Ask not what you can do for your country - ask what your country can do for you
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Exactly. And that is serving other individuals and groups of real people voluntarily. Not some collective defined as “country”. It was a political speech to play on emotion. Many government leaders have used similar words to swayed the masses. Trump’s pretty good at it.YellowSnow said:
The individual doesn't "owe" anything. But I think we all have a "duty" to be good, productive citizens and members of society.MikeDamone said:
I know. It was a crafty and purposeful selection of words to stir emotion. And it worked.YellowSnow said:
The "country" and the "government" are not necessarily the same thing.MikeDamone said:Fuck JFK and that statement. The government exists to protect the rights of the individual. They individual doesn’t exist to serve the government. Everything else is noise and flag waving “patriotic” bullshit. You guys are all arguing like a bunch of statists. Both sides.
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And yet your politics are all about the need for a bigger state and more public spending.ZoneUW said:Exactly Yella. Needs to be more duty to community, your family, taking care of your own health and wealth. Shouldn’t even be a partisan issue.
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You forgot the word “voluntarily”.ZoneUW said:Exactly Yella. Needs to be more duty to community, your family, taking care of your own health and wealth. Shouldn’t even be a partisan issue.
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What's the definition of virtue signaling again?MikeDamone said:Fuck JFK and that statement. The government exists to protect the rights of the individual. They individual doesn’t exist to serve the government. Everything else is noise and flag waving “patriotic” bullshit. You guys are all arguing like a bunch of statists. Both sides.
