The fabled Pilgrims were victims of communism/The first Thanksgiving dinner was a grim affair/Collectivist policies lead to laziness, thievery and mass death/Abandoning socialism brings prosperity and allow food exports/ The law of opposition allows people to choose happiness or misery/The law of restoration obligates people to get their just deserts/Property is an extension of basic rights/It can only be taken or transferred in certain ways. Examples of the free market/Darth Ben advocates zoning tyranny b/c after all, if you consent to government, you consent to everything that it does/ Listeners strike back at Darth Ben.
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Your comments on zoning and roads was a little over the top. I am sympathetic to libertarian views, but when libertarians become so purist that the shirk the practical – that is where we part company. There are few areas where the government actually CREATES efficiency. There are few, but they do exist. Zoning, roads, military, FCC, FAA, FDA. These are gray areas where I admit we potentially forfeit some of our rights. These are the areas where we may inconvenience a few to benefit the many. What sucks is that the government does not know how to reign itself in. However, we would not have the great system we do today without some government oversite.
I admit there is the potential that the FAA and FDA could possibly be done by the free market – but only if the industry chose to self-regulate like the movie industry has with the ratings system. Given the fact that these industries did not self-regulate the government had to step in and we are better off for it.
Do we live in a world where a social contract exists? Explain either yes or no answers.
Here’s a good followup question to that: What would the big JC say if you asked him that?
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@Scot. Self regulation has NOT succeed in the movie industry at all in my view. Most movies rated for PG-13 promote vile and immoral philosophy even if they don’t have the one too many swear words or only show half a nipple. Even something as innocent looking as G and PG can contradict my values and I would deem them inappropriate for my family. I would agree that an industry “self” regulating is better than the government regulating by force, but when it comes down to it we all need to be informed and SELF regulate anyways. The issues of regulation are not about inconveniencing a few to benefit the many, it is a matter of taking away God given liberties of a minority to convenience the majority. It is easy to approve of such matters when your sided with the majority and enjoying the convenience such as not worrying about what you put into your body because the FDA says it was ok, but when your in that minority and no longer have access to alternative medicines that have always worked for you and your ancestors then that is more than an inconvenience that is a violation of the greatest law of the land, our God inspired constitution. I would also bring to your mind that as a people the Latter Day Saints have traditionally been that abused minority, and while we presently enjoy a ceasefire with mammon hostilities are already beginning to brew and we could easily find ourselves in that position again.
Official government money is a monopoly and there is no free choice but to use it or starve. Communities and individuals can and should be empowered to create their own money.
http://www.reinventingmoney.com http://www.newapproachtofreedom.info
JC
I live in South Africa and have recently returned from visiting the States where I purchased a copy of a book titled “Lies my teacher told me” – author James W Loewen, 2007 edition ISBN 10: 7432- 9628-1. (He a;so authored “Lies Across America”)
I do not know sufficient about US history to comment on its integrity and reliability but, from what I have read, it is persuasive and rings true. His comments about Thanks giving are “interesting”.
My country has gone through significant social and political changes over the years and socialism is on the rise under the new government,which is in the process of “rewriting the history books”. I am literally re learning about the country, and its history, as facts which were never taught in school in my days, are being revealed/exposed and in a very different light.
I have had many similar experiences as a member(LDS) where so-called truths were taught by sincere but ignorant leaders and teachers who, instead of critically analysing and obtaining the truth, repeated folklore and myths according to the level of their (mis) understanding and ignorance. Sadly as a new convert at the time, I served a mission and enthusiastically repeated much of the garbage that I had been fed (and eagerly consumed) about eg. the Book of Mormon, early LDS history and doctrine,only to learn much later that these popular accounts were untrue.
I take much comfort in the Saviour’s dying request, “Forgive them Father for they know not what they do” that I too may be forgiven for such actions.
To the point: I appreciate your expose of Thanksgiving and how that may enrich the gratitude of your citizens as they celebrate more truthfully and more meaningfully on the day.
As we enter the “festive season” as it is now widely being referred, so as not to offend the delicate sensitivities of our “non Christian” communities…., I thought that you similarly discuss the truths surrounding Christmas. Not so as to detract from, nor dampen the enjoyment of the occasion but to “put things into perspective” and perhaps restore some of the truths that have been misrepresented and lost by centuries of commercialism and paganism.
I loved what you had to say. I am so grateful you teach through proper history. I am a huge property rights advocate and I hope people will wake up soon and realize that they should not control their neighbor through force. Social Contract is how it should be handled. The LDS church has always taught to settle things personally and not through the government and courts. If you have a problem with a neighbors lawn, don’t call the ordinance officer go and talk to him . Maybe he has a broken leg or a heart condition. Getting boy scouts next door is a service that will touch your life, causing your neighbor going through a hard time a $500 ticket will only be a mark against you in judgment day.
Very nice broadcast guys. I learned some things about Thanksgiving that I didn’t know. I especially liked how clearly you drew the connection between spiritual and temporal prosperity.
In particular, so often when I discuss the 3 inalienable rights with people, they generally have no problem with the first two, IE. Life and Liberty. Where we get into disagreements (and subsequently expose moral contradictions) is over the concept of Property. Accordingly their logic is: we have a [right] to live and a [right] to make choices but we don’t have a [right] to the natural fruits that necessarily spring from living and making choices. What?! Explain that logic to me!
The truth is, no society can exist for long without private property rights. It is an impossibility. I believe property rights are an eternal principle and will exist in the United Order under the Law of Consecration.
Doesn’t everything belong to God? “All that my Father has…” is the scriptural proof of ownership. The only thing He doesn’t own is our free will. Everything else is His.
BTW: “The Law” is fantastic. I appreciate you guys referencing that essential book.
FYI: the “T” is silent on the end of Bastiat. I’m just sayin’. ;)