I respect Mr. Allen’s
frustration with Sacramento’s shaky finances, which are shaking down our
state’s court system. Still, court should remain a “last option”. “Justice and
Democracy” cannot ignore “Supply and Demand”. Sacramento may end up defunding
San Pedro’s courthouse. Of course, the progressive policies of taxing the rich
to pay for everything have created California’s volatile and now diminishing
revenue stream which drains our schools, public safety core, and court system.
frustration with Sacramento’s shaky finances, which are shaking down our
state’s court system. Still, court should remain a “last option”. “Justice and
Democracy” cannot ignore “Supply and Demand”. Sacramento may end up defunding
San Pedro’s courthouse. Of course, the progressive policies of taxing the rich
to pay for everything have created California’s volatile and now diminishing
revenue stream which drains our schools, public safety core, and court system.
I still argue that
"Progressivism" is the polluted stream turning California into a
swamp of union dominance and welfare dependence. The progressive tenet of a
mutable human nature creates institutions that coerce on the premise of
“improving humanity”. Pass the right laws, impose the proper ordinances, force
people into state-run schools, and the ideal humanity emerges. However,
forceful legislative fiat cannot change the human heart and runs contrary to
the limited humanity, inevitable scarcity, and perennially closed order of this
faulty world.
"Progressivism" is the polluted stream turning California into a
swamp of union dominance and welfare dependence. The progressive tenet of a
mutable human nature creates institutions that coerce on the premise of
“improving humanity”. Pass the right laws, impose the proper ordinances, force
people into state-run schools, and the ideal humanity emerges. However,
forceful legislative fiat cannot change the human heart and runs contrary to
the limited humanity, inevitable scarcity, and perennially closed order of this
faulty world.
In response to Allen’s
other assertions, “progressive trends” did not liberate African-Americans.
Americans of all colors offered themselves, on the battlefield and in the halls
of Congress, to grant opportunity for slaves to be free. Black men and women
seized that opportunity. In the end, they
chose liberation. For the record, “progressive” President Abraham Lincoln was a
Republican. So was Frederick Douglass, and the first popularly elected
African-American US Senator, Edward Brooke. “Progressive trends” did not “give
equal rights” to women either, for all are created equal and endowed by their
Creator with unalienable rights (see The
Declaration of Independence, not The Constitution)
other assertions, “progressive trends” did not liberate African-Americans.
Americans of all colors offered themselves, on the battlefield and in the halls
of Congress, to grant opportunity for slaves to be free. Black men and women
seized that opportunity. In the end, they
chose liberation. For the record, “progressive” President Abraham Lincoln was a
Republican. So was Frederick Douglass, and the first popularly elected
African-American US Senator, Edward Brooke. “Progressive trends” did not “give
equal rights” to women either, for all are created equal and endowed by their
Creator with unalienable rights (see The
Declaration of Independence, not The Constitution)
Furthermore, The Constitution is not a “living
document”, but a stable instrument to “establish, ensure, provide, and protect”
limited powers to the federal government. Otherwise, why have an amendment
process in the first place? Also, “Gay marriage” is neither progressive nor
indicative of a new step on the “long arch of history”. Scan the annals of
ancient Greece, which witnessed widespread depopulation because of the
break-down in normal human relations and stable families.
document”, but a stable instrument to “establish, ensure, provide, and protect”
limited powers to the federal government. Otherwise, why have an amendment
process in the first place? Also, “Gay marriage” is neither progressive nor
indicative of a new step on the “long arch of history”. Scan the annals of
ancient Greece, which witnessed widespread depopulation because of the
break-down in normal human relations and stable families.
George Orwell’s
dystopian novel 1984 parodies “progressive trends” fully realized:
telescreens spy on every member of society; historians falsify history to
propagandize elite interests; and fleshly sense triumphs over sanity, while
mechanical sentiment replaces human sensibility. “Progressivism” unrestricted
exposes an Orwellian core. “Progressivism” should be called “Liberal Fascism”,
the title of an excellent book by conservative columnist Jonah Goldberg, which
“progressives” might consider reading when they have some free time.
dystopian novel 1984 parodies “progressive trends” fully realized:
telescreens spy on every member of society; historians falsify history to
propagandize elite interests; and fleshly sense triumphs over sanity, while
mechanical sentiment replaces human sensibility. “Progressivism” unrestricted
exposes an Orwellian core. “Progressivism” should be called “Liberal Fascism”,
the title of an excellent book by conservative columnist Jonah Goldberg, which
“progressives” might consider reading when they have some free time.