A truly free society is based on a vision of respect for people and what they value. In a truly free society, any business that disrespects its customers will fail, and deserves to do so. The same should be true of any government that disrespects its citizens. The central belief and fatal conceit of the current administration is that you are incapable of running your own life, but those in power are capable of running it for you. This is the essence of big government and collectivism.
More than 200 years ago, Thomas Jefferson warned that this could happen. “The natural progress of things,” Jefferson wrote, “is for liberty to yield and government to gain ground.” He knew that no government could possibly run citizens’ lives for the better. The more government tries to control, the greater the disaster, as shown by the current health-care debacle. Collectivists (those who stand for government control of the means of production and how people live their lives) promise heaven but deliver hell. For them, the promised end justifies the means.
Instead of encouraging free and open debate, collectivists strive to discredit and intimidate opponents. They engage in character assassination. (I should know, as the almost daily target of their attacks.) This is the approach that Arthur Schopenhauer described in the 19th century, that Saul Alinsky famously advocated in the 20th, and that so many despots have infamously practiced. Such tactics are the antithesis of what is required for a free society—and a telltale sign that the collectivists do not have good answers.
Rather than try to understand my vision for a free society or accurately report the facts about Koch Industries, our critics would have you believe we’re “un-American” and trying to “rig the system,” that we’re against “environmental protection” or eager to “end workplace safety standards.” These falsehoods remind me of the late Sen. Daniel Patrick Moynihan’s observation, “Everyone is entitled to his own opinion, but not to his own facts.” Here are some facts about my philosophy and our company:
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Nice read. This will not hit the MSM anytime soon.
Compare this conservative man’s attitude to George Soros who has sunk $80 million into getting POT on more of America’s ballots cynically because it is a means of pulling out the liberal voter!
Charles Kosh
yes, your name is known here but as a very nice person,
and appreciated, IN THIS USA YOU ARE WELL LIKE,
THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DID, AND STILL DO FOR THE PEOPLE,
THERE IS ATTACK FROM ALL SIDE,
I WATCH AT FOX NEWS NOW, YOUNG PUNK DESECRATE THE AMERICAN FLAG, BUT ONE CAME AND TOOK THE FLAG AWAY AND WENT ON IN HIS MOTORCYCLE FLYING THE FLAG, THAT IS SO TELLING TO THE PEOPLE TO NOT LET THOSE ANTI AMERICANS PAYED BY SOME WITH BIG JOBS TO MAKE THE PEOPLE UNHAPPY,AND MAD AS HELL, BUT THIS IS USA AND SHE HAS A LOT OF PATRIOTS WHO ARE WATCHERS FOR AMERICA,
BEST TO YOU SIR,
Charles Kosh
THANK YOU FOR THE LINK,
VERY INTERESTING TO KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE BENEFIT,
i was impress, AND HAPPY TO KNOW YOU BETTER,
THAT’S WHY HARRY REID IS SO VINDICTIVE WITH YOU, IT EXPLAIN ALL,
HE DID THE SAME WITH MITT ROMNEY EVEN THAT THEY ARE BOTH MORMON, ENVY IS A CAPITAL SIN,
BYE