Wednesday, March 29, 2017

Common Sense

Three takeaways:
1.                   Let the investigations uncover and implicate before we jump to conclusions
2.                   Calm down. The US has meddled in 81 elections (that we know of – so almost certainly underestimating) in the last couple decades.
3.                   Be careful what you wish for.

I watched the whole debate the other day and thoroughly enjoyed it.  I side with Caplan. 
1.                   Individuals have rights.
2.                   States or collectives do not have rights. 
3.                   Individuals do not derive their rights from being a part of the group. 
4.                   Immigration being completely free is in fact the moderate point of view.
“Far from being utopian, saying ‘Immigration is a human right’ is just the moderate, common-sense position that when natives and foreigners voluntarily interact, strangers are morally obliged to leave them alone unless the overall consequences are clearly awful.”
I confess this is one area in which my thinking has changed radically.  I used to be for strong borders but now I question the very premise of believing the state has a true power at all. My ideology continually evolves to an increasingly unwavering view of private property and individual rights.

If you refuse to believe that Trump was not wiretapped by the intelligence departments, you need to read this. 
1)                  No, we don’t have proof.  We may eventually, we may not.
2)                  The Intelligence Communities do listen to everyday Americans regularly.
3)                  Based on 2) and regardless of any wild conspiracy theories, we can say with confidence that it is likely they did listen in on Trump.
4)                  And they have lied, and will continue to do so, when asked to testify on this topic.

How people fail to see this is beyond me.  

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