Quote:You can call it hyperbole if you wish, but it made the point. And it's not total hyperbole - I assume you both know enough American history to realize that these "oh please, I just want to be left alone" and "I should be able to do whatever I want with my property" are practically word for word what was used by plantation owners and others who were anti-democratic.

 

The point is - these woe is me, they're coming to get me claims are the real hyperbole. In a democratic society governed by laws we are not allowed to "be left alone". We have to deal with the body politic, like it or not - even though some prefer to live in an authoritarian state where the decisions are made for you and life is so much "simpler".

They're already getting you. Our prisons are full, our regulation voluminous, our taxes exorbitant, and our political class out of control. You have a law about how much water your toilet can use per flush and another about who has the right use it. We require a birth certificate to open a bank account in order to fight terrorism but dont require one to vote. We are not permitted to negotiate our employment terms or how we finance our retirement or health care without government there to tell us what we must do. Marx was certainly right about restricting freedom one generation at a time, sad to see so many yearn for the chains of authoritarianism disguised as equality.

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