> The reality is that one-dimensional thinking is the bane of democracy
> and the birth of socialism. Socialism breeds on people letting others
> choose for them.
Right, so if I vote for Shemp and everyone else votes for Curly,
thereby electing him, how have other people not made my choice for me?
Or if senators are lobbied by big corporations to raise my taxes and
lower theirs, in what way have I chosen to raise my own taxes?
> Kerry's Vietnam record? I ask Vietnam Vets with 3 purple hearts.
Be sure to ask them about Bush's Vietnam record too.
> 9 out of 10 times, I get a perspective you _never_ hear.
This is just arrogant - other people aren't intelligent enough to ask
cops and vets about relevant issues?
> I will accept anyone who shows some level of thinking, Democrat,
> Republican, Green, Libertarian, etc... I know some people who have a
> completely 180 degree polarity from my views, but I will accept and
> respect them because they put some actual thought behind them.
So socialism precludes any level of thinking?
> "Communities don't have rights. Only individuals in the community
> have rights. ... That idea of community rights is firmly rooted
> in the 'Communist Manifesto.'" -- Michael Badnarik
One might define a community as a group of individuals that share an
important characteristic, such as a group of basic rights.
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