tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post8182312434661756329..comments2023-06-15T09:13:45.467-04:00Comments on Liberty's Torch: Because Supreme Court justices betrayed their oath of office for 80 years.Francis W. Porrettohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05862584203772592282noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post-67610827515463546082020-10-31T11:33:45.730-04:002020-10-31T11:33:45.730-04:00Many odd ideas have afflicted Western man but two ...Many odd ideas have afflicted Western man but two stand out: <br /><br />1. the belief that educated and right thinking people can get it all right if known troglodytes and, of course, unnecessary races will just step aside gracefully, and<br /><br />2. the belief that centralizing political power will inject greater efficiency, maximize the power of compassionate, right-thinking people, and bypass the obtuse obstructionism of primitives at the lower levels.<br /><br />What the leftists, to a man, will not bring themselves to recognize is that power draws sociopaths, psychopaths, and ardent but empty souls to it. This results in a movie that stupid people did not pay to see.<br /><br />You're right on the money with the notion of manageable entities. Hans-Hermann Hoppe thinks the optimum size for human communities is about 50,000. We should adopt the approach of the Mormons whose basic building block of church organization is the ward. If it reaches a certain size they add another ward and reassign membership. <br /><br />But, obviously, we're besotted with massive "communities."Col. B. Bunnyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09590364016079745156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post-42126917556788266762020-10-31T04:22:22.656-04:002020-10-31T04:22:22.656-04:00Johnny Reb said the same thing. Now this gargantua...Johnny Reb said the same thing. Now this gargantuan government is not about to be reigned in. It demands unconditional loyalty and unlimited resources . Lives of future generations are being plundered before they are born (if they are allowed to be born). What if the "Union" split up into manageable entities that weren't <br /> " despotic at home and aggressive abroad". Just askinS Richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15611444557145399522noreply@blogger.com