I think that people like Steve really need to understand that the unregulated "free market" ends up here, in an oligarchy under an authoritarian where authoritarian systems start. It takes government to control the wealthy such that everyone is equal under the law, inherent individual rights are recognized, every is afforded equal opport…
I think that people like Steve really need to understand that the unregulated "free market" ends up here, in an oligarchy under an authoritarian where authoritarian systems start. It takes government to control the wealthy such that everyone is equal under the law, inherent individual rights are recognized, every is afforded equal opportunity and people grant their consent to and participate in their governance. It's fine to hold Republican values, but those values were twisted to become the lack of values that we see today, as in libertarianism's "selfishness is a virtue".
Republicans need to come to grips with what their doctrine wrought and reject or scale back those parts that got us here. Come on Steve, you can do this! After all, Nixon and the GOP with Democrats created the EPA and enacted the Endangered Species Act, I want you Republicans back then, not now.
I think that people like Steve really need to understand that the unregulated "free market" ends up here, in an oligarchy under an authoritarian where authoritarian systems start. It takes government to control the wealthy such that everyone is equal under the law, inherent individual rights are recognized, every is afforded equal opportunity and people grant their consent to and participate in their governance. It's fine to hold Republican values, but those values were twisted to become the lack of values that we see today, as in libertarianism's "selfishness is a virtue".
Republicans need to come to grips with what their doctrine wrought and reject or scale back those parts that got us here. Come on Steve, you can do this! After all, Nixon and the GOP with Democrats created the EPA and enacted the Endangered Species Act, I want you Republicans back then, not now.