[ExI] ccp struggles

[William Flynn Wallace]

The main reason we won the Revolutionary war was France.  bill w

On Tue, Apr 14, 2020 at 4:56 PM spike jones via extropy-chat <
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> *From:* extropy-chat <extropy-chat-bounces at lists.extropy.org> *On Behalf
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> >…You think that there would have been millions of murders in America if
> there were no “right to bear arms”??
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> There would have been hundreds of millions.
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> We would never have had the War of 1812.  It would be the War of 1795, and
> the British would have won.  We would be subjects of the queen today,
> bowing and meekly paying any tax she wished to dictate to us.
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> >…Why is America so different to other countries in this regard?
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> America was born out of overthrowing tyranny.  It is in our DNA.  That’s
> why we don’t have runaway government power here.
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> When the people fear the government, there is tyranny.  When the
> government fears the people, there is liberty.
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> Which do you prefer?  Me too.
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> >…I said it before I'll say it again, regardless of how beautiful a theory
> is if it doesn't fit the facts it must be abandoned…
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> John feel free to abandon any theory you wish.  That is why we have a
> second amendment, for those who wish to abandon the theory that Americans
> have rights.
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> *> **There are Americans who will argue Americans’ civil rights can be
> rescinded at the government’s whim,*
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> >…That is true. I've even heard of an American who I believe happens to be
> the head of the government's executive branch say "*I have the right to
> do anything*" and "*I have the right to do a lot of things that people
> don’t even know about*" and "*The federal government has absolute power*"
> and "*When somebody is the president of the United States their authority
> is total*." But we have rednecks with shotguns so we have no need to
> worry.  John K Clark
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> It worked: the federal government did not take over and assume dictatorial
> control of the country or violate Americans’ constitutional rights.
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> Aren’t you glad we have a constitution?  So am I.
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