tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1746564418600302090.post5878868207446583400..comments2023-08-09T09:01:29.229-07:00Comments on Pliny's Tangent Du Jour: The Conservative Myth of Small GovernmentPliny-the-in-Betweenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16580900408227953736noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1746564418600302090.post-90779230517165040162009-04-30T09:58:00.000-07:002009-04-30T09:58:00.000-07:00Contradictions are delightful!
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They ar...Contradictions are delightful!<br />----------<br /><br />They are indeed. Without them we would be machines instead of human.Pliny-the-in-Betweenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16580900408227953736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1746564418600302090.post-1688085908265133992009-04-30T02:03:00.000-07:002009-04-30T02:03:00.000-07:00The previous administration had no real aspiration...The previous administration had no real aspirations toward the limited government I long to see. However, that longing is neither practical nor is it truly desirable.<br /><br />In an ideal world I would live within walking distance of any decision makers who might actually impact my life. I could talk to them directly. <br /><br />Obviously, in a world as large and as interconnected as this world happens to be such a simplistic system would not serve. I cannot see any structure that would serve to regulate this complex system that would also insure the degree of freedom I desire.<br /><br />That being said, I recognize that I do experience a great deal of freedom. I am simply troubled by a world that seems intent on intruding into my life, rather than just being there for me to experiences (or not) as I choose.<br /><br />It is especially ironic that I long for freedom, yet earn my living by restricting the freedom of others on behalf of the State.<br /><br />Contradictions are delightful!<br /><br />MikeMichael Lockridgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06748256055779697021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1746564418600302090.post-77382462122773657742009-04-27T21:00:00.000-07:002009-04-27T21:00:00.000-07:00I fail to see the smaller, less intrusive governme...I fail to see the smaller, less intrusive government conservativism promised me a couple of decades ago.<br /><br />As a youngster, I felt drawn to these principals, feeling a lot like you mentoin here. I have since seen that to not be true.<br /><br />I suppose, I prefer a Jeffersonian conservativism...if such a thing is possible?machttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04073782907747032366noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1746564418600302090.post-56842462871955483102009-04-27T14:05:00.000-07:002009-04-27T14:05:00.000-07:00Pliny:
"Power corrupts. Absolute power corrupts a...Pliny:<br /><br />"Power corrupts. Absolute power corrupts absolutely."<br />I realize that I do not need to point this out to most who will read your post, but I think that this statement, along with the ideas in our constitutional form of government (i.e. Division of powers within our government) with iots of "checks and balances" goes a long way to prevent any of these from gaining complete control over all the others. Unfortunately, even our system is subject to eventual creeping increase in control by one chamber of power over the others. That is why it is a good thing that our two party system tends to undo the excesses of previous administrations, although this, in turn, accounts for much of the slowness and inertia we see in government getting anything accomplished.Harveyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10797750710657979526noreply@blogger.com