Murky,for the record,I am a jew.
That is what I thought.
In Judeism on of the pillars of faith is the constant effort to heal the world of its ills in order to prepare for the coming of the messiah.So there you are.
You can find that same principle in early christianity and plenty of other religions.
Hmmmmmm, thanks for the explanation. Since Jesus was born into the Jewish community of Nazereth that makes sense. I would luv ta learn more about yer VERY IMPORTANT religion Rolmops!
Liberalism as it has developed in the USA is a sort of capitalistic social democratic idea.Which is very far removed of the Marxist socialist ideas of communism.
The logic in this is obvious. If you see the wealth of many democratic members of our society.If they believed in pure socialism they would share that wealth!
Pure socialism would have never afforded any opportunity to accumulate wealth: Rolmps! That is why that system fails in the real world. If a system (like capitalism) allows private property; the accumulation of wealth is in a person's self interest. Humans have a tendency to act in their own self interest. Society benifits from the accumulation of wealth (in modern times). Socialism has the problem of motivation as all the productive assetts are owned and corntrolled by the elites in corntroll of the government. That in itself leads to a major problem ya may have heard about: ABSOLUTE POWER CORRUPTS.
My personal idea of liberalism is that I do not need it,because I try to share my blessings with my community without ideology beyond religion.(Don't worry ,I keep enough for myself).
You say that a conservative would want to lower my taxes?hogwash.
Then that politician who calls themselves a 'Cornservative' but is actually a Liberal Rolmops: real simple. BTW Republicans many times are not Cornservative at all, especially in New England. Yer last post was fairly spot on about politicians, n' those unreliable dishonest types must be put out of office by engaged informed voters.
The conservative idea is based on decreasing services and making the bureaucracy smaller.
Agreed Rolmops. Whenever possible the bureacracy should be totally eliminated and the services provided by private enterprize competing with each other. If the service is necessary then demand will be good and the users of the service can pay for the service. That is win win Rolmops. The company providing the service provides jobs where the workers pay taxes, the company pays taxes and the entire tax burden shrinks that was imposed by 'do good' Liberals, (they are actually into total power they want over all aspects of yer life, it has nothin' to do with bein' or doin' good, [that's jus' the sales pitch fer dim wit Democrat voters). The more money ya leave in the private sector Rolmops means more business and more taxes for the government that can then cut taxes further causin' further stimulation of business n' cornsumption. That is capitalism Rolmops. Unlike socialism: IT ACTUALLY WORKS!! That's why I frequently post the question: is Liberalism a mental disorder?
It really means just passing the buck down the bureaucratic ladder to local government which has to pick up all the services that the top no longer provides.
Then ya have the wrong elected local officials Rolmops. Fire 'em!
I pay less federal taxes,but my local taxes and school taxes and "service fees" and sales tax have drastically increased to the point where in my republican county I pay more taxes now than under the democrats and my overall taxes are higher.
Rolmops, the Liberals here on the Left coast act the same way. Yer analysis is flawed. Shift the services to tax payin' private companies that are far more efficient then any government entity can ever be do to human nature that I previously mentioned. Ya need to fire those local pols Rolmops. Is Liberalism a mental disorder?
On a different note.Can somebody please tell me why democrats are called liberals?
'Cause the current crop of Dems nearly uniformly wants to raise taxes, n' grow the government, (BTW if taxes increase the government grows), n' interfere in every aspect of yer life Rolmops, (BTW that interferance is necessary to collect those taxes). If the government is bigger n' more powerfull that diminishes the private sector, (BTW: we are in the private sector), GROWTH OF GOVERNMENT DIMINISHES FREEDOM. Liberalism = the desire for TOTAL CORNTROL. Hope this makes sense to ya 'cause IT'S THE TRUTH: Rolmops. It's actually a simple corncept n' you are obviously quite sharp. I again pose that recurring n' nagging ol' question: is Liberalism a mental disorder?
In Great Britain there are the conservatives,the socialists and the liberal party.
The liberal party is the party of the factory owners and well to do upper middle class.
In other words ,there is a very clear distinction between socialist and liberal.
