The tenets were illusory from the get-go. They were never in place, so how could they have been enforced? What was clearly enforced was hierarchy. Did you read what I had quoted about hierarchies? Is it that hard for you to comprehend? That you cannot accept this obvious fact speaks clearly about you. If you open your eyes just enough, you'll see that you're pissing into your own tent.
this is the difference between emotional thinkers and analytical thinkers. emotional thinkers are only able to think in black and white terms. analytical thinkers are able to connect the dots. we know that soft drinks are a major source of the obesidy epidemic in this country. we also know the the obesity epidemic will cost government trillions if it is not slowed or reversed. there is nothing wrong with government using scientific data to devise a plan to attemt to change behavior and save trillions in the long run. bloomberg is one of the few republicans i could support.
If the libertarians are now a division of the this incarnation of the GOP, then I agree. You also are on the record for erasing the entire era of civil rights, without the consideration of how the era came to pass. If human nature did not change from 1865 to 1964, what makes you think it has changed from 1965 to 2012? Too many people out there will immediately revert. They are still doing civil war reenactments to this day, you know.
Stalin was Fascist, not right or left. Certain aspects of his political action can be argued right or left, but overall he promoted a war on conservatism, liberalism and socialism.
Olicarchy and totalitarianism can proclaim themselves either for "the masses" or for the few. In other words, pushing the theoretical ideal of collectivism or individualism too far becomes problematic. Admittedly, the oligarchs of the right are at least more honest.
Stop. Society will not revert back to pre-civil rights. They still do Renaissance fairs too, but that doesn't mean anyone is going to go back to the Feudal system.
What f*cking hierarchy are you referring to regarding libertarians? Do you even read what you post? Many of Stalin's polices were in place. And the democratic party supports a "majority" of his social and labor policies.
What the flag wavers seem to overlook is the feedback loop that results in obesity. Excess consumption of sugar leads to an insulin spike, which subsequently results in low blood sugar, which causes a craving for more sugar, ad infinitum. All the while, the excess insulin affects the body's ability to use calories efficiently, which leads to obesity. So if you get onto that ride from hell, it can become self-supporting and addictive. Insulin resistance occurs whereby the reduction in insulin sensitivity causes the pancreas to over-compensate by releasing even more insulin. This leads to two common outcomes: diabetes, or obesity combined with high cholesterol and increased rates of heart disease. Bottom line: accommodating people who are stuck in the feedback loop with all-around access to the very thing that is addicting and killing them is secondary to the 24/7 waving of the flag. It's like making alcohol readily accessible to alcoholics, wherever they may be, so that the draw is always there, unrelenting. It's like knowing there is a gambling problem among the population, but installing gambling arcades on every corner. Freedom. Ra ra. I do not have an addictive personality and have better dietay discipline than most, and certainly everyone I know personally. However, there are some foods that I find hard to resist, and the only way I do resist them fully is by avoiding where they may be available. What favors are we doing to people with perhaps less discipline and who are already in the insulin feedback loop, by making fully accessible virtually everywhere within an arm's reach the very thing that draws them, despite their best intentions? The very thing that is killing them?
We got more problems that that, Brass. Entire generations are being raised indoors in front of monitors now.