Issues on which I disagree with the right

[Seymour Flops]

When I have time I am going to fully address it. Until then, let me say that no real conservative "favors" war. But we do believe in honoring our word if it was given to an ally.

I look forward to reading your full addressing of it. Meanwhile I'll say that we need to stop making such commitments and start weaning our protectorates off the DoD teat.

You Libertarians have way more in common with us real conservatives than you do with the Marxist authoritarian Democrats.

I fully agree. Authoritarian socialism (redundant IMHO) is opposite of libertarian.

 

[Rigby5]

But we would need to adopt Asian education methods in which kids learn math and science instead of white guilt and transgender athletics.

Sending uneducated people to advanced education would waste their time and my money.

Those are European methods, such as Montessori schools.
China adopted Eurpean methods.

You can't just "send" people, but if properly done, all people enjoy learning.

 

[Rigby5]

I look forward to reading your full addressing of it. Meanwhile I'll say that we need to stop making such commitments and start weaning our protectorates off the DoD teat.

I fully agree. Authoritarian socialism (redundant IMHO) is opposite of libertarian.

Socialism is the opposite of authoritarianism.
Authoritarianism is where a wealthy elite manipulate power to maintain their advantage. Which is always motivated by the profit motive.
Socialism is the egalitarian system of cooperative, communal, and collective sharing. Which is always motivated by social empathy.

Centralized and authoritarian Stalinism is anti-socialist.
Centralized and authoritarian Fascism is also anti-socialist.

 

[dblack]

You Libertarians have way more in common with us real conservatives than you do with the Marxist authoritarian Democrats.

Nope.

 

[Ray From Cleveland]

I would bet that in wealthy areas, schools teach things like bank accounts, taxes, voting, etc., that are not taught in poor areas.

It's hot part of any curriculum anywhere. The poor areas should insist on it as the wealthy kids will learn that in college.

 

[Ray From Cleveland]

I also sold real estate and about 30% of real estate price is due to landlords raising the bid, due to the free tax breaks they get an advantage from.
Land lord breaks do not encourage housing, but discourage owner occupied because they raise the price too much.
Everyone who can afford rent should be able afford the mortgage on their own home, if the world was at all fair.
But essentially my renters are my slaves, buying houses for me, that I only have to get credit and down payment for.
Everyone knows the system is rigged.

There is nothing rigged about it. Tax write-offs encourage investment no different than the stock market or any other business, and we need to encourage investment in this country.

Renting today is the new way of living for a lot of people. The reason many don't own is because these younger and middle-aged people don't want to deal with the responsibilities and problems that come with home ownership. They don't want to deal with cutting the grass, snow removal, what to do if the roof leaks, if the toilet leaks, their furnace or AC breaks down. They don't want to deal with any of it. They want to make one phone call, and that's to the landlord for all their living problems.

When I have tenants leave because they purchased their own home, they had the option to purchase rental property. They didn't because they have enough problems of their own.

 

[Ray From Cleveland]

Schools should teach about investment, bank accounts, stock market, tax laws, map reading, computer use, email, etc.
Essential life skills.

I lived in poor neighborhoods and saw how unfair, how bad police, laws, judges, politicians, etc. are.
I think crime is MORE than justified, but crime should actually be encouraged as an essential patriotic act when against the abundant injustice.
We do NOT live in a democratic republic at all, but a despotic autocracy of the wealthy elite.
The fact I now am one of the wealthy elite, does not excuse how corrupt and essentially evil the whole society is.
The fact we have the largest % imprisoned in the world, proves that.
The fact we spend more than any other country on military, police, prisons, etc. proves that.
We constantly lie, like WMD in Iraq, and try to justify deliberate wholesale murder.

Crime is never justified. Instead of robbing somebody, go out and get a job. Instead of spending whatever money you have on kids you could never afford, spend it in a growth fund. Instead of watching Rap videos on YouTube, Google success stories and investment strategies.

 

[Not a Monkeys Uncle]

But those calling themselves Republicans have always favored wars, and started bad wars, like the invasion of Iraq, based on deliberate lies.

YOU are the liar.

Roosevelt got us into WWII - a Democrat
Truman got us into Korea - a Democrat
JFK got us into Viet Nam - a Democrat

As for Iraq, it is another fat lie, just like your Russian Collusion lie, to say that Bush lied.

