tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8497093028548856666.post6932461677558295475..comments2024-03-22T11:14:05.861-04:00Comments on UncleBob's Treehouse: So The Slaves Will Die OffAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16046202647270439670noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8497093028548856666.post-59232225845068627172015-11-16T19:18:57.894-05:002015-11-16T19:18:57.894-05:00Been reading Hayek, and he says part of the reason...Been reading Hayek, and he says part of the reason we got big government was that people forgot that liberty and independence made them prosperous and assumed it would always be there. They took for granted what got them to that point, kind of like a football team that steamrolls everybody through hard work and execution but loafs the championship game because they bought their own hype.<br /> <br /><br />There's an old joke about how the Irish in one day created the greatest civilization known to man, and in celebration drank so much Guinness and Jamison that night that by morning they promptly forgot all they accomplished. This is the West in a nutshell. <br />Briannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8497093028548856666.post-73090738008390852832015-11-16T12:24:31.924-05:002015-11-16T12:24:31.924-05:00Wilson and FDR had a lot to do with the growth of ...Wilson and FDR had a lot to do with the growth of government power and control.kurt9https://www.blogger.com/profile/02101147267959016924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8497093028548856666.post-79311658101971638752015-11-16T10:34:18.730-05:002015-11-16T10:34:18.730-05:00The further you look into the past the further you...The further you look into the past the further you can see into the future.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16046202647270439670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8497093028548856666.post-32624244620358564202015-11-16T10:19:27.539-05:002015-11-16T10:19:27.539-05:00I read the reason they wandered for 40 years is be...I read the reason they wandered for 40 years is because they complained, turned their back on, and didn't trust God. It's a pretty good microcosm of what happens when a civilization does that.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16190484330802907362noreply@blogger.com