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    Default Re: Why I hate Tories - with examples

    Quote Originally Posted by Furunculus View Post
    and this has no basis in human behaviour.

    we assent to collective action via taxation and benefit distribution because helping the less fortunate is fair.

    if that assent is eroded through misuse of the colleective action then the very basis for soical welfare evaporates in anger.
    And what if the misuse is no more or less than it has always been (fractional and insignificant) but that the issue is raised to boiling point by those with an interest in redirecting public anger about the misuse of public funds (banks)? How does your purist Lockian view look then?
    "The republicans will draft your kids, poison the air and water, take away your social security and burn down black churches if elected." Gawain of Orkney

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