Re: Getting Tough
The impulse towards total control over society tends to be a Left thing anyway.
True.
It's important to remember that National Socialism was the name and foundation of Adolf H.'s organization. As evidenced by the downvotes here, it's the radical left that wants to suppress speech they don't agree with. if you read "Mein Kampf", and Mussolini's "My Story", both books talk about how easy it is to manipulate extreme left-wing socialists into agreeing with a totalitarian state.
The Extreme Right wants a weak central government with weak corporate oversight.
The Extreme Left wants a strong central government with strong corporate oversight.
Which one was Adolf?
if you want an example of my Right-Wing model above, look at right-wing Texas. The state legislature does very little, all the power is in the local governments. and corporate oversight is moderate. The majority of Texas State income comes from county taxes and fees (taxes from oil is less than 10%), most of which stays within the county. By keeping the money at the county level corruption is minimized. There is no state income taxes, instead there are "pay as you go" fees. The rich pay more, and the poor pay little. Texas is one of the most financially healthy states in the USA. Conservative Texas is what liberals pretend to want.
Compare that to ultra-Leftist California, which has a huge, bloated, corrupt state legislature and crushing corporate oversight. By sending all taxes and fees to the state government the corruption in CA is absolutely staggering. The state government completely dominates and manipulates each and every facet of your life. The state is so financially crippled that it is one of the few states that while making moderate yearly increases in population, it is declining in labor force every year.
If you downvote me, ask yourself why - is it because what I wrote is incorrect - then, go ahead. But if you downvote me because you do not like the truth of what I wrote, then you validate all my points.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
