When is a democrat happy?  When he/she has successfully voted away the wealth of another into their own pockets.  Until then, they are miserable.

Unfortunately, John Adams WAS right.  And the USA is being taken over by Statist ideals — that the government (and ultimately its rulers) are supreme, and all the People must obey the dictates from them — your 'rights' are granted by the State, and can be taken away without recourse.  Think China, Russia, Venezuela — all democracies, by the way, but a completely rigged game.  And the American Democrats are following the same totalitarian playbook.  They CHEAT!!

I agree with Ron; it's clear as day.  No Capitalism allowed without strict regulation — stay home until we grant permission/license to be in public.  The pandemic lockdown and the subsequent race riots of 2020 are perfect examples of this.  No Peace, No Business.  The Marxists are trying to tear down peaceful society — by any means necessary.  

I agree, at least for myself.  I need a battle to fight, a cause to defend, a job to do.  Otherwise, I get bored and get stuck, yelling at the TV, drinking more, and generally feeling sorry for myself. ;-)  Labor helps quiet all that down.

Anarchy is not Liberty, it is lawlessness even to the point of violating Natural Law.  Burning down the city, looting businesses, killing innocents — this is anarchy and mob rule.  Libertarians and Classic Liberals are not anarchists or democrats.  Respecting the life, liberty, and property of their fellows — that's not anarchy.

The public sector never ceases to embed itself into the private sector, putting itself between every interaction between two or more entities.  It is the glue that greases the wheels of progress.

Yes, it takes a huge pyramid of subservient offices to control every aspect of the Crown's subjects.  Authoritarians clamoring for a higher seat in the Court.  The aristocracy are merely the capos, with their armies to rap the noggins of malcontents.  Servitude is its foundation.

Um, no, Indigenous Peoples were not socialist, they were tribal families.  They were communal, not communist.  The key difference between them and the rest of the 'civilized' world, was that they did not claim ownership of the land.  They were not wards of the state, that's what socialists are.  They were noble sovereigns over themselves — socialists are subservient and dependent.  They were warriors!  Had a belief in God and honor.  The Iroquois Confederacy was studied as an example by Thomas Jefferson, some of its salient points included in the foundational charters of USA.

Perhaps you are confusing the Native Americans with the slaves in the South.  True communism in practice.

The 'go to move' of progressive liberals is to appropriate the labor and property of others — period.  It is not about fairness but about rigging the game — and profiting off of it.  Explain how when I plant a garden, I must give 10% to the city council to pay for their salaries?  How can you justify the confiscation of private property through legislation that takes away property and gives it to someone else without my consent?  Why are we not encouraged to be charitable rather than forcibly robbed for the common good?

If it is not greed then it is envy, entitled to the fruit of another's labors as one's right.  This is nothing but thievery. Temper your desires, progressive one!  Earn your credit — you are not entitled, neither am I.  When you can honestly say "I am responsible for the condition and quality of my life." THEN you can make a difference.  Until then, you are a dead weight, and not to be trusted as you continue to devise new plans for seizing the personal power of others — all in the name of compassion (showing no compassion for those from whom you aim to take).

When will it be enough?  I dare say, never!  That is not compassion but simply hating the productive. Compassion would be making your plea for my assitance, leaving me wth the choice to contribute to your mission. I am insulted that you have already written me and everyone else off. You do not have a monopoly on compassion, and frankly I don't think you are doing it right... ;-)

I don't know anyone who can meditate food onto their table or pay their rent via meditation — I'm not saying it is impossible but certainly a stretch for the common man.  The focus of the point is 'the absence of occupation' not the benefits of meditation.

"We've seen a year's worth of suicide attempts in the last four weeks." — ABC7 News.  Suicides on the rise amid stay-at-home order, Bay Area medical professionals say.  I don't need to volunteer at a morgue to know that house arrest for 300 million people will cause more damage than Covid's .1% fatality rate (double the seasonal flu).  Get over it.  Quarantine the sick, not the healthy. 

If only such sentiments were found in schools and universities today!  It was no secret in my day that to prosper required hard work, with many ups and downs.  Perseverance!  

Deaths by suicide during the lockdown in San Francisco are now higher than the virus deaths.

I soon learned that my property continues to require some labor on my part, otherwise, it may fall into disrepair or be lost.  It takes power to keep power.  It is a constant cycle, eat or be eaten.

And as we have learned from the authoritarian response to the pandemic, simply prevent labor, and the result is the same.  Has anyone noticed that socialist jobs are essential but capitalist jobs are not?  It is a war against capitalism, in order to usher in socialism for perpetual dependency.

That's what gives property its value — the time and effort required to get/make it.  Which is why an honest money system is integral.  If someone can just print up money, he can buy the world.  Those that cry about the wealthy should make the distinction between those that have earned their wealth and those that have appropriated wealth — i.e. LABOR — of others.

Face it — this is the platform of the Democratic Party, period.  In fact, the Democrats have even more on their list for totalitarian control of the people, their energy, their labor, money, and power, their bodies, the 'environment' (i.e. the world), population control (massive depopulation is wanted), weather control (because of climate change, right?) — you name it!  There is no limit to the progressive agenda of complete subservience to the State and its Supreme Leader.  Moses smell the roses!! 

The current pandemic lockdown is a perfect example.  Can we get Chicken Little and Henny Penny off these committees, please?

Very clear, Logan.

Jefferson did all that.  The reasons have been well explained.  He defied the King and freed EVERYONE with the Declaration of Independence.  He could not end slavery on his own, nor could he free his slaves any more than you could stop paying your mortgage and demand to keep your house.  Again, there is no claim (or evidence) that Jefferson abused his slaves, quite the contrary.

There are different ways to look at it — none of which are common practice today.  Sally Hemmings was Martha Jefferson's half-sister, raised as one of the family all her life.  Martha died after giving birth — Sally had always been in the family.  Sally and Thomas wrote each other in letters in addition to their affair.  Is love between the two an impossibility?  Sally was there for Thomas as she was there for Martha.  To assert that Sally was raped is a lie.

How is this different from progressive liberalism?  Every dictator in the world speaks like this.

;-)  Got to love it!

I stand by everything I said for the reasons I said.  I do not expect to convince you of anything, as your entire response is a defense of socialism which is quite simply authoritarian in its approach — control of the POWER of the people is the intent.  From your own words, it is plainly obvious that you are a missionary for the church of socialism, and the god of collective power.  How absolutely in opposition to Buddha's sutras and Taoist philosophy of the Self that is.  You are playing the savior, hero, white-knight act.  I invite you to empower people instead of blaming others for your suffering.

Tell it to Trudeau who has just declared 1500 types of 'assault' rifles banned in Canada.  Not a peep from anyone...