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Originally Posted by Respenus
Ahem, Hylander. I don't think you just called Europe, particulary GB, you're greatest ally, a totalitarian state, did you?
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What?
"If" you read what I said, is that every welfare state eventually becomes a totalitarian state. Look to ancient Rome, and Greece as examples. That does not mean that it has already happenned or that it will tomorrow. But eventually, it must run it's course. Most likely, just as the transformation of the Constitutional Republic of America will transform closer to socialism over the next four years. The government in America is supposed to be small, and very limited in it's powers and authority. But over especially the last 90+ years it has grown into a sprauling octopus that invades personal liberty on a daily basis to the point that our liberty is slowly but surely be squashed under the pretence of safety, and security. And the people are foolish enough to let it continue. Thinking they will gain from it, when history has proven the opposite.
I harken to what Patrick Henry said,
"If ye love wealth better than liberty; the tranquility of servitude better than the animating contest of freedom; go home from us in peace. We ask not your arms nor your councils. Crouch down and lick the hand that feeds you. May your chains set lightly upon you; and may posterity forget that, Ye, were our countrymen."
And Bejamin Franklin when he said,
"They that would trade liberty for a little temporary safety; deserve neither liberty nor safety."