At about the time our original 13 states adopted their new constitution, in the year 1787, Alexander Tytler (a Scottish history professor at The University of Edinborough) had this to say about “The Fall of The Athenian Republic” some 2,000 years prior:
“A democracy is always temporary in nature; it simply cannot exist as a permanent form of government. A democracy will continue to exist up until the time that voters discover that they can vote themselves generous gifts from the public treasury. From that moment on, the majority always votes for the candidates who promise the most benefits from the public treasury, with the result that every democracy will finally collapse due to loose fiscal policy, which is always followed by a dictatorship.”
“The average age of the worlds greatest civilizations from the beginning of history, has been about 200 years. During those 200 years, these nations always progressed through the following sequence:
Jeff, this might be your best timed story yet. If Oregonians have not yet woke up to the far left manipulation that is (and has been) going on to use us as guinea pigs for every socialistic experiment out there this story should do it!
The get somethin for nothin group is alive and well and will most likely reap the benefit while everybody else that works will pay the price. Once again I might add.
Don't get me started. Our First Amendment law doesn't meet the needs of modern society. All lies are harmful, but the First Amendment is selective about which lies have consequences. Lie about a person in a way that damages their reputation and the First Amendment doesn't stand in your way of getting to court. Cook the numbers in a stock prospectus and the promoter who lied to you won't be able to make a First Amendment defense. Sell horse meat as veal and the regulators will come down on the crooked butcher so hard that the First Amendment might as well not exist.
Yet for some reason the First Amendment condones outright demonstrable lies when they're made to advance political campaigns or political careers. Those lies are constitutionally protected speech. Now, Yale Law-educated aristocrats of the legal establishment and other poindexter types can no doubt muster elegant philosophical arguments why this should be so.
They may mention the hoary marketplace of ideas and challenge defenders of truth in politics to make their case against lies there instead of in the court room. The only way to quench a lie is to flood it with truth. Perhaps that worked when politics was the exclusive province of landowners who received a liberal education and the broadsheet was the medium of communication. It is hopelessly antiquated in an era when alternate facts are real, social media platforms foment conflict and division and most voters lack critical thinking skills.
The elite's thought-ending arguments don't end there. Two favorites are "Who decides what's true?" and "What happens when bad guys are in charge?" Well, somehow E. Jeanne Carroll managed to clean Donald Trump's clock in her defamation case against him without being pulled into an epistemological rabbit hole. Who decides what true in a case to quash political lies is the same body who has been making findings of fact for untold generations. They are called a jury or, in the absence of a jury, a judge. Judges can also issue temporary restraining orders to keep the lies at bay until the case is tried. The reason we have a separation of powers and an impartial judiciary is to ensure the integrity of litigation even if there are bad guys in the executive and legislative branches.
The time to regulate demonstrable political lies out of existence is now.
Once again, the left falls back on the human nature of greed to garner votes. I barely made it through high school (public), but isn't it true that corporations don't pay tax, they are passed along in the increased price of goods? Another reason for business to leave the state.
at the risk of sounding like a broken record:
At about the time our original 13 states adopted their new constitution, in the year 1787, Alexander Tytler (a Scottish history professor at The University of Edinborough) had this to say about “The Fall of The Athenian Republic” some 2,000 years prior:
“A democracy is always temporary in nature; it simply cannot exist as a permanent form of government. A democracy will continue to exist up until the time that voters discover that they can vote themselves generous gifts from the public treasury. From that moment on, the majority always votes for the candidates who promise the most benefits from the public treasury, with the result that every democracy will finally collapse due to loose fiscal policy, which is always followed by a dictatorship.”
“The average age of the worlds greatest civilizations from the beginning of history, has been about 200 years. During those 200 years, these nations always progressed through the following sequence:
From Bondage to spiritual faith;
From spiritual faith to great courage;
From courage to liberty;
From liberty to abundance;
From abundance to complacency;
From complacency to apathy;
From apathy to dependence;
From dependence back into bondage.”
Wow. Prescient
Jeff, this might be your best timed story yet. If Oregonians have not yet woke up to the far left manipulation that is (and has been) going on to use us as guinea pigs for every socialistic experiment out there this story should do it!
The get somethin for nothin group is alive and well and will most likely reap the benefit while everybody else that works will pay the price. Once again I might add.
I thought it was common knowledge that political ads can be false and deceptive under the first amendment.
Don't get me started. Our First Amendment law doesn't meet the needs of modern society. All lies are harmful, but the First Amendment is selective about which lies have consequences. Lie about a person in a way that damages their reputation and the First Amendment doesn't stand in your way of getting to court. Cook the numbers in a stock prospectus and the promoter who lied to you won't be able to make a First Amendment defense. Sell horse meat as veal and the regulators will come down on the crooked butcher so hard that the First Amendment might as well not exist.
Yet for some reason the First Amendment condones outright demonstrable lies when they're made to advance political campaigns or political careers. Those lies are constitutionally protected speech. Now, Yale Law-educated aristocrats of the legal establishment and other poindexter types can no doubt muster elegant philosophical arguments why this should be so.
They may mention the hoary marketplace of ideas and challenge defenders of truth in politics to make their case against lies there instead of in the court room. The only way to quench a lie is to flood it with truth. Perhaps that worked when politics was the exclusive province of landowners who received a liberal education and the broadsheet was the medium of communication. It is hopelessly antiquated in an era when alternate facts are real, social media platforms foment conflict and division and most voters lack critical thinking skills.
The elite's thought-ending arguments don't end there. Two favorites are "Who decides what's true?" and "What happens when bad guys are in charge?" Well, somehow E. Jeanne Carroll managed to clean Donald Trump's clock in her defamation case against him without being pulled into an epistemological rabbit hole. Who decides what true in a case to quash political lies is the same body who has been making findings of fact for untold generations. They are called a jury or, in the absence of a jury, a judge. Judges can also issue temporary restraining orders to keep the lies at bay until the case is tried. The reason we have a separation of powers and an impartial judiciary is to ensure the integrity of litigation even if there are bad guys in the executive and legislative branches.
The time to regulate demonstrable political lies out of existence is now.
Yes I checked on this as well. It’s why 310 is posting lying and misinformation ads for Salina’s.
Great kill!
They really think we're wooly forest creatures and sour beer freaks.
They're probably right.
O' Oregon The State where stupid ideas come to stay
Once again, the left falls back on the human nature of greed to garner votes. I barely made it through high school (public), but isn't it true that corporations don't pay tax, they are passed along in the increased price of goods? Another reason for business to leave the state.
Just to show us, I'll bet she'll vote in Oregon on Tuesday.
the DMV strikes again!
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