Is it right to hate stupidity and self-deception?

selective outrage, intellectual cowardice, etc. and so on?

Moving on...

So what is the floor under which no one should be allowed to fall?

How much will it cost?

How much will that cost increase over time?

Are there any potential unintended consequences of such a policy?

Will you work harder or less hard upon the implementation of the policy?

Will you accept raising your taxes to help pay for the policy?

If someone then says, "but it's not fair, because I am entitled to 'this'", which you hadn't included in your original definition, will you be inclined to accept their claim?

Will there ever be a case where you would disagree with such a claim?

If the person stated that you were a cold-hearted, selfish person for disagreeing with their specific claim, how would you respond?

Would you accept their characterization of your motivations?

Would it change your overall perspective on the concept at all?

Is there any place for private charity in a free society?

Is there any place for a free society on the 3rd rock?


It's funny how the "grass is greener" concept applies in all sorts of ways. We celebrate "freedom fighters" in foreign lands (even to the point of demanding that fellow citizens pay with their own treasure, even their own lives, in order to support those foreign patriots), while denigrating them at home.

That's funny, you have to admit.

Politics is jello and we are all enthusiastically hammering away.