Principles

Not just all across the nation, but all around the globe, untold thousands of people came together today to speak out against the corrupt system that benefits the wealthiest 1% (or less) at the expense of the masses.

Their message is clear: “We are the 99% and we’re not going to take it anymore!”  People are protesting out of their deeply held belief that the governments and economies of the world must be run for the benefit of the people of the world.  People are protesting because the banks got bailed out, the hedge fund managers made off with the billions, and we the people have been told to accept poverty, endless unemployment, backbreaking debt, and austerity galore.

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All my life, I have had friends, housemates, and in-laws who profess to be anarchists or Libertarians.  In the past year and a half, anti-Obama sentiment has taken the form of frequent calls for small government, less government, or even NO government.  Despite the absence of logic to support such political positions, these ideas seem to be growing in popularity.  The Tea Party philosophy is a modified form of Libertarianism.  The Libertarian philosophy is a watered-down form of anarchism.  It’s all more or less the same thing; and if you bother to think about the ideology, it makes absolutely no sense.

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