PoliticalChic
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1.You're a government school grad?
Do you know why they didnât teach you about John Locke, or the truth about the bloodbath called the French Revolution?
Because you might begin to see through the lies proffered by the Democrats/Progressives, that's why.
How can anyone call themselves an American, yet live by the doctrines of Rousseau, Hegel, and Marx rather than Jefferson, Madison and Adams?
2. âThe single most important influence that shaped the founding of the United States comes from JOHN LOCKE, a 17th century Englishman who redefined the nature of government.â
Foundations of American Government [ushistory.org]
If you studied Locke, as our Founders did, you could not be a collectivist.
3. The proof of the anti-Americanism embedded in government school grads is just how successful the Democrat inspired and authorized âWoke Revolution' has been.
ââŚtoday, Lockeâs ideas are under full-fledged assault. There are many Americans who believe that human beings are not created equalâthat we should treat people differently based on their group identity. There are many Americans who believe that rights do not pre-exist governmentâthat government is both our master and protector, granting and withdrawing privileges as it sees fit. And there are many Americans who believe that government should have almost unlimited power.â Ben Shapiro
4.âPrimacy of the individual vs that of the collective
Locke: âthose for whom individual liberty is their first principle of social ordering.â
Lockeans stress rigorous judicial protection of individual rights, especially those of private property and the freedom of contract, that define and protect the zone of sovereignty within which people are free to act as they please.
A fundamental American political doctrine holds that among the unalienable rights every individual possesses is a right to liberty of contract, which includes the right to freely contact to sell oneâs labor or to purchase the labor of others. This right cannot be legislated out of existence for casual or disreputable reasons [as in Lochner, where large unionized bakeries demanded laws that limit the number of hours one can work] even when legislatures cloak their reasons in the language of social betterment. This doctrine is often ignored by Progressives in their desire to support collectivism, majority opinion, in opposition to individualism, and to grow the stateâs police powers.
Hobbes: âgive priority to the need for government power to provide social order and pursue social endsâ even if the rights of individuals must be abridged in order to do so.
All progressives are Hobbesians because they say America is dedicate to a process- to a majoritarian decision-making that legitimates the exercise of government powers that favor majorities.
Hobbesians say the core of American principle is the right of the majority to have its way.
Progressives are committed to broad deference to a governmentâs definition of the collective good and used it to move forward racial integration. Most Americans agreed with Progressives on this, rather than Goldwaterâs principled defense of property rights.â
More in George Willâs âThe Conservative Sensibility.â
This is the big picture, not which statues exist or flags, or how many of each race fit into each endeavor.
It's whether America remains the shining city on the hill for all, or we open re-education camps, concentration camps, gulags.
Do you know why they didnât teach you about John Locke, or the truth about the bloodbath called the French Revolution?
Because you might begin to see through the lies proffered by the Democrats/Progressives, that's why.
How can anyone call themselves an American, yet live by the doctrines of Rousseau, Hegel, and Marx rather than Jefferson, Madison and Adams?
2. âThe single most important influence that shaped the founding of the United States comes from JOHN LOCKE, a 17th century Englishman who redefined the nature of government.â
Foundations of American Government [ushistory.org]
If you studied Locke, as our Founders did, you could not be a collectivist.
3. The proof of the anti-Americanism embedded in government school grads is just how successful the Democrat inspired and authorized âWoke Revolution' has been.
ââŚtoday, Lockeâs ideas are under full-fledged assault. There are many Americans who believe that human beings are not created equalâthat we should treat people differently based on their group identity. There are many Americans who believe that rights do not pre-exist governmentâthat government is both our master and protector, granting and withdrawing privileges as it sees fit. And there are many Americans who believe that government should have almost unlimited power.â Ben Shapiro
4.âPrimacy of the individual vs that of the collective
Locke: âthose for whom individual liberty is their first principle of social ordering.â
Lockeans stress rigorous judicial protection of individual rights, especially those of private property and the freedom of contract, that define and protect the zone of sovereignty within which people are free to act as they please.
A fundamental American political doctrine holds that among the unalienable rights every individual possesses is a right to liberty of contract, which includes the right to freely contact to sell oneâs labor or to purchase the labor of others. This right cannot be legislated out of existence for casual or disreputable reasons [as in Lochner, where large unionized bakeries demanded laws that limit the number of hours one can work] even when legislatures cloak their reasons in the language of social betterment. This doctrine is often ignored by Progressives in their desire to support collectivism, majority opinion, in opposition to individualism, and to grow the stateâs police powers.
Hobbes: âgive priority to the need for government power to provide social order and pursue social endsâ even if the rights of individuals must be abridged in order to do so.
All progressives are Hobbesians because they say America is dedicate to a process- to a majoritarian decision-making that legitimates the exercise of government powers that favor majorities.
Hobbesians say the core of American principle is the right of the majority to have its way.
Progressives are committed to broad deference to a governmentâs definition of the collective good and used it to move forward racial integration. Most Americans agreed with Progressives on this, rather than Goldwaterâs principled defense of property rights.â
More in George Willâs âThe Conservative Sensibility.â
This is the big picture, not which statues exist or flags, or how many of each race fit into each endeavor.
It's whether America remains the shining city on the hill for all, or we open re-education camps, concentration camps, gulags.