritarian without knowing what it means. I don't care what you think about gold.

As I said in another place: That's like asking what floats a boat apart from the water?What more do you need?The Republicans let Trump get away with his crimes. What more do you need? They obstruct Congress. What more do you need?

I haven't read much about economics or political ideology, so I can't recommend much reading. Somebody else probably can. I just wish you'd respond to more of what I say. There's no "unified" peanut gallery. Lots of celebrities who don't need the money write books. What else are celebrities known for? Ego. You're hardly in a position to decide who's ignorant about economics.

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"the enforcement or advocacy of strict obedience to authority at the expense of personal freedom."

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When have I ever suggested anything resembling that? I don't bore you in every post blathering about macaroni. That does illustrate what you don't understand about authoritarianism. That's a worthless what-if. Obviously, I would pay it.And it has nothing to do with authoritariansim.What if the government lowered the speed limit to 55 mph?What if the government taxed liquor and tobacco?What if the government taxed gasoline?What if the government taxed everything you buy?You need to learn that everything the government does is not necessarily authoritarian.

Wrong.The "common good" is not served by individual wealth. Individual wealth subtracts from community wealth. Your beloved "offshore system" streals from the community wealth in favor of individual wealth.When are you going to stop supporting slavery the rich at your own expense? Stop spouting far-right propaganda and learn what Marxism is.

Stop trying to evade.In Message 141 you asked, "Apart from Trump and populism, what specifically is bad about the Republican Party of today?"In Message 142 I replied, "The Republicans let Trump get away with his crimes. What more do you need? They obstruct Congress. What more do you need?"We were talking about what is bad about the Republican Party. So answer the question I asked: What do you need besides letting Trump get away with his crimes and general obstruction of Congress? So you DON'T need a party that obstructs the duly-elected party in power. Have you ever heard of co-operation? Have you ever heard of compromise?The whole idea of democracy is to give diverse viewpoints a say. Of course we do. Do you want to just ride rough-shod over minority ideas? Again, the point of democracy IS "we", not "me". You damn well WILL do what the government says. Who do you think you are? Che Guevara? Your contempt for humanity is well-known. It's one of the ugliest characteristics of your ugly religion.