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This is how a republic operates

Posted on: November 19, 2020 at 10:00:38 CT
4TigersinMichigan MU
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I have never argued otherwise. In any society there is a collectivist element that people need to participate in if there is to be order. The only question is degree and controls to manage it's overreach. It is a reason for Benjamin Franklin's famous response when asked what type of government we had "A republic, if you can keep it."
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Remember: Self determination is now selfish behavior.(nm) - dangertim MU - 11/19 09:03:06
     Oh, is that freedom you value and desire? - MIZ45 MU - 11/19 09:20:34
     The socialists are winning - 4TigersinMichigan MU - 11/19 09:09:35
          Says the guy who wants to legislate morality - pickle MU - 11/19 09:33:40
          sure, blame the citizens - ashtray UF - 11/19 09:31:43
               Of, by and for the people - tigerfans3 MU - 11/19 09:39:54
                    We keep making bad decisions!!!!! - 4TigersinMichigan MU - 11/19 09:42:14
                         yes, you do keep making the same ones (nm) - ashtray UF - 11/19 09:48:04
                         speak for yourself (nm) - pickle MU - 11/19 09:44:19
                         Speak for yourself. - kmawv8 MU - 11/19 09:43:28
                              "We the People" make the decisions on who is in elected - 4TigersinMichigan MU - 11/19 09:48:29
                                   apparently not what Trumpettes believe - ashtray UF - 11/19 09:53:39
                                        Challenging elections results is a reason for the delay - 4TigersinMichigan MU - 11/19 09:57:16
                                             not according to the Trumpettes (nm) - ashtray UF - 11/19 09:59:18
                                                  Well, perhaps the ones you know - 4TigersinMichigan MU - 11/19 10:01:31
                                                       you left out the part - ashtray UF - 11/19 10:15:55
                                                            I know many who feel strongly Trump won if they count - 4TigersinMichigan MU - 11/19 10:24:41
                                   lol no. you’re regurgitating indoctrinated propaganda - pickle MU - 11/19 09:53:19
                                   No, it's nothing like that. - kmawv8 MU - 11/19 09:50:06
                                        In our form of government, you don't elect the - 4TigersinMichigan MU - 11/19 09:51:19
                                             In a thread about individualism and self-determination - pickle MU - 11/19 09:55:24
                                                  LOL - kmawv8 MU - 11/19 09:56:22
                                                       This is how a republic operates - 4TigersinMichigan MU - 11/19 10:00:38
                                                            Society is the sum total of voluntary interpersonal - pickle MU - 11/19 10:02:05
                                                       Wait until drug prohibition comes up - pickle MU - 11/19 09:59:33
                                             no, "We the courts do" - ashtray UF - 11/19 09:54:27
                                                  Yes, it is a shame our courts have become a super - 4TigersinMichigan MU - 11/19 10:02:45
                                                       no you don't (nm) - ashtray UF - 11/19 10:19:17
                                                            There is a reason "We the People" is used - 4TigersinMichigan MU - 11/19 10:25:12
                                                                 "we the people" don't have a choice other than - ashtray UF - 11/19 10:26:32
                                                                      As an individual our option is to get to work finding - 4TigersinMichigan MU - 11/19 10:33:54
                                                                           yeah, good luck with that (nm) - ashtray UF - 11/19 10:36:16
                                                                                Yeah - it's kind of hard(nm) - 4TigersinMichigan MU - 11/19 10:41:10
                    said the guy who waged a war - pickle MU - 11/19 09:40:25
               Who elects the politicians who sit in office? - 4TigersinMichigan MU - 11/19 09:36:52
                    The people change places. Your guys are not better than the - kmawv8 MU - 11/19 09:40:23
                         he believes too strongly in the myths of the founding - pickle MU - 11/19 09:41:25
                         If you keep buying the same car with the same defect - 4TigersinMichigan MU - 11/19 09:41:18
                              When you believe you can only have one of two - meatiger MU - 11/19 10:17:20
                                   I would gladly look at a third car if I believe it can - 4TigersinMichigan MU - 11/19 10:26:51
                              what if it's the only car available to purchase? (nm) - ashtray UF - 11/19 09:47:19
                                   Then you have to decide what would work better and then - 4TigersinMichigan MU - 11/19 09:50:35
                                        in the mean time, I'll just p*ss on everyone's car - ashtray UF - 11/19 09:52:47
                                             Why change now - it is pretty much all you are doing now - 4TigersinMichigan MU - 11/19 10:03:13
                                                  that was my point (nm) - ashtray UF - 11/19 10:19:38
                                                       Yep(nm) - 4TigersinMichigan MU - 11/19 10:34:18
                              You have a choice between a few different cars - kmawv8 MU - 11/19 09:45:01
                                   Yep - 4TigersinMichigan MU - 11/19 09:52:17
                                        Absolutely. Instead just keep buying cars, continue to - kmawv8 MU - 11/19 09:58:39
                                             Or buy the car with the most reliable engine you can find - 4TigersinMichigan MU - 11/19 10:03:52
                                                  Right. And when the engine still blows up, you blame - kmawv8 MU - 11/19 10:06:52
                                                       Well, you certainly have more urgency in finding a better - 4TigersinMichigan MU - 11/19 10:12:25
                                                            so it isn't the citizens fault - ashtray UF - 11/19 10:37:18
                                                                 No, there is not one elected official in congress - 4TigersinMichigan MU - 11/19 10:41:59
                    is this an argument in support of self-determination? (nm) - pickle MU - 11/19 09:39:51
               Everything he names is created/caused by the government - kmawv8 MU - 11/19 09:34:29
          Rioting, assault and destroying property is ok - mizzouSECedes STL - 11/19 09:11:04
               It really is 180 degrees out of phase - 4TigersinMichigan MU - 11/19 09:12:59
     BLM believes the 2 hetero parent family unit is racist and - JayRoy KC - 11/19 09:07:26




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