Bostiat could be speaking today…

[j-mac]

I am.

What rights?

So, as an American you now enjoy the freedoms laid out in the Constitution yes?

 

[Curried Goats]

So, as an American you now enjoy the freedoms laid out in the Constitution yes?

So you're talking about Constitutional rights. Great. Now who decides what is or isn't a violation of the Constitution?

 

[j-mac]

So you're talking about Constitutional rights. Great. Now who decides what is or isn't a violation of the Constitution?

That would be SCOTUS, Gheeze, you don’t even know the make up of our Government?

 

[Curried Goats]

That would be SCOTUS, Gheeze, you don’t even know the make up of our Government?

So then to answer your original question, plunder is whatever SCOTUS says it is.

 

[j-mac]

So then to answer your original question, plunder is whatever SCOTUS says it is.

Go back and read Bastiat…

 

[Curried Goats]

Go back and read Bastiat…

I have. The foundation of Bastiat's beliefs is God, which isn't a rational explanation but a mystical one. It might of seemed rational in Batiats time but we know better now.

 

[j-mac]

I have. The foundation of Bastiat's beliefs is God, which isn't a rational explanation but a mystical one. It might of seemed rational in Batiats time but we know better now.

Who is “we”?

 

[Curried Goats]

Who is “we”?

I suppose I mean rational thinkers.

 

[j-mac]

I suppose I mean rational thinkers.

So, opinions that oppose yours are irrational?

 

[Curried Goats]

So, opinions that oppose yours are irrational?

Opinions are subjective. Believing in a reality that isn't supported by objective fact is irrational.

 

[j-mac]

Opinions are subjective. Believing in a reality that isn't supported by objective fact is irrational.

And I suppose you determine what is or isn’t fact..