Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies.
The robber baron’s cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience. C.S. Lewis
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Cicero, the great Roman philosopher and a favorite of our founding fathers, put forth a stern warning when he said,
“A nation can survive its fools, and even the ambitious. But it cannot survive treason from within. An enemy at the gates is less formidable, for he is known and carries his banner openly. But the traitor moves amongst those with the gate freely, his sly whispers rustling through all the alleys, heard in the very halls of government itself. For the traitor appears not a traitor; he speaks in accents familiar to his victims, and he wears their face and their arguments, he appeals to the baseness that lies deep in the hearts of all men. He rots the soul of a nation, he works secretly and unknown in the night to undermine the pillars of the city, he infects the body politics so that it can no longer resist.”
February 9, 2010 12:00 A.M.
The Fallacy of ‘Fairness’
Nature’s discrimination completely dwarfs man’s discrimination.
If there is ever a contest to pick which word has done the most damage to people’s thinking, and to actions to carry out that thinking, my nomination would be the word “fair.” It is a word thrown around by far more people than have ever bothered to even try to define it.
This mushy vagueness may be a big handicap in logic, but it is a big advantage in politics. All sorts of people, with very different notions about what is or is not fair, can be mobilized behind this nice-sounding word, in utter disregard of the fact that they mean very different things when they use that word.
Some years ago, for example, there was a big outcry that various mental tests used for college admissions or for employment were biased and “unfair” to many individuals or groups. Fortunately, there was one voice of sanity — David Riesman, I believe — who said: The tests are not unfair. Life is unfair and the tests measure the results.
If by “fair,” you mean everyone having the same odds for achieving success, then life has never been anywhere close to being fair, at any place or time. If you stop and think about it (however old-fashioned that may seem), it is hard even to conceive of how life could possibly be fair in that sense.
Read the rest of the article here.
Check out chapter three in The War on Success, “Trophies For Everyone” to better understand the fallacy of fairness and the motivation of statist who promote it.
While the Saints just officially won the Super Bowl, can’t you just hear the discussion inside the West Wing…
“The Saints displayed unfair drive, ambition, work ethic and therefore have created for themselves an unfair advantage resulting in a victory that could have gone to an equally deserving Colts team. The unexpected and innovative on-sides kick to begin the second half caused an emotional disparity that lead to an uneven quality of play for the Saints. Government should step in immediately and create some regulations that even things out a bit. Maybe we can make this new legislation retroactive.
And let’s not stop there. Let’s abolish the worn out notion of ‘losing.’
Never again will there be so many teams who have to watch the Super Bowl from home. We should be inclusive and bring more teams, all teams under the tent of the Super Bowl…
In the NFL, we should all rise and fall together!”
TROPHIES FOR EVERYONE!!
GOOD GRIEF
The socialist believes the state is supreme and the individual is subordinate or secondary to priorities of the government. This is a shame because American virtues begin with the individual. This perverse outlook causes all sorts of friction and hostility because a nation is really nothing but millions of individuals seeking to express their uniqueness.
Nonetheless, this is the classic statist and by extension, socialist tenet. The truth, however, is that God made each of us a unique, one of a kind work of art and we are enormously valuable in His eyes. To God, each one of us is an unrepeatable miracle.
As parents, we can identify with this assessment based on experience with our own kids. Each and every one of our own children is priceless and irreplaceable. We’d never think of sacrificing the dreams and ambitions of even one child for the greater good of the family unit. Ayn Rand aptly noted that, “The smallest minority on earth is the individual. Those who deny individual rights cannot claim to be defenders of minorities.
Psychiatrist and Holocaust survivor, Viktor Frankl recognized the sanctity of every individual life when he wrote, “Everyone has his own specific vocation or mission in life; everyone must carry out a concrete assignment that demands fulfillment. Therein he cannot be replaced, nor can his life be repeated, thus, everyone’s task is unique as his specific opportunity to implement it.
One of the main reasons we have been as richly blessed as a nation is that our system of liberties, rooted in free-will, has allowed individuals to flourish, to come alive as artists and athletes, as entrepreneurs and entertainers, as school teachers and firefighters, as corporate tycoons and political leaders. This is a good thing. God made us, not as a group, but as purpose-filled, individual souls, as one of a kind and distinct.
Let’s keep it this way.
Let’s stop the war on success.
Dear Trey, Hope and Zach,
We have had the incredible blessing of living in the USA, where freedom and opportunity have been the cornerstones. Your great grandfather was an entrepreneur, and he put forth great diligence and effort to build a successful business in the furniture industry in Atlanta.
