Whatever the issue, let freedom offer us a hundred choices, instead of having government force one answer on everyone.
There are no violent gangs fighting over aspirin territories. There are no violent gangs fighting over whisky territories or computer territories or anything else that's legal. There are only criminal gangs fighting over territories covering drugs, gambling, prostitution, and other victimless crimes. Making a non-violent activity a crime creates a black market, which attracts criminals and gangs, which turns what was once a relatively harmless activity affecting a small group of people into a widespread epidemic of drug use and gang warfare.
Does anyone get the feeling that anyone supporting the police state now is a paid NSA shill?
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2011/mar/17/us-spy-operation-social-networks
http://www.mercurynews.com/2016/06/27/study-trump-budget-tax-plans-add-at-least-10-trillion-to-debt/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-says-torture-works-backs-waterboarding-and-much-worse/2016/02/17/4c9277be-d59c-11e5-b195-2e29a4e13425_story.html
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/trump-shut-mosques-u-s-elected-article-1.2405975
http://dailycaller.com/2015/11/30/trump-on-nsa-data-collection-i-err-on-the-side-of-security-video/
http://www.bostonherald.com/news/us_politics/2016/06/some_surprised_by_donald_trump_s_support_of_no_fly_no_buy
http://thevillagessuntimes.com/2016/09/25/donald-trump-calls-for-nationwide-stop-and-frisk-policy/
http://daily-sun.com/post/166561/Trump-says-Iranian-ships-will-be-shot
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/trumps-trade-war-wont-make-america-great-again/article/2579907
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/private-prison-stocks-soaring-donald-145510764.html;_ylt=A9mSs2uXjVNYsqoAZqpLBQx.;_ylu=X3oDMTEyamdudXNlBGNvbG8DaXIyBHBvcwMxBHZ0aWQDQjI2NTBfMQRzZWMDc3I-
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/sep/7/donald-trump-wants-bigger-military-bigger-defense-/
http://lancasteronline.com/news/national/police-expect-trump-to-lift-limits-on-surplus-military-gear/article_1afa796e-860c-5060-8c87-14d9f91e3e2f.html
http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/features/donald-trumps-dictatorial-approach-to-free-speech-w452918
http://www.denverpost.com/2016/11/29/donald-trump-flag-burning-consequences/
The bad consequences of a government program usually don't show up immediately. And the delay may be long enough to hide the connection between the program and its results. So government never has to say it's sorry - never has to take responsibility for ht misery it causes. Instead it can blame everything on personal greed, profit-hungry corporations, and the 'private sector.' And the government's cure for the problems is to impose bigger programs, more regulation and higher taxes.
The Bill of Rights is a literal and absolute document. The First Amendment doesn't say you have a right to speak out unless the government has a 'compelling interest' in censoring the Internet. The Second Amendment doesn't say you have the right to keep and bear arms until some madman plants a bomb. The Fourth Amendment doesn't say you have the right to be secure from search and seizure unless some FBI agent thinks you fit the profile of a terrorist. The government has no right to interfere with any of these freedoms under any circumstances.
The American heritage was one of individual liberty, personal responsibility and freedom from government ... Unfortunately ... that heritage has been lost. Americans no longer have the freedom to direct their own lives ... Today, it is the government that is free - free to do whatever it wants. There is no subject, no issue, no matter ... that is not subject to legislation.
Wow.
Americans have gone stark-raving mad.
Nazis and Communists scream Libertarians care about trifling issues, but Libertarians aren't the ones who who want to regulate teakwood.
Americans say Nazism is the American way because Communism killed more people.
Americans scream Libertarians support forcing every American to have mandatory credit debt.
Americans swear remaining quiet is the answer to tyranny.
Americans say anyone opposed to TSA groping is an Anarchist.
Americans scream Libertarians are Commies.
Americans insist owning tigers must be illegal because tigers will go extinct, but people now own cats and dogs. Do pet owners have a vested interest in killing their own cats and dogs?
Americans are so retarded today that they say shoes are made by the government.
Americans scream Prohibition happened before the income tax was enacted in 1913.
Americans say US schools have always portrayed the USSR as a paradise.
Americans scream they want to live in a bankrupt warmongering police state because having a nuclear superpower would be safer than having 3000 small countries.
Americans swear freedom means government guaranteed jobs.
Americans insist that you are still moral when you cheat on your wife if you are not bisexual.
Americans scream self-serve gas should be illegal to keep gas prices high.
Americans have become so batshit insane now that they insist anyone wearing a costume, badge, and a gun is a holy god, but do the Gestapo ever make mistakes?
Why should anyone care if you own guns, use prostitutes, go to church, or smoke?
Have Americans ever read a history book before?
Americans have become such pussified snowflakes now that they beg their beloved government overlords to protect them from scary illegal immigrants and guns.
The USA had open borders before, why not now? Do you really think that the US never had black people before today?
If banning guns will stop people from shooting others, will outlawing murder stop homicides?
The government regulates airlines, but do airplanes still crash?
Americans are simply unable to understand that decrees have unintended consequences.
China used to say all birds must be killed, but then insects multiplied and lead to starvation.
China used to say that the population must grow, but population growth lead to a one child policy. Now China doesn't have enough young people and the sex ratio is lopsided because boys outnumber girls.
Americans start wars and are then stunned that there are refugees, terrorism, tyranny, and debt.
The US bans business and then Americans are shocked when homelessness increases.
The US starts a trade war and then Americans are completely dumbfounded that no one buys US exports and prices soar.
Americans say coffee must be banned because it is dangerous, but what if an expert wrote a study saying coffee is safe?
Could there possibly be any other way to other way to help the environment besides arresting users of straws?
Americans scream seatbelts must be mandatory because accidents raise insurance costs, but if insurance rates are so important then why not ban skydiving, rope, swimming pools, and ladders, too?
Americans say that the government should tell you what color to paint your house because property values might decrease, but whose home is it? Do you realize that if the Gestapo can tell your neighbor to remove his garden, the Gestapo could tell you to get rid of your flag?
Do Americans who hate freedom feel like traitors?