Political ·Saturday May 31, 2008 @ 14:55 EDT (link)
Liberalism is a whimsical luxury of the very rich—and the very poor, both of whom have little stake in society.
—Ann Coulter, Slander p. 31, quoted in If Democrats Had Any Brains, They'd Be Republicans
It seems that socialism only differs from Marxism in that Marxism requires a revolution and its rhetoric is a bit more insane; so although some call B. Hussein Obama a Marxist, we really have to withhold judgment until the revolution.
Objectivists and libertarians criticize socialism as devaluing the individual, and making people incapable of choosing their own values, as decisions are made centrally. We also reject socialism's indifference to property rights. (From Wikipedia's Criticisms of Socialism.)
Robbing from the rich and giving to the poor may be great if you're Robin Hood and the poor are peasants with no food and the rich are corrupt thieves, but when you're the government, the poor live in houses and have two cars and three televisions, and the rich are ordinary people, then it becomes just plain robbery.
With that in mind, let's take a look at Obama's issues page through the lens of freedom: do his ideas promote freedom and choice, or do they promote more government taking and control? Parts 12345.
DVDs finished:Hide and Seek.
