Ravi
Diamond Member
Yeah...quite honestly, it would have been a good thing for the country if Ronnie dropped dead after he was elected. I do not think there was a worse hatemonger in the history of America.It was amusing to follow the rightwingloon circle jerk that served no purpose but to confirm their own confirmation bias.
Locke did believe property ownership was an inherent right and that a government could not take someone's property arbitrarily and without their consent. He also believed that having more property than you needed was an abomination against nature. So he became a fan of money, which he believed would not spoil or go to waste as too many cows were capable of doing.
But he failed to take into consideration that the government guarantees monetary value and therefore without this government guarantee money can spoil and become worthless.
In effect, he has created a hypocritical philosophy embraced by the rightwingloons that believe they are self made "men" that owe no allegiance to their country in return for said guarantees.
He also failed to consider that by agreeing to not renounce your American citizenship and moving to a country with no government protections, for instance Somalia, you are giving a tacit agreement to be taxed.
I wonder how he would feel about tax breaks for people that have children. Would he believe that would just encourage people to keep having children to benefit off of Americans that didn't?
Notice how the scenario functions on two over-played stereotypes: the hardworking rich person, and the gluttonous foolish poor person. It's those stereotypes that inform and reinforce the Reganomics sycophancy of many on the right.
He made poor people evil. What a coward he was.