Laws limit our freedoms, so by your logic, any society with laws cannot be free. Any exercise in organizing groups of people necessarily involves ceding some amount of individual freedom in order to align ones self with the interests of the group.
Any society with laws has already started down the path to socialism. Those that use capitalism have simply not gone the distance.
There is no one perfect system. Which system is best depends on the goals of the group. IMHO the best systems are hybrids which are agile enough to adapt to the changing needs of thier populations. The worst ones exist where any social/political/economic system is valued dogmatically making it difficult to adapt when necessary.
I'm coming from the "land of the free" to one of those wacky socialist European countries.
I know it's hard for US residents brainwashed during the cold war, but socialism is not an alternative to
freedom or even to democracy. Socialism is an alternative economic system and as such would be an alternative to capitalism.
it seems (hopefully) that there's more and more bipartisan agreement on our future.
I think the word you want is nonpartisannonpartisan.
partisan: a firm adherent to a party, faction, cause, or person; especially : one exhibiting blind, prejudiced, and unreasoning allegiance.
bipartisan: of, relating to, or involving members of two parties ; specifically : marked by or involving cooperation, agreement, and compromise between two major political parties.
nonpartisan: : not partisan; especially : free from party affiliation, bias, or designation.
What we need is more nonpartisan action since the republicrats seem quite happy to collaborate and screw the people in a bipartisan manner.
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Laws limit our freedoms, so by your logic, any society with laws cannot be free. Any exercise in organizing groups of people necessarily involves ceding some amount of individual freedom in order to align ones self with the interests of the group.
Any society with laws has already started down the path to socialism. Those that use capitalism have simply not gone the distance.
There is no one perfect system. Which system is best depends on the goals of the group. IMHO the best systems are hybrids which are agile enough to adapt to the changing needs of thier populations. The worst ones exist where any social/political/economic system is valued dogmatically making it difficult to adapt when necessary.
I'm coming from the "land of the free" to one of those wacky socialist European countries.
I know it's hard for US residents brainwashed during the cold war, but socialism is not an alternative to freedom or even to democracy . Socialism is an alternative economic system and as such would be an alternative to capitalism .
It's getting harder and harder to tell the difference between subterfuge and sheer incompetence.
Because the bullshit is so deep?
I think the word you want is nonpartisannonpartisan.
What we need is more nonpartisan action since the republicrats seem quite happy to collaborate and screw the people in a bipartisan manner.
Web based games (usually in flash) can be fun, especially for the younger kids.
For 2-5 I like www.poissonrouge.com