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Re: Only nations can generate patriotic pride (Re: Some good news for a change, maybe?)
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Wed, 23 Jun 2004 11:23:55 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Christopher L. Weeks wrote:
> In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Richard Parsons wrote:
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> > Don't get me wrong, government is critically important (like say, a decent
> > sewerage system),
Disagree, see below.
> but its highest achievement is to be just a tool.
I'd agree with that. Properly construed, government is a tool to protect rights.
Improperly constructed, government is a master that takes them away.
> My sewerage system is completely privately owned and works just fine.
Two points.
1, Perhaps there's a bit of cause and effect there? Sewerage isn't really a
proper function of government anyway.
2. Completely privately owned things that work just fine are a large part of
what I feel patriotic about. Certainly I take a lot more patriotic pride in
thinking about the achievements of, say, IBM, than I do the "achievements" of
the BATF. One of the great things about the US (and other western democracies,
and other countries where capitalism has been allowed to function) is that great
things consistently get done by private organizations.
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