John Madric

From David Parker, some wise observations...

"With the U.S. Constitution, the Founding Fathers created a nation of maximum individual freedom, maximum individual responsibility. Limited government, classical liberalism. Having fled anti-democratic European aristocracy, privileged class structure, and limited opportunity, American colonists did not want government in their lives. The Founding Fathers believed Adam Smith was correct when he stated that individuals independently pursuing their self-interest to survive naturally organize society. Without government planning, it was the invisible hand of nature.

In 1933, America flipped that vision. To progressives, freedom now meant freedom with government. President Franklin Roosevelt turned government from a neutral third party, whose sole purpose is to protect life, liberty, and property, to government as an active third party, whose sole purpose is to provide life, liberty, and property. This is the nation we have today, where all citizens (to some degree) are dependent on government."

Tim adds:

And THAT is the definition of Fascism, of which Roosevelt was an adherent. He was a happy fascist as opposed to Hitler or even Mussolini, but he was fascist nonetheless (Mussolini got all his ideas from Woodrow Wilson, btw, by his own admission and Roosevelt's administration was chock-full of Wilson's people.)
Before this government's main role was as a kind of better business bureau for society. It became the dominant power in all aspects of life after Roosevelt. Now all success or failure depends on one's relationship with government.

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