http://www.homelandstupidity.us/2005/03/18/libertarians-have-more-fun/ Protect yourself from government gaffes, bureaucratic blunders and incumbent incompetence Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:25:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.homelandstupidity.us/2005/03/18/libertarians-have-more-fun/#comment-358 Make mine freedom, too - Homeland Stupidity Tue, 20 Jun 2006 22:46:28 +0000 http://www.ioerror.us/2005/03/18/libertarians-have-more-fun/#comment-358 [...] So here’s a blast from the past: “Make Mine Freedom,” a 1948 short film produced by Harding College to raise awareness of the dangers of Communism and Fascism, state control for the “good” of the people (which is bad for the people and good for the state). It features a snake oil salesman, Dr. Utopia, selling bottles of “ISM” which promises to do everything, even make “the weather perfect every day.” All it requires is that you give up “everything I have including my freedom and the freedom of my children, and my children’s children, in return for which, said ISM promises to take care of me forever.” And the Americans almost fall for it. [...] [...] So here’s a blast from the past: “Make Mine Freedom,” a 1948 short film produced by Harding College to raise awareness of the dangers of Communism and Fascism, state control for the “good” of the people (which is bad for the people and good for the state). It features a snake oil salesman, Dr. Utopia, selling bottles of “ISM” which promises to do everything, even make “the weather perfect every day.” All it requires is that you give up “everything I have including my freedom and the freedom of my children, and my children’s children, in return for which, said ISM promises to take care of me forever.” And the Americans almost fall for it. [...]

]]> http://www.homelandstupidity.us/2005/03/18/libertarians-have-more-fun/#comment-357 IGnatius T Foobar Sat, 19 Mar 2005 18:56:05 +0000 http://www.ioerror.us/2005/03/18/libertarians-have-more-fun/#comment-357 Well said. Remind me again why we as Libertarians are thought of as the lunatic fringe? It's very clear that this is one of those situations where the majority are the lunatics. To allow the US, the once-great pioneer of government founded upon the principles of liberty and freedom, to transform itself into a totalitarian state while its 300 million frogs allow themselves to be boiled, is more than just unacceptable; it's downright obscene. Well said. Remind me again why we as Libertarians are thought of as the lunatic fringe? It’s very clear that this is one of those situations where the majority are the lunatics. To allow the US, the once-great pioneer of government founded upon the principles of liberty and freedom, to transform itself into a totalitarian state while its 300 million frogs allow themselves to be boiled, is more than just unacceptable; it’s downright obscene.

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