It looks like you're using an Ad Blocker.
Please white-list or disable AboveTopSecret.com in your ad-blocking tool.
Thank you.
Some features of ATS will be disabled while you continue to use an ad-blocker.
Originally posted by hawkiye
Originally posted by Janky Red
Originally posted by mnemeth1
Originally posted by Someone336
Somalia
right there, spot on
Big mean guys and concentrated big money begets more of the same there and filling the void left by a unified central governing body.
But the manipulation big money provides that creates the true miracles
[edit on 25-3-2010 by Janky Red]
What you seem to miss is that central government is always the biggest meanest guy on the block and the biggest usurper of rights by force there is. And why do people always try and equate freedom with places run by force like somalia.
Originally posted by Janky Red
I have no say in the contract (phone, cable, gas, water, loans) my only say is to go without since all of these entities have similar stipulations, so in my eyes this has been the biggest hit on my freedom, with private entities; financially, term and conditions, on my behalf.
Originally posted by ownbestenemy
Originally posted by Janky Red
I have no say in the contract (phone, cable, gas, water, loans) my only say is to go without since all of these entities have similar stipulations, so in my eyes this has been the biggest hit on my freedom, with private entities; financially, term and conditions, on my behalf.
Besides the gas/water issue, you have entered into a phone, loan, cable, etc by your own will. Those contracts you can shop around for, without fear of penalty in regards to if you decided to go without. Hell, even the water/gas ones you can go without and not fear retribution from the Government for failing to hold those utilities.
So those examples do not work with your point.
Being told by the Government that I must maintain health insurance or face fine/prison is being forced into a contract against my will. I can not own a phone, not pay cable, not take out a loan, etc and face only personal sacrifices of my own choosing.
I sacrificed those things for a couple of years to make sure my kids were fed, clothed, housed and had major medical/dental. Personal choice, personal freedom.