Ultimately this is the very difference between the American republican form of government and every other form of government in the world. In America, the individual is born free with unalienable rights that cannot be legislated away.  This is the blessing of Liberty that is our birthright.  Understand the distinction between Liberty and Servitude, Responsibility and Dependence, Truth and Illusion.  Be empowered, not bridled, saddled and ready to be ridden.

Who would have predicted the lengths the MSM would go in the next 4 years!  I have more trust in the National Enquirer.

Know the truth, and the truth will set you free.

I agree that "those who envy don't want what the others have but rather want the others (the millionaires and billionaires) to have as little as they have."  Just look at the race riots being promoted in leftist cities.  "Burn it all down" is their credo.

Robert, "the total destruction by capitalism of the middle class"? Sheesh!  Capitalism raises the poor to middle class.  The poor cannot reach the middle class via government subsidy  Without commerce, there are only 2 classes, the ruling class and the serfs, all equally dependent and oppressed.  The embrace of socialism in public schools, praising government as the solver of problems, is the source of despair among the poor — government cannot deliver them; they can only cry out for better conditions for their servitude.

Capitalism is Commerce — the goal of the socialists is to profit off of commerce among the people.  They produce nothing but skim the cream off the top of everything that passes by them — of course the goal is that EVERYTHING must be tracked and regulated and TAXED.

The primary evil of socialism is not the ideals of peace and equality, but the fact that everyone must obey the dictates of the social engineers — they have no choice.  Otherwise, they cannot work, cannot use cash/debit/credit cards, cut-off from government services (to which all are beholden), and may possibly be charged with crimes. 

Hey, progressives, you are fascists!  Wake the f*%k up.

Just a recap: Obama's presidency was the most NON-transparent in history.  He armed the intelligence agencies against threats to the Party.  More corrupt than Nixon.

Obama did not keep any of those promises.  He did try to fundamentally transform America, resulting in the 2nd Depression, and the subordination of the USA to globalist organizations.  We gave Black Marxism a try — NEXT!

Thanks to the "Trump" card, the Deep State is squirming, like rats on a sinking ship.  KAG

As a truth-seeker, and by necessity a truth-teller, I cannot call myself an atheist any more than I can call myself a theist.  You will have to define God in order for me to either accept or deny God. 

Ever since I treated the Bible stories as allegories rather than historical fact, those scriptures make more sense.  Dogma is a prison for the mind, Truth frees it.  Let's face it, the origin of the universe, the source of Life, is a profound mystery.  The Bible and other age-old texts were written to make sense of this ever-present mystery.  We ponder the writings of ancient philosophers and study the history of the world, and we end up here and now with our ideas about it all, and we interact with the world accordingly.

Rejecting dogma as truth is a good first step.  Understanding the profound meaning of the allegories that have stood the test of time is better. 

Notice that the typical liberal atheist clamors for government to perform all the tasks of churches and their congregations.  Notice that liberals talk about compassion, while Christians wish to promote love.  Liberals want to feed the poor and clothe the naked — this has been the tenet of Christianity for centuries.  Liberals want to forcibly take your earnings to pay for their compassion, while churches voluntarily raise money for their missions.  Liberals want free health care for all.  Count the number of hospitals founded by religious orders!

And finally, rejecting the teachings of Christ because some Christians do not follow them is a bogus argument.  Atheists have no more moral high ground than anyone else — they are as fallible as Christians (which BTW Christians profess that they are far from perfect, unlike liberals).  Leftists are full of hate for those that reject their authoritarianism — far from their claims of tolerance and compassion.  The last 3 months of leftist hate has been on display for all the world to see.  This is the promise of socialism.

Socialism is essentially a religion of the god of Power.  They have a twisted sense of responsibility in that they are responsible for me but not themselves.  Perpetual victims (and pawns, I might add).

In John 12:31-36, Jesus refers to Satan as "the ruler of this world."  I am not familiar with the interpretation of Caesar representing the sovereign individual, you'll have to explain that one.

The Democratic governors who have placed their states in an indefinite State of Emergency in order to issue unconstitutional edicts are prime examples.  The lust for power can be found in all these politicos.  They are drunk with power.  Marie Antoinette is alive an well in the USA.  When are people going to wake up?  This is a blatant attack on the Liberty of the People!! 