This business was passed down to my father (your grandfather) and it thrived for many years. It was ultimately wiped out by debt and the desire to grow too fast. That was the ultimate demise. Unwise choices caused the problem, not other people or the lack of government regulations.
In our country today, we are facing a deteriorating economy as the result of greed, incompetence and mismanagement. Too many people are attempting to live beyond their means, and we have a banking system that has conducted itself foolishly as well.
To make matters worse, our government is spending money it does not have, and plans to leave this unprecedented debt for you and your children to pay back. Think about what this might mean to your future hopes and dreams.
Remember that many of the problems we’re facing today are the result of a largely inept government interfering in the private sector and then blaming the private sector for the inevitable confusion and inefficiency that naturally follows such meddling. Using the economic crisis as his justification, our new President is attempting to diminish our individual freedom and opportunity to solve the problems.
But, this is no solution. America was built on a belief in God and the inalienable principles documented in the Bible!
We have no chance of succeeding and maintaining our individual freedom if we continue to distance ourselves from these founding principles. But this is the path we are on, and it is a prescription for disaster.
I am excited about each of you being parents and leaders in the next generation, but you need to be aware that the current administration appears to be putting obstacles in place to diminish your available freedom and upside opportunity when you grow up.
I know that you can be part of a real solution. I encourage you to stand up for the real principles. Be loud and refuse to back down. Never rely on government, but depend on God and be willing to personally pay the price of success in all areas of life.
As I write this letter, I am praying that you will have the wisdom to perceive what is true and what is false. Politicians will make promises for votes and power, but rest assured they can’t deliver the life that you de-serve.
I Love You Unconditionally!
Dad
FROM SCOTT BROWN’S ACCEPTANCE SPEECH
“I will work in the Senate to defend our nation’s interests and to keep our military second to none. As a lieutenant colonel and 30-year member of the Army National Guard, I will keep faith with all who serve, and get our veterans all the benefits they deserve.
And let me say this, with respect to those who wish to harm us, I believe that our Constitution and laws exist to protect this nation – they do not grant rights and privileges to enemies in wartime. In dealing with terrorists, our tax dollars should pay for weapons to stop them, not lawyers to defend them.
Raising taxes, taking over our health care, and giving new rights to terrorists is the wrong agenda for our country. What I’ve heard again and again on the campaign trail, is that our political leaders have grown aloof from the people, impatient with dissent, and comfortable in the back room making deals. And we can do better.
They thought you were on board with all of their ambitions. They thought they owned your vote. They thought they couldn’t lose. But tonight, you and you and you have set them straight.
Across this country, we are united by basic convictions that need only to be clearly stated to win a majority. If anyone still doubts that, in the election season just beginning, let them look to Massachusetts.”
Time is running out.
Now that we have clearly spotted trouble ahead, we must fight back against the architects of the War on Success who aim to “remake” our country into their own image, into something our Founding Fathers never envisioned.
We must seize the opportunity to fight the forces that have undermined our nation’s foundation and threatened its economic, cultural, and moral health.
We can no longer deny the destructive growth of government in this country. Our national character is at risk of being lost forever or diluted beyond recognition.
As prudent, patriotic, and grateful citizens, we must not vote “present” at this critical juncture in our nation’s history. Now is the time to mobilize.
Please join me in the fight to STOP THE WAR ON SUCCESS!
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The future of our republic is no longer the responsibility of the politicians.
It’s the responsibility of we the people.
It’s about you and me. It’s about our kids, our grandkids, and their children’s children. Our future as well as theirs is in our hands. We are clearly at a turning point in our nation’s history. We want to be successful, and we want America to remain exceptional. But responsible citizenship can no longer be a spectator sport.
Recall Ben Franklin’s warning, “Make yourselves sheep and the wolves will eat you.” Do we want to be known as the generation that let individual liberties fade into the “collective good”? Or do we want to be remembered as the generation that stood up, stood firm, and proudly declared, “NOT ON OUR WATCH!”
Please join me in the fight today!
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We are at a defining moment, a turning point that will shape the rest of our lives and that of our children and our grandchildren’s children. We must join the debate.
We must get out of the stands and onto the field where we can influence the game that is being played with our future and our posterity. We must refuse to lose this fight.
We must refuse to abandon the principles that brought our country this far, elevated our aspirations, and created unprecedented leaps in prosperity.
Will you join me in the fight?
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