The fear of war is a powerful weapon for controlling the masses — no actual war necessary.  That's literally terrorism.

Even Ron?  ;-)

"[E]very time we object to a thing being done by government, the socialists conclude that we object to its being done at all."  That's the key line.  The difference between being dictated to by authorities and choosing one's own way is the issue, not the 'good' intentions.  The means do not justify the end.  The socialists are known for the phrase "by any means necessary."  This is the simple distinction from a republican form of government and an authoritarian government — respect for the rights and freedom of the people themselves.

Cancel culture is the epitome of socialism — ban this, ban that, shut these people up, take away their voice, lock 'em up, ban them from the public square.  The thought police are more empowered than ever — and they see it as their duty to silence any opposition to 'the Party' line.  It's one party rule — classic communism.

It's a corruption of the Christian way.  Being content to work for the general welfare and sharing one's wealth is truly noble — as long as it is voluntary.  As soon as it is compelled by law (i.e. socialism), it is servitude — and it has never been implemented equally among the people — the leaders live an elitist life of graft and collusion.  If the people themselves maintain the spirit of 'my cup runneth over' the work takes care of itself.

Interesting take.

Or else reap what you sow ...

It's literally insane.

No matter the argument, the opposition will refuse an understanding.

The Trump impeachment sham comes to mind ... watching the dominoes fall.

It only took 233 years for Hamilton's warning to come true.  It was the US Constitution that prevented the partisan coup d'etat by the Congress.  The efforts to fundamentally transform the US government into a Politburo should be as clear as day to Americans.  Face it, the goal is one party rule — you are either a member of the Democratic Party or you are a political criminal to be mobbed, robbed, bound, gagged, and dragged in bloodthirsty rage.

Since Congress makes the laws, I suppose Mad Maxine believes they can make it up as they go along — which they do!  Except now the House can't wait for the fix to be in the Senate.  Drunk with power — socialism on steroids.  A failed political coup that has been culminating for 3 years.  Deranged and delusional. 

'There can be no crime without a law' but can a law be written or unwritten, express or implied?  The interpretation of the supposed law is still required — that is to say, written, not merely implied.

I thought there could be no crime without mens rea, a malicious intent.  First there has to be an injury to life, liberty, property.  A jury may judge whether the injury was intentional, if so, it is criminal according to the Common Law.  If unintentional, then no crime, but still amends are due if the injured party does not  forgive the violation.

Said in 1924 — may be true.  It was just a few years prior in 1913 that the 16th Amendment gave to the federal government the power to levy income taxes directly upon the citizen and the passage of the Federal Reserve Act which required the income tax as collateral for the debts incurred by the federal government. 

By 1934 the federal government had been bankrupted by this scheme resulting in the permanent receivership of the US government to the Federal Reserve now reduced to using fiat currency laden with interest-bearing obligations eternally.  The patient is never cured, leaving her with just enough energy to serve the banker's interests, laying claim to all the rest for payment of the nation's debt to the Federal Reserve.

In 1924, I doubt even 100 people outside of the banking world even knew what was happening to them.  All through a lack of knowledge of the Constitution, the US government has been hijacked.

If that is the art of war, then it can be safely reckoned that the Democrats, the Deep State, and their media allies have declared war on Trump and are following Grant's playbook to a tee. ;-)

This was 1976!  Fake News has been fake for a long time.  3 TV broadcasting companies (CBS, NBC, ABC) ruled the airwaves for decades — almost all of it in collusion with the government.  The baby boomers have been thoroughly indoctrinated in the supremacy of the State and the 'civil' rights of the people.  Few today truly understand the republican form of government established in America and the natural born rights which form its foundation.

Conflating a civil right to the status of a natural-born right is the fundamental corruption of the law in America.  Civil rights are granted and regulated by the State — they can be given and taken away by legislation.  Natural-born rights are those we recognize as inalienable and not subject to the will of other people.  The rights to Life and Liberty do not depend upon any others; it is considered a Law of Nature that all have natural rights and a individual responsibility to defend those rights.  

