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Napoleon's Shadow
07-23-2011, 12:43 PM
"Republicanism cherishes absolute private property rights" - Mike Church


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1mRaZkO425Q

Travlyr
07-23-2011, 01:52 PM
Interestingly, it was Republicans under the leadership of Abraham Lincoln who crushed Republicanism.

heavenlyboy34
07-23-2011, 01:57 PM
Why does he think "Republicanism cherishes absolute private property rights"? Republicanism finds justification for taxation, confiscation of property, public property, etc., etc.

Travlyr
07-23-2011, 02:18 PM
Republicanism before the elite oligarchy took over did a pretty decent job of distributing property to some individuals. It was not fair, and that is a horrible black mark on the Republic. Nonetheless, that is why land east of the Mississippi River is mostly private property. At the time of the "War Between the States" the oligarchs started counterfeiting, warring, and confiscating property. And that is why the West is mostly owned by the federal government.

Napoleon's Shadow
07-23-2011, 03:11 PM
Republicanism before the elite oligarchy took over did a pretty decent job of distributing property to some individuals. It was not fair, and that is a horrible black mark on the Republic. Nonetheless, that is why land east of the Mississippi River is mostly private property. At the time of the "War Between the States" the oligarchs started counterfeiting, warring, and confiscating property. And that is why the West is mostly owned by the federal government.
http://yglesias.thinkprogress.org/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/mapowns_the_west_1.jpg

Travlyr
07-23-2011, 05:11 PM
Mike Church is on our side.

White Bear Lake
07-23-2011, 06:57 PM
I prefer Anti-Federalism.

RCA
07-23-2011, 11:28 PM
Mike needs to stay on the freedom highway and get off at the voluntarism exit. It's the next one down.

Anti Federalist
07-23-2011, 11:33 PM
I prefer Anti-Federalism.

So do I.

Travlyr
07-26-2011, 12:45 PM
I prefer Anti-Federalism.

As do I, yet we must grab the bull by the horns first.