Comment by jjk166
5 months ago
> The US was founded on individual rights and freedoms, not community sacrifice.
Approximately 25,000 americans gave their lives in the revolutionary war. Every signer of the declaration of independence was signing their own death warrant should they have lost to the strongest military in the world. This country was 100% founded on community sacrifice.
The price of freedom is always paid in blood.
> This country was 100% founded on community sacrifice.
I recommend reading the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution, and if you really want to get into it, the Federalist Papers. I don't recall any of that advocating free food for all, UBI, free healthcare, etc.
What do you think patriotism is, if not "community sacrifice"?
GP's point is that you are playing fast and loose with words here, so much so that your point doesn't make sense. "Community sacrifice" is a much broader category than those few policies you dislike.
Take a look at the post I originally responded to. It wasn't about patriotism, it was about wealth redistribution.
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when you say 'individual rights', you should be honest about which classes of people that was referring to. By the way, don't be so defensive, the working poor are being absolutely crushed by capital right now, your guys won!
> you should be honest about which classes of people that was referring to
I'll go with "all men" from the Declaration of Independence.
> the working poor are being absolutely crushed by capital right now
They're being crushed by the government. You cannot make a country wealthy by raising taxes and redistributing the money.
> your guys won!
I go with the "all men" thang.
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