The Left and "Needs"
As GM Roper has noted before, the Left (Democrats, Socialists, The Media) tend to make up definitions for words that so people will react in an emotional rather than a logical way. For example, quite literally anything that's "For the Children" cannot be opposed -- even if it has nothing to do with children.
The latest word game I've noted in North Carolina is the use of the word "need." In the article linked, the North Carolina Zoo "needs" $1 million state money. Well the Ogre "needs" a new car, a bigger house, and a yard with a barn for horses. The Ogre "needs" freedom, including lower taxes on his labor. The Ogre "needs" the freedom to engage in trade without asking the government's permission. But the Ogre's not going to get any of that, is he? Yet the Left, in it's all-knowing manner, can determine which "needs" are valid and which are not. This is part and parcel of being part of The Left -- they have the ability to know more. They are anointed. They know what's best for you. They know which "needs" are "real" needs and which are not. They can tell what you should do and what should be done with your money. If you question them, you are anti-everything. No, I'm not anti-Zoo. I'm pro-freedom. If the Zoo can raise $1.5 million in private funds, why MUST the state provide another million? Why can't they raise another million themselves? Because The Left says so.
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The "need" game has been going on for a very long time. Possibly the most devastating disassembly of it was in Robert Ringer's book "How You Can Find Happiness During The Collapse Of Western Civilization." He addresses the whole "desires are needs" and "needs are rights" syndrome with extraordinary clarity.
Just now, New York, the richest city in the world, is screaming to the heavens over a reduction in the handout it gets from the Department of Homeland Security. New York's senior senator, the Dishonorable Charles Schumer, has likened it to "declaring war on New York." The reduction is on the order of $100 million. The city's annual budget is over $60 BILLION.
The propulsive force is envy. For a compelling treatment of this corrosive agent, I recommend Helmut Schoeck's book "Envy: A Theory Of Social Behaviour." It's an eye-opener.
Just now, New York, the richest city in the world, is screaming to the heavens over a reduction in the handout it gets from the Department of Homeland Security. New York's senior senator, the Dishonorable Charles Schumer, has likened it to "declaring war on New York." The reduction is on the order of $100 million. The city's annual budget is over $60 BILLION.
The propulsive force is envy. For a compelling treatment of this corrosive agent, I recommend Helmut Schoeck's book "Envy: A Theory Of Social Behaviour." It's an eye-opener.
Posted by: Francis W. Porretto at June 03, 2006 10:49 AM (PzL/5)
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I haven't heard of that book, but I shall have to check it out! Thanks for suggesting it.
And you're dead on with the utter insanity that ensues if any funding for any program is ever reduced by even one penny. When I see reactions like that I do truly wonder if there is any hope for this country and freedom.
And you're dead on with the utter insanity that ensues if any funding for any program is ever reduced by even one penny. When I see reactions like that I do truly wonder if there is any hope for this country and freedom.
Posted by: Ogre at June 04, 2006 10:46 PM (acZAM)
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