PRay TeLL, Dr. Hash

<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;">What gives you or anyone the right to have anything? Force. That's all, force. If you have something I want, I'll take it unless you can stop me with more force. But we can make a deal: you work with me & I'll work with you to our mutual benefit. In the liberty sense, I'll leave you alone, watch your back in a fight against a common enemy, take ca...

<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Let's review the issues of socialism:</p> <ol> <li> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Collectivism is opposite of individualism.</p> </li> <li> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Socialism is “the most good to the most people” as decided by someone else.</p> </li> <li> <...

<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Liberals are Democrats who still put liberty first. Back when socialists had no foothold in America, certainly not in the Democratic Party of JFK or Lyndon Johnson, it could be assumed that Democrats were Liberals. The ideals of Liberals were formed by moon landings, political protests, and most of all, The Cold War. Back then, the Democratic Party us...

<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Because of the Cold War, liberty was in ascendance the second half of the last century, no question. The Democratic Party, the Party of Truman, Kennedy & Johnson, had no sympathy for socialist ideals of public ownership & totalitarian rule; even President Johnson's “War on Poverty” was couched in liberty terms, and Welfare today is still chari...

<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Socialists don't call themselves socialists, and they certainly don't call themselves Communists, that terminology became anathema after the terror of their Soviet darlings became public in the 1950s, and being unfashionable is considered heinous by socialists. Instead, they hide behind the term, Progressives. That's unfair to Theodore Roosevelt's Pro...

<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Unlike modern liberty's relatively recent emergence during The Enlightenment, socialism has probably been around since the beginning of humanity: ancient tribes were share-n-share alike, and many backward nations still can't move out of the Stone Age because of lack of the concept of private property. Most religious teachings are full of socialist dog...

<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Since collectivism is the concept that the needs of the group outweigh the wants of an individual, it implies Elites who can determine what is best for everyone, and make decisions for everyone. Because collectivists come from nations with a historical aristocracy, they are comfortable with the concept of hereditary masters telling them what to do, so...

<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;">There's a simple choice that best summarizes the difference between socialism and liberty: ask vs. tell. With liberty, individuals expect to be convinced to do something rather than being simply told to do so, while socialists blindly accept whatever obligations are thrust upon them. The difference is a subtle one because it determines who defines the...

<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Where best to find out what values American socialists are espousing than to read the U.S. Socialist Party website, which immediately states the goal of: “a society founded on principles of egalitarian, non-exploitative and non-violent relations among all people and between all peoples.” Egalitarianism, often expressed as Equality, is the Marxism end...

<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;">It is very curious that the word that best describes the division of politics & morals in the United States is rarely used in public: socialism. Until the Cold War, socialists and the Socialist party were not coy about their beliefs or their goals. Marx was celebrated in churches, printed on pamphlets, and was the ideology of several cabinet membe...

<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;">From Wikipedia: “<span lang="en">Collectivism is the </span>moral<span lang="en"> stance, </span>political philosophy<span lang="en">, ideology, or social outlook that emphasizes the group and its interests. Collectivism is the opposite of </span>individualism<span lang="en&quot...

<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Let's review the top issues having to do with liberty:</p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Liberty's legal definition can be found in Black's Law Dictionary.</p> <ol> <li> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in;">America is the only Liberty nation now but it may slip into socialism if not nurtured.</p&gt...

<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><a name="page-body"></a>The concept of liberty seems clear & uncomplicated to those raised with it, however, collectivists around the world, those that insist that someone else knows what is best for everybody, and that what Americans call liberty is selfishness, have little or no concept of liberty. They insist the word &quo...

<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;">The crux of America's differences with the rest of the World is embedded in the U.S. Constitution with the word “liberty” and what it means. All of our lives we are taught to idolize liberty, we even pledge to it. With liberty, you come first, and if someone wants to make you do or think something else then they better have a damn good reason, and be...

<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Both the greatness and the problems with America are related to liberty, the idea that people control their own lives, and benefit from their own choices & actions. Capitalism is an almost perfect match for liberty-seekers, but it's still an imaginary construct with artificial rules that can be exploited. Specifically, Capitalism is subject to thr...

<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;">American-defined liberty, personal liberty, has only been a concept since The Enlightenment. Before that people were obligated to their church & to their king. Liberty was the revolutionally idea that people are their own sovereign, obligated to no one except by agreement; as allies rather than subjects, parishioners or kin. Since liberty was a ne...

<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Liberty allows people to benefit from what they're good at, leading to the predictable outcome of people who are excellent at making money are going to end up with most of it. Compared to all other forms of success, money-making is most valued, and since there is a direct correlation between wealth & opportunity, people who make lots of money end...

<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;">“Equality” is not found in America's legal prerogatives except as it applies to Equal Protection, and as regards to liberty, equality means there is no Class system so everyone has equal opportunity to pursue their lives as they see fit, but outcomes will not be equal because life is unequal. The socialist inclination to redefine words includes “equal...

<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;">America's founding documents enshrine liberty & justice in no uncertain terms: "liberty" is a person makes their own decisions & the reaps the rewards or suffers the consequences thereof; while "justice" is that we are all the same under The Law, responsible for our own actions. However, as usual, Collectivists distort the...

<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Many people do not actually understand what liberty means: they assume it's a synonym for freedom because the two words are often used together. Foreigners, socialists, also conflate "liberty" with "freedom" and most Western Nations are free, so they say they have liberty too, not understanding the distinction: The West has freedom...

<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Liberty assumes that individuals can make the best decisions for themselves, and benefits those who have advantages such as luck, opportunity & competence. This has a tendency to concentrate the financial rewards of liberty into the hands of a minority of Americans, but everyone else's boat continues rising with the rising tide. The socialist Worl...

<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Liberty is when the wants of the individual come first unless overridden by Due Process of Law. Liberty is bottom-up government which leaves individuals to make choices for themselves. America defaults to liberty which makes it the only Liberty Nation, however, that was only possible because when The Constitution was written, women, slaves & the d...

<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Once upon a time, America had a single overriding ideology... Liberty, the idea that people should make decisions for themselves, and reap the benefits or suffer the consequences of their own actions. The Constitution guarantees liberty, and the Pledge of Allegiance aspires to “liberty for all.” Thomas Jefferson & James Madison enshrined the conce...

<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Who would have known when we started that you would be bombarded with all of these provocative concepts that explain the secrets of the world, yet there's still more:</p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in;">1. The manifestations of self-reliance change with the times.</p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in;">2. Product...

<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;">The anti-Walmart meme is a confusing one: the people complaining about Walmart openly admit they don't shop or work there, nor would they ever acknowledge to ever even being in one, but the whole idea of Walmart has their indignation-meter pegged. Apparently, they know-better-than the people who actually like Walmart, and because paternalism is their...