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Exceptional Freedom?
Is that like Super duper mega colossal Freedom?
He's talking about the freedom we've been steadily losing due to people like you.
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Exceptional Freedom?
Is that like Super duper mega colossal Freedom?
Exceptional FREEDOM?
The Bush-Cheney regime exhibited such extreme modes of governance in its embrace of an imperial presidency, its violation of domestic and international law, and its disdain for human rights and democratic values that it was hard to view such anti-democratic policies as part of a pervasive shift towards a hidden order of authoritarian politics, which historically has existed at the margins of American society. How else to label such a government other than shockingly and uniquely extremist, given its political legacy that included the rise of the security and torture state; the creation of legal illegalities in which civil liberties were trampled; the launching of an unjust war in Iraq legitimated through official lies; the passing of legislative policies that drained the federal surplus by giving away more than a trillion dollars in tax cuts to the rich; the enactment of a shameful policy of preemptive war; the endorsement of an inflated military budget at the expense of much-needed social programs; the selling off of as many government functions as possible to corporate interests; the resurrection of an imperial presidency; an incessant attack against unions; support for a muzzled and increasingly corporate-controlled media; government production of fake news reports to gain consent for regressive policies; use of an Orwellian vocabulary for disguising monstrous acts such as torture ("enhanced interrogation techniques"); furtherance of a racist campaign of legal harassment and incarceration of Arabs, Muslims and immigrants; advancement of a prison binge through a repressive policy of criminalization; establishment of an unregulated and ultimately devastating form of casino capitalism; the arrogant celebration and support for the interests and values of big business at the expense of citizens and the common good, and the dismantling of social services and social safety nets as part of a larger campaign of ushering in the corporate state and the reign of finance capital.
Exceptional Freedom?
Is that like Super duper mega colossal Freedom?
He's talking about the freedom we've been steadily losing due to people like you.
The fact that you think the vanishing of Exceptional Freedom in this country started with Bush (or Obama for some of the others) is a picturesque example of how it's been allowed to happen. The nibbling away at freedom in this country began long before the 21st century.
It's not surprising that someone who is Exceptionally Stupid would fail to GROK the Exceptional Freedom that Americans have experienced. It is unusual in human history for average people to be as free as we once were; and it's a shame to see our government actively destroying that freedom via abuse of power.
The freedom to determine my own health. The freedom to build. The freedom to choose who to work for. The freedom over intrusive government. The freedom to determine my own destiny.
The freedom to determine my own health. The freedom to build. The freedom to choose who to work for. The freedom over intrusive government. The freedom to determine my own destiny.
The lefties in this thread do not Grok freedom. They think it is the condition of avoiding all individual responsibility and being subservient to The State.
"Freedom's Just Another Word For Letting The State Choose."
The freedom to determine my own health. The freedom to build. The freedom to choose who to work for. The freedom over intrusive government. The freedom to determine my own destiny.
The lefties in this thread do not Grok freedom. They think it is the condition of avoiding all individual responsibility and being subservient to The State.
"Freedom's Just Another Word For Letting The State Choose."
Other than vague bullshit, you still have not identified a single freedom that has been lost.
Freedom to build?
Freedom to choose who to work for?
Are you guys really that lame?
Freedom to not buy health care is a pretty obvious one.
Do you read English?
Non sequitur.
Please explain how forcing someone to purchase a service or product against his will does not violate his freedom.
Non sequitur.
Please explain how forcing someone to purchase a service or product against his will does not violate his freedom.
i assume your dodging is an admission that you do
So explain what freedom you have lost?
Non sequitur.
Please explain how forcing someone to purchase a service or product against his will does not violate his freedom.
i assume your dodging is an admission that you do
Please explain what difference it makes.
I do not currently have health insurance. My right to not purchase health insurance in the future is threatened.
However, I would rather be insured and when things in my life change, that too will change. That does not change the fact however, that my right to choose not to purchase health insurance is threatened.
Immie
Health Insurance is not Health Care.