In response to your assertion that allowing Russia to attack Ukraine could lead to instability that effects us, I must point out that the most lethal threat to stability our Republic faces is the unprecedented debt of $34 trillion dollars – your personal share of that is $109,000 – every last American bears the brunt of this debt, and you, as a so-called "libertarian" are proposing that rather than reducing spending at this horrible time, when we're on the brink of the worst depression in world history, that we ship hundreds of billions of dollars MORE to fund the world's NEVER-ENDING WARS? That's the surest recipe in the world for economic instability!
As for balancing the need for national security with respect for democratic values, you've, again, committed the bifurcation or "either-or" fallacy by assuming there is no third possibility, there can only be national security or liberty, a stance I vehemently disagree with. We are most secure as a nation when everyone has basic civil liberties. The very thought that some liberties may need to be sacrificed because of conflict in the world makes me stand even firmer in my belief in Peace and Isolationism, because I do not want a catastrophic war to erode our liberties. We are teetering not only on the brink of the worst depression in history (as a libertarian, you ought to know a little about Mises and Austrian Economic Theory) but also on the brink of WORLD WAR III, which could exterminate innumerable innocent human beings.
As for when a nation's aggressive behaviour becomes a concern for all, my answer is that military and financial intervention in the foreign world is only ever justified if that nation has directly attacked your homeland.
By living in these delusions of empire and global utopia, and vainly and blithely trying to alter the fundamentals of human nature by ending wars, which are inevitable, we hazard everything we hold dear – our lives, liberties, and properties, our families, our values, and peace. I will leave you to consider whether subsidising Zelensky's authoritarian regime is worth these severe and horrible problems.
@RebelScum76Constitution4mos4MO
(Sorry if I accidentally called you a libertarian, @9CJ6CB6, I had to cut and paste from a different writing of mine.)
@9CJ6CB64mos4MO
It’s good, personally I’m kinda mid between lib and auth.
@9CJ6CB64mos4MO
Our national debt doesn’t have a deadline to be paid, only a risk if it is not. We have the money to pay it, it’s called the rich population. We can reduce it overtime, but once again, just as you claim I failed to mention other parts of your argument, you failed to mention that we have made a deal to finance it because that was the terms of the past confrontation with Russia. If we are willing to leave people in a country that has not been the aggressor to lack their own civil liberties, than we are simply a “freedom-for-me-but-not-for-thee” kind of country. Peace is… Read more
@Patriot-#1776Constitution4mos4MO
I see I need to up your dosage of common sense, so here's a powerful prescription – George Washington's brilliant defence of non-interventionism in his Farewell Address. If symptoms persist after one reading, please consult me, and I can give you a second dosage of medicine, from John Quincy Adams. But first try this medicine:
"Against the insidious wiles of foreign influence, (I conjure you to believe me, fellow citizens) the jealousy of a free people ought to be constantly awake; since history and experience prove that foreign influence is one of the most baneful foes… Read more
@RebelScum76Constitution4mos4MO
History is the best medicine for a sick mind
@9CJ6CB64mos4MO
Apparently my “sick mind” is shared by the majority of the American population.
@Patriot-#1776Constitution4mos4MO
Did you read the speech? Do you have a counterargument or something?
@RebelScum76Constitution4mos4MO
Is that another "Faulty Appeal to the Majority" Fallacy?
