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What Liberals Can Learn from the War
by Harry Browne - October 11, 2003
War involves the use of force to impose one's way upon others. It brings with it collateral damages that hurt the innocent as much or more than the guilty. . . .

� Innocent people die, are maimed, lose their property, or lose their loved ones.

� Innocent Americans are deprived of freedoms supposedly guaranteed in the Bill of Rights � in the name of some goal, such as "world peace" or "national security," that is never reached.

� Innocent people are taxed to pay for an enterprise that they may oppose intensely, but that satisfies the desires of politicians.

� Innocent Americans lose the right to make their own choices.

Liberals naturally oppose these oppressions � and speak out against them.

We can easily see similar harmful effects of using force in some other government programs � such as the insane War on Drugs:

� Innocent people die...
� Innocent Americans are deprived of freedoms...
� Innocent people are taxed to pay...
� Americans lose the right to make their own choices...

Force Is the Defining Factor

But liberals need to understand that such collateral damages exist in all government programs, because force is the defining factor in every government program. People are forced to do what they don't want to do, or are forcibly prevented from doing what they do want to do, or are forced to pay for things they don't want to pay for.

If you think some government program, law, regulation, or tax doesn't involve force, try disobeying it � don't pay the Social Security tax, ignore an environmental regulation, or fail to register your gun � and see what happens.

Every government program employs force to overrule life and liberty . . .

posted by Hal 1:11 PM