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Sunday, September 13. 2015

The State Is Always the Hero


Goldberg: In the Left’s Story of Government, the State Is Always the Hero


"Ever since Hegel or maybe Plato, statists have been telling a story about government in which government itself is the hero in an epic struggle..."


Not from the article, but I saw this somewhere:




Posted by The News Junkie in Politics at 12:31 | Comments (6) | Trackbacks (0)

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Precisely. I am circulating this.
#1 Assistant Village Idiot (Link) on 2015-09-13 14:51 (Reply)
It's trending everywhere thinking people gather to share ideas.
#2 CW (Link) on 2015-09-13 16:46 (Reply)
More government requires more money. The citizen becomes a slave to the government. Than the various special interest groups form to extract more and more of that money from the government. The citizens aren't happy with this and demand change. Government's life blood is the tax revenues and they will not be changed. The special interest groups feel their free ride is threatened so the government allies with a coalition of special interest groups to fight back against the citizens. The citizens are poorly organized and prone to fractions and lose in their bid to reduce the size of government. The special interest groups demand punishment of the citizens so that they never threaten their "free stuff" again.
#3 GoneWithTheWind on 2015-09-13 17:04 (Reply)
That photo is from an Occupy Movement protest, and many of those in the Occupy Movement are left-anarchists or left-libertarian. Nearly all are anti-authoritarian.

It's a common misperception, especially by those on the political right.
#4 Zachriel on 2015-09-14 10:25 (Reply)
When you are calling on the destruction or redistribution of other people's wealth, and the tool you expect to use to do it is force, there is nothing libertarian or anti-authoritarian about you.
#4.1 Kevin in WI on 2015-09-15 23:41 (Reply)
Kevin in WI: When you are calling on the destruction or redistribution of other people's wealth, and the tool you expect to use to do it is force, there is nothing libertarian or anti-authoritarian about you.

Anarchism and anti-authoritarianism (ends) may or may not involve using force (means) to eliminate existing power structures.
#4.1.1 Zachriel on 2015-09-16 08:36 (Reply)

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