Government regulatory agencies, environmentalists, liberal politicians, courts and proponents of the “common good” have worked hard during the past 30 years to make property rights less important if not eliminate them all together where they could.
Modern teachings (a.k.a.: Agenda 21) tell us we are in this together and we need to give up our property rights for the common good. They say feeling the pain of others regardless of how extreme their opinions are is a the duty of all citizens. All of this is pure poppy –cock and is the first step on the slippery slope to socialism. Nothing in this kind of thinking goes to support the principles of capitalism and American Constitutional Government. Nor does this support the principles of self reliance, and the virtues of work to take care of yourself and your family or to save rather than borrow. Socialism does not encourage personal self-reliance. Socialism is based on central planning and that means individual rights are pushed to the back.
Didn’t the US intern Japanese Americans and take their property during WWII for the “common good”? Didn’t Germany take everything away from the Jews leading up to WWII for the “common good”?
Yes, Myron. FDR did exactly that using an executive fiat of the Constitution. I would put FDR in the exact same catagory of public leader as Hitler, Lenin, Stalin and Mao; and he owns the distinction of being the closest thing the United States ever had to a dictator. I would say you proved the point rather well.
The forfeiture of property rights is a key element of Marxism. That worked so well for the Soviet Union, didn’t it? /sarc
The Soviet Union rose from the ashes of tsarist Russia. I doubt the people had property rights to forfeit.
Well, not some peasants, but most did. Bone up on your history, you’ll see.