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phunk
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 Posted: Tue 1st Jul 3:47pm Post subject: Im A Mosonomist |
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http://www.tcsdaily.com/article.aspx?id=101007A
| Quote: | Most other economists believe in the need for government intervention. Like many non-economists, they talk about government policy in terms of we. We must, we have to, we need, we should, etc.
Once upon a time, "We, the people" was the preamble to a charter that reminded those in government of the limitations on the power granted to them. In today's political discourse, "we" is more often the preamble to something like a call for an involuntary collective health system.
If you want to be a Masonomist, you have to lose the we. When people use we in today's politics , they are doing two things.
1. Appealing to a moral entity that stands apart from and above John, Mary, or any other individual
2. Treating government as the embodiment of that higher moral entity
You can be a Masonomist and believe (1). It is a good thing to have a conscience and moral standards. It is a good thing to engage in volunteer work, to form organizations that address the needs of others, and to act unselfishly toward family and others in your community.
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CaptainCaveman
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A Masogonist, did you say? 
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phunk
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| Posted: Tue 1st Jul 4:05pm Post subject: |
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 Bit of A, bit of B..
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CrustyMTB
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| Posted: Tue 1st Jul 7:50pm Post subject: |
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Sounds like anarcho-syndicalism to me...
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Oli
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It's all way over my head, but isn't it a "Masonimist" not a "mosonimist"?
And is that Masonimist as in the Masons?
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E Dogg Capizzle
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| Posted: Tue 1st Jul 8:22pm Post subject: |
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| Oli wrote: | It's all way over my head, but isn't it a "Masonimist" not a "mosonimist"?
And is that Masonimist as in the Masons? |
The freemarket has warped his fragile little mind.
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CrustyMTB
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| Posted: Tue 1st Jul 8:28pm Post subject: |
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| E Dogg Capizzle wrote: | | Oli wrote: | It's all way over my head, but isn't it a "Masonimist" not a "mosonimist"?
And is that Masonimist as in the Masons? |
The freemarket has warped his fragile little mind. |
I always thought it was egadnob discipline and over exposure to Wheels that did it...?
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Oli
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| Posted: Tue 1st Jul 8:31pm Post subject: |
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Phunk was exposed to Wheels??? Man, I don't remember that... 
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CrustyMTB
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| Posted: Tue 1st Jul 8:32pm Post subject: |
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| Oli wrote: | | Phunk was exposed to Wheels??? Man, I don't remember that... |
If you remember it you weren't there man!
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Oli
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