Where in the Constitution it is stated that the Constitution is null and void under a state of emergency?  That would mean that all a governor has to do is declare an emergency and they have unlimited power. 

Whoever wrote these rules to allow governors to rule without limitation knew exactly what they were doing.  Americans should never forget that there are other Americans that wish to rule them — I know it is hard to believe, but it is true.  Every time they try to take away your power to defend yourself with arms, information, speech, fellowship, they are preparing for a day when all will be under their control.  Think Xi and Putin — this is leftism without the right.

Heck, merely look at 2020! ;-)

As Ayn Rand said, "volumes can be and have been written" about the evils of socialism/communism — she called such ideologies "collectivism" which essentially subordinates the individual to group leaders who are beholden to State power.  To promote socialism is to promote supremacy of the State — Stalin and Hitler were big proponents of State supremacy and that all citizens are to serve the state as a fact in law.  Socialists-to-be enjoy tremendous freedoms to be anything they wish to be — say good-bye to that once Liberty has been quashed. In fact, say good-bye to everything that has allowed you to promote socialism for years, freedom of speech, freedom of travel, freedom from mandated drugs, freedom to worship (or not), freedom to work in your field unencumbered by loyalty tests to the state. 

Read more Ayn Rand, and you will understand the difference between the empowered individual and the empowered State.  As a gay atheist, I suppose you are safe under communist rule, but I do not see this as empowering your noble individualism at all.  For me, I will resist that scenario at all costs.

True.  Therein lies the rub whenever our rulers propose sacrificing our liberty for a promise of security.  Never forget that protecting your liberty is the ONLY security you really need!  Once you become a serf, forever beholden to the authorities, there is no road back — other than revolution.  Our forefathers have already paid that price.  Americans must preserve their republic and the principles upon which it is founded — the rest of the world depends on it.

Lame.  Again, nothing but ad hominem.  What is "illogical"?  What is the "contradiction"?

How about 'natural born' or 'innate'?  The point is that you are born with your natural rights, they are not granted by anyone, not even yourself.  A right cannot be given, it already is, and cannot be taken away.  An American remembers and is empowered by this self-evident fact.

AND the PCR tests for Covid-19 are not quantitative — they cannot tell the amount detected or whether the positive is due to other RNA strains which include the common cold, flu, measles.  Follow up testing of college athletes revealed almost 90% false positive, and is likely the reason for the spike in 'cases' with increased testing.  All these false statistics are broadcast to justify a perpetual state of emergency and unconstitutional power grabs.  It's time for some tar and feathering! 

You've become less socialist in your old age, Robert,  ;-)  No worries, happens to the best of us.  Liberty is still the best.

I truly hate this fascist mask-wearing, BS.  It's got us all treating everyone like they have the plague.  Break up the society by mandating 'social distancing.'  Close down local businesses to keep people safe.  Signs on the street saying to stay home.  People lashing out at each other for 'breaking the rules.'  My local community has been crushed.  This is a concerted effort to strengthen the grip of power by 'authorities,' particularly those in the pharmaceutical businesses selling drugs to every country in the world, some of which will force these untested and expensive treatments on every citizen by law — perhaps even annually!  Globalism at its worst.

Imagine if the same effort were put into informing people and helping them build up their immune systems?  Sickness is big business, and a healthy nation is bad for business.  Plus doctors and politicians love playing God.

While Truman's article did state his concerns over the CIA, the quote above is not in the article.

Umm, what happened!!!

"People who share a sewer system are being "social" period." ;-) That's a hell of a social gathering... Social is not the word I would use, nor do I think anyone else would either, if asked.

The shared part is the equal support all must give to make it work.  Rights of way are voluntarily consented to allow the sewer system travel through properties, a service provider is contracted, and payment is shared among the customers according to the agreement that chartered the system.

This is not socialism.  Socialism would be a government bureaucrat orders a sewage system to be built, appropriating any property needed, compelling by law that property owners connect to the system, and a tax payment will be required to maintain it — the amount of the tax will be higher than the actual cost because of all the government overhead required.

Can you spot the difference?

Sports and entertainment were non-existent in 1912?  Sheesh, what an ignorant statement.

For a hoax, it sure is prescient!

Your ignorance is showing...