To end our dependency on foreign petroleum we must subsidize it!

re: To end our dependency on foreign petroleum we must subsidize it!

DSG — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 04:35:16 GMT

I concur absolutely. Monarchy. Or anarchy. Representational democracy will prove to be a short lived governmental form.

re: To end our dependency on foreign petroleum we must subsidize it!

dget — Sat, 03 Nov 2007 14:33:58 GMT

Your point is well taken. A society that so willfully trusts the protection of its best interests to mother government will rejoice when offered immediate gratification and will never consider the potential long-term consequences of the government’s actions. And left to suffer helplessly in the transaction are those who have not abdicated their freedom, but rather have had it stripped away by the passivity of their peers. Clearly, this argues in favor of a natural order; if we were all forced to consider our own interests we would also be forced to weigh the consequences of our immediate actions. But it also argues in favor of a system of government where the rational action of the leader results in the best outcome for the nation. It argues in favor of monarchy.

re: To end our dependency on foreign petroleum we must subsidize it!

DSG — Sat, 03 Nov 2007 02:58:55 GMT

The subsidy is the amount of future debt the leading class takes on to continue their mollification of the masses. And why not, for to have the masses face economic principal would lead to widespread discontent and risk to their status. Furthermore, the leading class will never repay the debt, the sellers will pay it in the reduced value of the dollar denominated assets they hold. Seems to me Bush and Blair were acting rationally and in their own best interests. We, the masses, are the ones who act irrationally by abdictating our freedom. There is no king born to rule us; we just don't want the responsibility of our own freedom. So don't look askance at the Russian who cannot escape his paesant past, or the Muslim or the Jew or the English; look at your self.