tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9263167.post892683591514413077..comments2024-03-28T15:17:43.056-04:00Comments on Stayin' Alive: What is "conservatism"?Cervanteshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11302076828795198187noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9263167.post-44150410504907047722018-01-08T11:04:13.219-05:002018-01-08T11:04:13.219-05:00Is expansion of the welfare state the goal? It has...<br />Is expansion of the welfare state the goal? It has only expanded more and more since Roosevelt's administration.<br /><br />Is there an optimum? <br /><br />What would that optimum look like?<br /><br />Gay Boy Bobnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9263167.post-7105776504483457582018-01-05T11:17:26.503-05:002018-01-05T11:17:26.503-05:00Ahh, we've had that expanded welfare state ev...Ahh, we've had that expanded welfare state ever since, and expanded it further. People seem to like it.Cervanteshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11302076828795198187noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9263167.post-57054282442884658012018-01-04T11:59:39.256-05:002018-01-04T11:59:39.256-05:00The stark truth is that, as in 1939, we face the p...<br /><i><b>The stark truth is that, as in 1939, we face the prospect of the destruction of the liberal project of the Enlightenment and the Democratic West. Resistance must be massive and unflinching.</b></i><br /><br />I know you're referencing the Nazis and Hitler and all of that, but I think the acts of President Frankilin D. Roosevelt during this era also warrant attention.<br /><br />Roosevelt's shift in tone from individualism to collectivism, the expansion of the welfare state, his draconian control of the economy and attempts to expand and pack the Supreme Court when congress would not comply with his demands are as scary as it gets. Not sure, but I think the two term limit was passed <i>because</i> of Roosevelt.Gay Boy Bobnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9263167.post-88204409769032813622018-01-04T03:56:12.974-05:002018-01-04T03:56:12.974-05:00Driftglass has been saying this for years.
proleft...Driftglass has been saying this for years.<br />proleftpod.commojrimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03416999187677478475noreply@blogger.com