[quote user="Ron Hartling"]
definition of a political party comes from New Zealand:
[quote] ” …an organization of people sharing certain political values and objectives that aims to get candidates elected in order to further those objectives.” [/quote]
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sounds like an election party.
politics is about making policies in polities.
any other activities distract from that.
instead of electing people,
can elect policies in polities.
the power,
the internet gives us,
to be directly democractic.
Many policies for polities
have already been developed
open source programs, are example of policies that be software,
that work in the polity that be computer hardware.
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we need to find a high-level statement that everyone who calls themselves Liberal can embrace.
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Freedom and Generosity,
since the 14th century,
Definition of Liberal has been.
http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=liberal
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Lakeoff’s core definition is as follows:
He goes on to elaborate:
[quote] The ethics of care shapes government. Care requires that government have two intertwined roles: protection and empowerment.
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that sounds like an oxymoron.
If a person is empowered, they can protect themselves.
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Protection is more than just the army, police, and first department. It means social security, disease control and public health, safe food, disaster relief, health care, consumer and worker protection, environmental protection.
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Sounds like totalitarian socialism.
Massive failures in practice,
by making more problems,
so they could have more funding.
Destroying our brains,
by adding flouride to toothpaste and water,
be an example of what “public health” leads to.
Now the education department needs more funding,
cause people are getting stupider,
by consuming neurotoxins.
For wonderful brains, and healthy teeth,
avoid any flouride products,
I have and it worked.
Now have found a flouride-free version,
so now I do brush my teeth with safe toothpaste.
Fortunately I drink filtered water,
the filter takes out at least some flouride.
I also get water from eating fresh fruits and vegetables.
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Empowerment by the government is everywhere: highways and bridges, so you can go where you want and ship products;
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That might be funded by government,
but mainly since it has a monopoly.
in any case roads are constructed and maintained by construction workers.
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the Internet and satellite communications,
to keep you in contact with the world;
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mostly private sector funded.
have you heard of a government owned internet service provider?
I haven’t. though authoritarian countries might have them.
Mainly they simply firewall people and restrict communication.
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public, to allow the stock market to function;
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ludicrous, lol, rofl.
lol that’s just hillarious.
pretending that public or all adults,
come from the “legislated empowerment”.
so it was written by legislature,
and they appeared. lol
Public or people,
are born by other people.
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the court system, to enforce contracts and protect patents.
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the judicial system,
while having some relation,
is a seperate entity from legislature.
empowering people to protect themselves lawfully in court.
by passing a bill of rights or abilities,
is something legislature can do.
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Nobody makes a dime in this country without being empowered by our government.
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truthfully, a more honest statement,
nobody makes a dime in this country,
without sharing with our government.
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There are no self-made men or women. It’s a myth!
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A womb mainly provides warmth and nutrients,
a fetus takes that nutrient material,
and makes it into it’s body.
Self-made,
by turning materials into self.
All biological entities eat and integrate it into their bodies.
Replacing every cell of a body,
in a number of years.
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The role of progressive government
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I thought they merged with the Conservatives,
hence for a while they were the Progressive Conservatives.
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is to maximize our freedom and protection and empowerment do just that.
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okay.
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Protection is there to guarantee freedom from harm, from want, and from fear.
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oops, seems like you smothered them to death.
Desires or “want” is what plants and animals have as their main lessons.
Desire for air, water, and food, are all necessary to be alive.
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Empowerment is there to maximize freedom to achieve your goals.
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I agree with the statement.
but lets look at the word Empowerment
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http://www.answers.com/main/ntquery?s=empowerment&gwp=13
WordNet
Meaning #1: the act of conferring legality or sanction or formal warrant
Synonyms: authorization, authorisation
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Empowering people,
implies authorizing abilities,
such as granting them in bill of rights(abilities).
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I suggest that we pay heed to his assertion that we will never succeed in advancing a progressive agenda by justifying our policy stances on reason, logic and evidence alone. We must be upfront about the values behind those polities, ones that resonate with Canadian and touch them emotionally.
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for increasing effectiveness of presentation,
by structurally formulating expressions,
here is a video on leaders inspiring action:
[View:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qp0HIF3SfI4:550:400]