re: #111 lostlakehiker

Taken to its logical end, the other pole of this continuum is just as silly. Not only should the government take care of natural disasters and invasions, provide ambulance and police and fire fighting services, it should provide the housing itself. Of course, there’s already public housing to some extent, but in a non-ownership society, everybody applies to the government and waits their turn in line to be assigned a home.

Shelter, check.

Clothing? Taken to its logical end, you get blue cotton. One color is all that is needed. Why should some wear finer than others?

Food? Taken to its logical end, you get bread lines as the standard for all.

The non-ownership society means that the government is your keeper, and you’re a kept bitch from cradle to grave. And don’t talk back.

Property rights are as essential as free speech rights. Man does not live by bread alone, but without bread, man cannot live. If bread comes only from the government, other rights are purely theoretical.

The slippery slope argument really isn’t convincing. It assumes gross stupidity on the part of the people in a position to stop the slide.