Bush Did Not Lie

Fred Hiatt has written an important column in today's Washington Post. Hiatt has taken the time to read and carefully analyze a report released by Senator John D. Rockefeller IV

www.commentary.org

Bush Didn’t Lie | National Review

New media accounts — including coverage by NRO’s Patrick Brennan — confirm what I repeatedly have written since the depths of Operation Iraqi Freedom: The late dictator Saddam Hussein did have weap…

www.nationalreview.com

Bush Did Not Lie

How the U.S. ended up fighting a war in Iraq.

www.forbes.com

 

[BluesLegend]

If drugs were legal, there would be no need for Fentanyl because crooked drug suppliers use it to imitate controlled drugs.

And if rape and murder was legal...

 

[Ray From Cleveland]

Define success. Success is different for different people. Some want to be millionaires. Some want to control people. Some--you can count me in this group--just want to live a quiet comfortable existence without interference. I worked my 50 years and attained my goal, that is success. But I understand what you are saying. When I was in junior high in NM, we had classes in civics and general business that taught all of the things that were necessary to get you started on the right track. Today, things are so much more complicated than they need to be. In addition to the things we had to deal with, today's kids have all of the digital world to navigate plus all of the extraneous bs of social engineering.

When I said success I was talking from a financial point of view. Different day--different times I guess.

When I was a kid a Burger King opened up in our suburb. Over 1,000 kids stood in line in the hot sun for hours for a dozen part-time minimum wage jobs. Today FF places are begging people to work, even using applications for the tray place mats. I don't blame the kids so much, I blame he parents. They raise these kids to believe money is for the asking. When I was younger if you wanted something, you had to work for it.

My father and I were talking just yesterday about this subject. I told him how when we were kids, we knew other kids that got kicked out of the house at the age of 18, 19, and even 20. Today parents welcome their kids to stay with them until their 30's, 40's, and even 50's.

 

[dblack]

Socialism is the egalitarian system of cooperative, communal, and collective sharing. Which is always motivated by social empathy.

LOL Socialism is based on majority rule. It has nothing to do with "social empathy".

 

[Concerned American]

I told him how when we were kids, we knew other kids that got kicked out of the house at the age of 18, 19, and even 20.

Or as in my case, fifteen.

 

[Orangecat]

Libertarian, eh? In this country the Libertarian Party has only received 2 electoral college votes in presidential elections. Both were from faithless electors.
Have you ever thought about that?

People with integrity have beliefs that are not subject to the popularity contests that sway weaker minds.

 

[dblack]

Of course not. It's rather ambiguous. Probably why statists use the term. It seems related to the difference between "equal rights" and "equality". Some people don't think equal rights matter unless everyone is equal empowered to exercise those rights.

Bottom line: government can either ensure equal rights, or or can attempt to ensure equality. It can't do both at the same time

 

[Orangecat]

Socialism is the opposite of authoritarianism.
Authoritarianism is where a wealthy elite manipulate power to maintain their advantage. Which is always motivated by the profit motive.
Socialism is the egalitarian system of cooperative, communal, and collective sharing. Which is always motivated by social empathy.

Does socialism require everyone to participate, or is it voluntary in both participation and funding?

 

[dblack]

Does socialism require everyone to participate, or is it voluntary in both participation and funding?

Nothing about socialism is voluntary.

 

[Orangecat]

Nothing about socialism is voluntary.

Sounds like totalitarianism in useful idiot clothing, then.
I'm interested in seeing rigby5's response, if he dares.

 

[dblack]

Sounds like totalitarianism in useful idiot clothing, then.

???

 

[Rigby5]

There is nothing rigged about it. Tax write-offs encourage investment no different than the stock market or any other business, and we need to encourage investment in this country.

Renting today is the new way of living for a lot of people. The reason many don't own is because these younger and middle-aged people don't want to deal with the responsibilities and problems that come with home ownership. They don't want to deal with cutting the grass, snow removal, what to do if the roof leaks, if the toilet leaks, their furnace or AC breaks down. They don't want to deal with any of it. They want to make one phone call, and that's to the landlord for all their living problems.

When I have tenants leave because they purchased their own home, they had the option to purchase rental property. They didn't because they have enough problems of their own.

Oddly enough, my first home purchase was for me to rent out because I could not afford a property in a neighborhood I would be willing to live in.

 

[Orangecat]

???

Socialism is totalitarianism in useful idiot clothing, like a wolf in sheep's clothing.