Comments on: Liberalism: A Mental Disability?

By: Marc

Marc — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 09:59:32 +0000

Power is the control of resources that allows for control of human population. The tools of those with real power are politics, ideology, and religion. mankind has not changed sine the days of the cavemen – only the games played ad the technology have become more advanced. If one only takes a leftist or conservative slant they fail to realize that those with real power manipulate politicians on both sides and allow them to fall as scapegoats so the powerful can pull the strings of political emotions amongst a populace with next generation of politicians. I wish my fellow Americans would be more pragmatic and fall for less PR and BS.

By: Marc

Marc — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 09:44:38 +0000

I think many Americans miss the point… our problem as a nation is plain old MASSIVE CORRUPTION. Trillions of dollars in heavily over-inflated civilian and military programs, perhaps with military contracts seeing the most unrealistic price inflation. In America we simply make corruption legal by playing semantics with legal language, for example:
*political donation = bribery of a government official
*no-bid contract = nepotism in bidding
*expedite fee = legally mandated bribery of foreign customs agents

By: Rich

Rich — Tue, 23 Aug 2011 03:51:19 +0000

I read most of these comment, and saw a very distinct trend in them. The people who were obviously libertarian in belief attempted to use logic and reason to defend and/or talk to the democrat and republican readers. For that, thank you libertarian readers weather liberal or conservative libertarian makes no difference.

My 2 cents are that this article, though as slanted as every single article I have ever read, makes more sense than any I have read on CNN or Fox websites. I agree fully that liberalism is destroying this nation, but it is going beyond trying to destroy the Republic, it is also poisoning the minds of our youth against free enterprise and so forth with the liberal invasion of teachers and the media it is no wonder. When has communism ever worked on a scale the size of the US? The only one I know of as big as us failed in the 1990′s after what 50 years? When has a Democracy ever succeeded on a scale the size of the US? I can not think of 1 single example, though both Democrats and Republicans love to call our country a Democracy when it clearly is not nor has it ever been. Unfortunately people think, wrongly so that it is government that has made people’s lives better, when it has not. Governments job is not to make your life better, never has been, it is to control your life. The people’s job is to remain vigilant against the tyranny of the government, and sadly we have and are failing in that!

By: HPSala

HPSala — Sun, 21 Aug 2011 19:52:19 +0000

Albedo, you appear to be saying Americans are about to fall into slavery. What’s your point? You forget America’s already had slavery — and the blame for that lies mostly on capitalism. I don’t believe capitalism is a bad thing at all. Capitalism spurs creativity, production, and efficiency through the promise of a higher station in life to those who succeed. But, capitalism untempered by morals (as with slavery in the Americas) creates every bit a dystopian a society as Lenin’s, Mao Zedong’s, or Fidel Castro’s brands of socialism. And, as everyone with any measure of intelligence knows, it’s hard to enforce ‘morals’. So we need regulation — by the people, through a government — instead.

By: Albedo

Albedo — Sun, 14 Aug 2011 00:09:34 +0000

Mark, it has less to do with Liberalism than you think. Technology has increased and our knowledge has as well. You say that you’d take 2011 over 1811. I would love to be able to live as reckless as possible without any consequence too, but life is full of them. This high life we take for granted will come crashing down just as it did for those during the great depression. And the recent riots proves just where we’re headed if we continue to embrace liberalism. This plane called liberalism is running out of fuel and we can choose to land it now or have it land for us. It won’t be pretty, recession could strike, but if we don’t do it now, it will be much harder on us and our kids. I don’t know about you, but I don’t want the newer generations living in a destitute US with no rights and working their asses off to pay off our debt to china and other countries.

Mark, Utopia isn’t achievable. And life is hard for every generation, but I’d take poverty and rights over luxury and slavery any day. And slavery will come, if we don’t stop making promises we cannot keep and fight wars we have no business fighting. If liberals don’t quit writing off 14 trillion as chump change. We are in way over our heads with all of this debt.

By: Mark

Mark — Mon, 13 Jun 2011 13:17:33 +0000

Liberals have drastically improved the quality of life for people in this country. It may not seem that way when you are having financial woes, but take a look back in history and you will quickly count your blessings to be an modern American.

I’d take 2011 life in America over 1811 life in America any day of the week.

The good old days is a figment of our imaginations. Life is hard for every generation.

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By: Joe

Joe — Sat, 04 Dec 2010 09:15:38 +0000

I’ve been a conservative libertarian for as long as I can remember. It’s not easy taking heat from both sides (Although, admittedly, most republicans incorrectly assume I think like they do) but if it’s one thing I’ve learned, it’s that brow beating never won anybody any votes. You can’t insult people and expect them to see your point of view. All you end up doing is making people mad and even more entrenched in their beliefs, no matter how erroneous they be.
Sure, the income tax needs to be eliminated, and things like he right to privacy and self-sovereignty should be added as a constitutional amendment. But until the masses understand that only by protecting individual liberties can we succeed as a nation, we’ll just have to make more persuasive case for logic and reason; two things the American people have in extremely short supply.
What we need are more viable candidates who can show the Libertarian agenda works. We need to lead by example, not by falling into the same traps that the Royalists and Communists have.
Don’t just say you’re better than the other two parties. Show them.

By: Frederick Harriman

Frederick Harriman — Sat, 20 Nov 2010 23:27:08 +0000

The reason I don’t watch FOX News is because it presents crazy, un-founded opinion as serious argument. Argument has to be between two viable perspectives. Calling American Liberals “Nazis” and “Socialists” because they think that a National Health System is a viable alternative to the chaotic situation of healthcare in the US is not serious critique. Rave on all you want FOX, you lost me as a viewer a long time ago.

I was raised Republican and I always listened to my Father, a Banker and and a Banker’s son, who always espoused Libertarian ideals. I never rejected them myself, as in many cases they make sense. However, I also noticed that my Father often worked for many projects in his own community that made no sense when scrutinized with a Randian Libertarian perspective. I have also noticed that in a modern, post-industrial and large country like the United States, Libertarian principles simply will not work in certain situations. Try to be a Libertarian in New York City. It won’t work, and that is why there are hardly any Republican politicians in NYC. Don’t take it so hard, Libertarians, there are other opportunities. But don’t call everyone who sees that Libertarianism is not a viable methodology in their own situation a traitor and a Communist. Grow up, fer Chissakes.

By: Josh

Josh — Thu, 04 Nov 2010 10:51:21 +0000

TY Americans. I am an Australian and would like to thanks to the libertarian’s of the USA because of you (and others around the world) it is possible to even have a libertarian party within Australian. Woot since 2001!