Let's treat politicians like Twinkies. They have to disclose their ingredients - i.e., where their money is from - but beyond that, let the buyer beware.
Jonah GoldbergIf there is ever a fascist takeover in America, it will come not in the form of storm troopers kicking down doors but with lawyers and social workers saying. "I'm from the government and I'm here to help.
Jonah GoldbergThe more you socialize the costs of personal liberty, the more license you give others to regulate it.
Jonah GoldbergFascism isn't a libertarian doctrine! It just isn't, never will be and it can't be cast as one.
Jonah GoldbergOne of the overriding points of Liberal Fascism is that all of the totalitarian "isms" of the left commit the fallacy of the category error. They all want the state to be something it cannot be. They passionately believe the government can love you, that the state can be your God or your church or your tribe or your parent or your village or all of these things at once. Conservatives occasionally make this mistake, libertarians never do, liberals almost always do.
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