The government are not producers, so the only way they can “help” some people is by taking from others via coercion. It needs to be hammered home that leftists are immoral for advocating coercion, and that rightist critiques of the forced welfare state are not attacks on poor people but criticisms of the violent and unnecessary middle men.
Just the first two paragraphs of the foreword can provide you with value:
Anyone building a personal library of liberty must include in it a copy of Frédéric Bastiat’s classic essay, “The Law.” First published in 1850 by the great French economist and journalist, it is as clear a statement as has ever been made of the original American ideal of government, as proclaimed in the Declaration of Independence, that the main purpose of any government is the protection of the lives, liberties, and property of its citizens.”
Bastiat believed that all human beings possessed the God-given, natural rights of “individuality, liberty, property.” “This is man,” he wrote. These “three gifts from God precede all human legislation.” But even in his time—writing in the late 1840s—Bastiat was alarmed over how the law had been “perverted” into an instrument of what he called legal plunder. Far from protecting individual rights, the law was increasingly used to deprive one group of citizens of those rights for the benefit of another group, and especially for the benefit of the state itself. He condemned the legal plunder of protectionist tariffs, government subsidies of all kinds, progressive taxation, public schools, government “jobs” programs, minimum wage laws, welfare, usury laws, and more.”
She believes the government has a role to help people. When I explained to her that I also believe the government has a role at the LOCAL level.
She agreed that would be better.
Left Vs Right is about how much power should our government have. She believes they need certain powers.
When I told her to think more about local government power vs the fed. She understand where I was coming from.
Most "leftists" simply believe the government has a bigger role.
What they are not being told.
Which government do you want to give more power to?
The "Fed"
or
The "Local"
When I argue that as we give more power to the fed. That's where abuse of power comes into play.
If you decentralize that power to the local communities.
The fed cannot implement a nationwide mask policy like COVID.
If more conservatives preach "Decentralization" or POWER.
I think more folks on the left would get a new perspective on what they believe.
The words "Left" vs "Right" indicates a Direction in space.
They are poor words to communicate how one feels about policy.
If you ask 100 people what those terms mean.
You would get various answers that are not consistent.
Left Vs Right can take on different meanings to different people. It's way to abstract in my view.
So she supports coercion.
Coercion on what?
Which policy are you talking about?
The government are not producers, so the only way they can “help” some people is by taking from others via coercion. It needs to be hammered home that leftists are immoral for advocating coercion, and that rightist critiques of the forced welfare state are not attacks on poor people but criticisms of the violent and unnecessary middle men.
What is their role?
Are you saying we should have ZERO government?
Here is a better question.
What do you think the role of government is?
The proper role of government is protecting the individual rights of life, liberty, and property.
Read The Law by Frederic Bastiat.
Just the first two paragraphs of the foreword can provide you with value:
You are getting caught up in Cabal's Left Vs Right bullcrap.
You aren't considering that most people just want common "natural law" which is common sense.
God gave us the 10 commandments for a reason. Because they are COMMON SENSE!
Right.. and most of this is a COMMON SENSE that the mass majority of people want.
The stuff you are talking about comes from a LOUD MINORITY that is well-funded.
The average person just wants to be left alone in a safe area that is doing well.
There is no left or right.
There are the people vs a loud activist arm that confuses communication.
What are we fighting against?
We are fighting against "Lies" and "Deception" right?
The mass majority of people in the world want common sense man.
That's it.