Could Galt's Gulch Have Open Borders?
No free society, let alone a libertarian one, can long survive if it actively welcomes those who would undermine its institution and culture. Such tolerance is the Achilles heel of open societies, and why they all eventually are undermined by nefarious forces, banksters, gangsters, communists, neocons, theocons, etc. Until a method is worked out for preserving freedom while maintaining openness and tolerance for diversity, open-border libertarians are never going to be taken seriously in politics. We are today, exactly in the situation we are in politically and financially, due to the mass importation of communists, anarchists, Trotskyites, Keynesians, Marxists, Maoists, monarchists, neo-feudalists, religious dogmatists, and so forth, as laborers for big business during the industrial revolution. None of these people had any respect nor commitment for the founding classical liberal or Unitarian values of the nation, and they promptly set about remaking America into the fouled up countries they had left behind.
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However, it becomes much harder to maintain a border when you let people in, who, disagree with the values & culture and go about sowing discontent (Alinsky) among people & introducing a set of values & culture that aren't compatible with the native ones. Does anyone ever wonder why tyrannical regimes never seem to change? Because the tyrant KNOWS the first step towards changing/overtaking any adversary is to change the values & culture system within their borders...all without taking a shot.
This is why they show no tolerance (what the Left always preach to us) towards anyone who does not explicitly follow (obey, submit) their values. You dig? =)
I can picture one of them trying to force the door of the power plant just to destroy it.
I have not been ammo shopping for a while, but a friend who has says she can't find .22s! That sounds odd but think about it - a .22 is the traditional "Zoe, take your .22 and go get a squirrel for supper" cartridge. A lot of people practice with .22s, but they can't be reloaded, so you have to buy new ammo every time you want to shoot it. This conglomeration of facts makes me [more] suspicious.
Carefully reread the section of the book dealing with life in the valley. There was just one person in the valley who had not been specifically invited to be there - Dagny. And she was only given 30 days to join or get out. :D When she left at the end of her time, she knew she had a invitation to return when she could agree to conform to their values and goals, but not until.
As for the people who are immigrating to our country – yes, we would like them to assimilate – well, okay, let them turn on the TV and watch what we do. I know a lot of people learn English this way. But what do they watch? Left leaning ideas are everywhere. Most TV shows, movies, and books don’t agree with classical liberal ideas. The businessman is almost always the evil guy. Even the most recent Muppets movie had an evil businessman, for crying out loud… our children grow up hearing this stuff every day, and young adults in colleges are afraid to write conservative-leaning papers for fear of being punished. I dealt with this myself in college almost a decade ago. If these thoughts are everywhere, of course this type of thinking would eventually stain our education system.
That's why "Atlas Shrugged" is so important, because the philosophy is there in the midst of a story you can enjoy. Selling most people on pure philosophy is very difficult. It has to be delivered to people in a way they can receive the message without them getting bored or feeling like an idea was shoved down their throat.
There is so much to do in education, politics, etc. But, right now, I sincerely believe we’re helping the cause already by helping these movies in whatever way we can. That’s why I’m so excited for these AS movies and gave to the Kickstarter fund. As more people write stories and make movies to help spread the ideas within AS, I’ll also try to fund/help them in whatever way I can. There’s more to do, but this is a great start.
Do you have private property? How do you let people know they are on private property? If you don't care about your property that you pay taxes on, then I guess you don't have private property do you? What's the point then on paying taxes? Why not let the ambiguous "people" pay the taxes on it?
Do you regularly violate people personal boundaries? Do you respect boundaries? From your comment, it seems you don't. How do you respond when someone gets a little to close for comfort towards you? Suddenly, boundaries take on a a whole new meaning.
The question isn't about a cultural commonality or government, but what is generally accepted & respected as a dividing line of different land, customs & values held by the people who live within that line? What about protecting National Sovereignty and National Security within the boundary? What is a boundary? I believe it's an mutually established, understood & respected dividing line between what is mine & what is yours. (not just personal, but beyond, like cities, states, countries)
As you can tell, I absolutely disagree with your first sentence. So, please justify that statement & I'll see if I can agree with you. No boundaries = no sovereignty = no security = no identity. No ambiguity please.
Gotta go! :)
it is not the fault of the invaders it is the fault of those who believe we live in a democracy. For those soldiers who valiantly fought in WWII. Did they fight Roosevelt's policies?
For those who voted for Reagan, did they fight to get rid of Sarbane's Oxley? Did they fight against Medicare Part D? No Child Left Behind? THE PATRIOT ACT? and you're worried about borders...jus sayin
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