Alphaville Forever Young

Complete Forever Young by Alphaville with something to read while listening.
Liberty once again must become more important to us than the desire for security and material comfort. Personal safety and economic prosperity can only come as the consequence of liberty. They cannot be provided by an authoritarian government... The foundation for a police state has been put in place, and it's urgent we mobilize resistance before it's too late... Central planning is intellectually bankrupt -- and it has bankrupted our country and undermined our moral principles. Respect for individual liberty and dignity is the only answer to government force, force that serves the politically and economically powerful. Our planners and rulers are not geniuses, but rather demagogues and would-be dictators -- always performing their tasks with a cover of humanitarian rhetoric... The collapse of the Soviet system came swiftly and dramatically, without a bloody conflict... It came as no surprise, however, to the devotees of freedom who have understood for decades that socialism was doomed to fail... And so too will the welfare/warfare state fail... A free society is based on the key principle that the government, the president, the Congress, the courts, and the bureaucrats are incapable of knowing what is best for each and every one of us... A government as a referee is proper, but a government that uses arbitrary force to direct every aspect of society threatens freedom... The time has come for a modern approach to achieving those values that all civilized societies seek. Only in a free society do individuals have the best chance to seek virtue, strive for excellence, improve their economic well-being, and achieve personal happiness... The worthy goals of civilization can only be achieved by freedom loving individuals. When government uses force, liberty is sacrificed and the goals are lost. It is freedom that is the source of all creative energy. If I am to be your president, these are the goals I would seek. I reject the notion that we need a president to run our lives, plan the economy, or police the world... It is much more important to protect individual liberty and privacy than to make government even more secretive and powerful. -Dr. Paul

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[jackdav34]

American false dilemma: total socialism or extreme libertarianism. There are many gradients in between.

Since we're doing quotes: "To begin with unlimited freedom is to end with unlimited despotism." –Dostoevesky

[DCUPtoejuice]

@jackdav34 nice quote! I like it. Exactly my sentiments.

[Urbreathingmyair]

WHY ARE THESE POLITICAL COMMENTS!? THESE ARE SUPPOSED TO BE ABOUT THE SONG

[MegaAstrodude]

@Ali74,

Jefferson wasn't allowed to free his slaves under Virginia and North Carolina law because he had too much debt. Also, it's stupid to denounce everything about a person because he did a few things wrong. If it weren't for Jefferson's contributions, what basis would you have to denounce slavery in the first place? Slavery just came from the commonly accepted idea that children inherited the debt of their parents even when the parents' estate was worthless or even negative.

[liltoypuppy95]

@mickeyitaliano Cold War, not Vietnam.

[liltoypuppy95]

@ItsMeGandhi Stop watching CNN, you asshole.

[liltoypuppy95]

@cranyonrye And, about abolishing "greed, hatred, suffering, hunger, poverty, war and want. . ." I'd have to say that telling us to "Jump in the lake, you're all hopeless nutcases. . . You guys are the problem, not the solution - just shut up for a while," seems pretty hateful. Didn't you say you wanted to abolish hatred? Hypocrite.

[liltoypuppy95]

@cranyonrye 'Honestly we have had enough of American "liberty" and individualism in other parts of the world - you can keep it, we want to live as one social humanity and abolish greed, hatred, suffering, hunger, poverty, war and want,' I don't think your comment applies to all right-wingers. I know plenty of conservative/libertarians who are against nation-building and war. We believe in a strong defense, but we aren't power hungry and war crazy.

[galanisj]

@jackdav34 "THE WIN AGAINS OUR PASSIONS,IS THE BEST AND MORE USEFUL OF OUR WINS" Plato

[graphix59]

Whats wrong with Stalin? A little paranoia keeps you safe! Ah Josef we could do with your iron handed rule now!

[linskies1]

@oakvillebrian lmfao! what are you a philosophy teacher?

[hellbelley]

@oakvillebrian its a videos of music? what the fuck r u talking about u fkin shit bitch?

[oakvillebrian]

I agree with those who point out that the quote embodies a false dichotomy, between despotic socialism and extreme libertarianism. In our time, the danger is not excess "government", but the unlimited power of the corporation, an organization more Stalinist than Stalin ever dreamed of being, which is driving us to the brink of economic and ecological disaster through unchecked climate change. Alphav

[BlackWatch67]

Great video.... Susan