For some more word fun, let's throw in some more words. Like Imperialism, Republic, and Democracy. As an aside, I've always been offended by the excessive penalization of American citizens, especially as felony convictions often result in the citizen not being allowed to vote. Couple that with the horribly skewed number of minorities in prison and things seem to be quite amiss in the land of milk and honey. "Mob Rules" is a frightening prospect, but so is a republican notion of "power by the elite". Can we ever expect full disclosure and educated masses thus resulting in logical and compassionate social action?
Socialism Defined - Ok, so maybe I'm using socialist loosly, but isn't medicare and "social" security rather socialist in nature? Not to mention all the new talk about providing universal health care?
I'm all for freedom and people having voices on the mighty MeFi, but shouldn't something be done about it being down and out all the time before adding more straw to the camels back?
:-\
For some more word fun, let's throw in some more words. Like Imperialism, Republic, and Democracy. As an aside, I've always been offended by the excessive penalization of American citizens, especially as felony convictions often result in the citizen not being allowed to vote. Couple that with the horribly skewed number of minorities in prison and things seem to be quite amiss in the land of milk and honey. "Mob Rules" is a frightening prospect, but so is a republican notion of "power by the elite". Can we ever expect full disclosure and educated masses thus resulting in logical and compassionate social action?
posted by Esotic 20 years ago
Socialism Defined - Ok, so maybe I'm using socialist loosly, but isn't medicare and "social" security rather socialist in nature? Not to mention all the new talk about providing universal health care?
posted by Esotic 20 years ago
In "MeFI selectively open"
I'm all for freedom and people having voices on the mighty MeFi, but shouldn't something be done about it being down and out all the time before adding more straw to the camels back? :-\
posted by Esotic 20 years ago
(limited to the most recent 20 comments)