If conservatives hate government, that explains why Republicans have no vision for governance…which is why we lose. But is that really true?
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13 replies on “Why We Lose: Republicans Have No Vision for Governance Because Conservatives Hate Government”
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Dear Scott,
I don’t mind the new format, but I think you should identify yourselves and website with brief introduction on the podcast. Feels like jumping in and out of conversations when I listen to episodes. And if a stranger was impressed by you and wanted to give you money you ought to tell them where to find you.
Interesting that Steven Green seems to be a Paradox gaming enthusiast playing Victoria 3. Wonder if he has played any other Paradox games such as Europa Universalis 4.
This video was created about the first comment I made. I would like to start by saying that I am a 10 year combat veteran of the US Army Infantry and I love our Constitution and believe our Founding Fathers were heroes to the world. I was trying to say in a few words, that our government should be relegated to the powers of the Constitution and NO FURTHER. I guess I have learned my first NOOB lesson of the comment section. Don’t assume people are going to get what you mean. I love this channel and to show that, I am now a memeber.
I’ve got 13 years of archives that prove people don’t get what I mean. Glad you’re here, Jeremy, and thank you for your service to this great Republic.
Scott I’m glad that I took the leap to become part of the much needed conversation. You guys have been part of my daily routine for some time now. I love my country very much and when I go out into the world, I am saddened to think this country is not the one I fought for and my brothers died for. It would be both a pleasure and an honor to speak with you guys some day.
The honor will be ours.
When it comes to the government spending money, one aspect that we have yet to come to terms with is the politicians who “bring home the bacon.” That’s where the special interests, lobbyists, campaign contributions, and zeal to be reelected comes in. There is NO incentive to spend money responsibly when the politician’s report card is issued and graded based on how much “bacon” is brought home.
I don’t hate government, I love government as defined by the U.S. Constitution. I hate government that tries to operate outside the bounds of that document because that’s not MY government as ratified, legalized and applied by the laws that bind it to it’s best possible purpose. Rather that is someone trying to take MY government away from me and I hate that with a passion.
When I was a little kid my Dad was the foreman/manager of a business that made wooden baby furniture. It was a small shop in a small building that sat on a small piece of property out in the country and employed about 20 +/- people. The owner did the sales and procurement and my Dad ran everything else. The job paid fairly well for that time and place.
The employees decided they wanted to unionize. They invited a representative for a union to come in and help them do that. My Dad did everything he could to stop this unionization because he knew what it would mean for the business and he was right …
The next work day after they voted to unionize everyone came to work thinking “Well we sure showed that owner guy, we’re a Union with Rights now!”
Right up until they read the sign hung on the locked front door that said —
“This business is closed and the company dissolved. The jobs provided by this business no longer exist. You needed me more than I needed you.” … and signed with the owner’s signature.
This is a clear statement of what the Democrat Left calls a “success story”.
I have never forgotten this tale as told to me by my Dad. Leftists don’t care about the greater good, clearly the greater good was for those family men to keep their jobs. The union representative was overjoyed to see that business closed if it wasn’t going to unionize because that meant less competition for other companies in his union. He won no matter which way things went and those men all lost their jobs.
Wouldn’t it be great if we had “The Fair Tax”?
Make everyone have skin in the game. Make the government have to live within a budget. Cut departments if they are redundant. Allow charities to be charities. IMAGINE IF ALL THAT MONEY SPENT GETTING POWER BY THE TWO PARTIES WAS INSTEAD BE SENT TO CHARITY.
I actually know an anarchist, who swears he doesn’t want to blow anything up, just wants to get rid of government. To me, he is very like the Lefties who say Socialism has never been tried “the right way”. It is supremely short-sighted to think that the inevitable carve-outs for “special” people would be handled any differently.
It’s pretty easy to look at examples of anarchy in the world to see what happens when anarchy reigns. Somalia comes to mind immediately but there are others.
If your friend is an anarchist he’s delusional. Or else he has sufficient weaponry and wealth to create his own War Lord sphere of influence.
Either way, he’s not a real anarchist, he’s a cherry picking anarchist that wants to “blow up the government” but keep things like police protection and the guarantees of personal liberty. In an anarchy The State does not protect you from your fellow citizens nor guarantee your individual rights. Rights are whatever the guy with the most guns and bullets say they are.
Anarchy is always government by force. It’s still government, it’s just that whoever can wield the most force governs.
So unless your friend wants that sort of government he’s not a real anarchist, he’s a poser and you might want to point that out to him.
Libertarians are almost as bad, Libertarianism is just Anarchy Lite.
Thank you so much for taking time for such a thoughtful response. I agree with all you say and can indeed confirm he is a poser, in ways more than political…