Civil law consists of statutes and rules, the jurisdiction thereof belonging to those that have agreed to these rules, but they cannot apply to a natural born person.  Civil law is in the realm of commercial law, colorable law, and cannot be applied to persons not engaging in the regulated activity.

Housing is a need, not a right.  Food is a need, not a right.  Education is a need, not a right.  Employment is a need, not a right.  Wow, that is a lot of responsibility for a person; how did we ever make it this far without government dependence?  Note that those crying for more dependence are claiming that housing, food, education are rights that others must provide.  That is not a right but a claim to another's labor and property, life and liberty.  

This is the simple mind-game of the communists/socialists.  Confusing the individual who he/she is, what he/she is entitled to, and what his/her obligations are to 'society' (i.e. to people involved in government).

Defending oneself from thieves is a need AND a right!

Which is why the government is to be ever subservient to and regulated by the People, not the other way around.

Perhaps this bodes well for the failure of socialism in America — the progressives are consumed by identity politics, ever trying to prop up the appropriating of an identity contrary to one's biology.  Rather than immersing themselves in the crowd, they insist on being singled out for celebrating their identity.  some Americans may be embracing socialism, but they can't seem to stop making it about 'me.'

The left/right paradigm is held up by those that lay claim to it all, in typical authoritarian fashion.  Apparently the world is 2 dimensional, no depth.  Right and left are 2 parts of a whole, you can't be to the 'right' of nothing.  Is communism 'on the Left'?  The left of what?  Everything else, because there is nothing left of the left.  So when those that identify with the ideals of the 'left' call someone 'right-wing' they merely mean not them.  Anyone not them is to the right or 'far-right' which is often conflated with Nazism.  Nazism was a German form of socialism — nationalist democratic socialism, that's what NAZI means.

But point that out and then the self-declared socialists will say Hitler was not a real socialist.  ;-)  How about the people?  Did they think they were socialists when they voted for his party? when they voted to make Hitler the country's leader for life?  (Chinese communist Xi is also 'elected' and now for life as well.) 

The fact is that the US has adopted many key principles of socialism such that Liberty has become an enemy.  The real disparity in America is Liberty vs. Statism.  Are the natural born rights of the People supreme or the dictates of the State?  From the perspective of a socialist (i.e. authoritarian) any move away from State power is a move to the right — communists feel the same way.  From the perspective of a free American, the socialists are laying claim to total power over the People.  That is not Right, it is WRONG.  Note that those that the socialists call 'right-wing' do not consider themselves right wing but merely defending their inalienable 'rights' from authoritarians.

I cannot argue against those that say the US has embraced fascism (thanks to FDR) — I agree.  But it is not what the country was founded upon. Socialism in all its forms is the hijacking of a free nation.

"A nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character"  Wow, has American academia gone off the deep end!  Judging people by their words and actions rather than skin color is racist!  Don't you know, that racism is systemic and that colored people deserve special treatment because of their skin color alone, no matter the content of their characters?  Colored privilege trumps character apparently.  Hey, maybe people don't like you because of your character not your color, white, black, yellow — who is responsible for that?

RBESRQ is you, Robert.  Have you changed your mind?

Actually, Rand makes an excellent observation.  Respecting the 'rights' of each other naturally subordinates 'society' which is nothing but a group of people.  The actions of the group (society) must adhere to respecting the natural-born rights of the individuals within it, otherwise, it has become a mob making might right and subordinating the individual to the mob (society).  Of course, the mob has leaders, and the leaders act as totalitarians for the group.  The power of organizing society is what the totalitarians want, individual rights will be declared by the leaders, all else is forbidden.

For several years, I used to attend the Bread and Circus Theater gathering in Glover, VT.  There were performances and giant puppets — the 'evil' one burned in effigy.  Anti-war, anti-poverty, anti-capitalism, free bread (long lines), hippies, drugs, veggie burritos, good times!  Few were there to be educated in progressivism, most were there for the party and the bonfires. 

Hear, hear!!