Libertarian, history lover, and maybe more.
If you loved Steve Jobs’s cool ideas, you will love Ron Paul’s. The ideas of freedom are cool and, when implemented, EVERYBODY wins.
As you may remember, many of Steve Jobs’s ideas were not his own inventions; rather, he was the visionary who turned these ideas into reality, which, as it turned out, touched people’s lives and moved society forward. I for one feel lucky to live in this time and witness the amazing change in society because Steve Jobs was here. Not only do Steve Jobs’s customers benefit from his life on earth, but his competitors and their customers also benefit. They benefit because Steve Jobs, as a marketing genius and visionary, created demand for new products that is bigger than Apple alone can satisfy and thus Apple’s competitors, too, can prosper from the market. As a result, consumers have a selection of products for competitive prices. When Steve Jobs won, EVERYBODY won.
Ron Paul’s ideas for freedom are not his inventions; rather, with vision, integrity, tenacity and passion, Ron Paul has championed the cause of freedom and liberty for three decades. Since no one under 110 years old has possibly lived with a government operating within the constitutional bounds, the ideas that Ron Paul represents will revolutionize how people live and move society forward. I feel excited to witness how Ron Paul’s thoughts and principles resonate with people like never before.
Much like Steve Jobs’s success, Ron Paul’s success will benefit EVERYBODY in society. My mind boggles when I consider that, over many generations, how much human energy has been wasted in navigating through convoluted tax code and regulations, how much economic resource has been misused and destroyed due to the government’s actions crippling market mechanism. Furthermore, how many human lives have been lost in unnecessary wars? From a practical standpoint, in addition to making all people—except the political, financial elite and government bureaucrats—poorer, the waste of energy and resource has indeed caused the loss of opportunity for mankind: the opportunity for finding cures for deadly diseases, for developing capability to migrate to another planet—just to name two major areas that affect everyone’s life and lives of their loved ones. A future free society and small government in a very near term mean the financial and political elite and bureaucrats will lose their undeserved interests and privileges. But if we get beyond that extremely near-sighted view, it becomes obvious that the elite cannot cheat out of death with all their wealth and power if they catch an incurable deadly disease, any more than everybody else can. Moreover, without the technological advancement that could have been achieved if the opportunity hadn’t been lost, the political and financial elite themselves and their descendants will be bound to the earth with everyone else when one day human beings want to leave. However, though what has been lost in the past is gone forever, when we are free, we will begin to build a future that everyone, rich and poor, can look forward to.
Ron Paul’s presidency will be the beginning of a new life for everybody—no group will be left behind!
Stephen, While I support Ron Paul for president, presidential campaigns are not the focus of my endeavor. Right now I like talking about liberty outside the context of politics. Indeed, I'm focusing on the philosophical and psychological aspects of liberty. I believe if I can influence people on these levels, the desirable, fundamental changes will emerge, and the resulting social dynamics are over and beyond any political contest. The argument that I made in this article is a hint of the method that I'm eventually going to use to persuade people of my case for freedom.
Ron Paul is a libertarian: and is basically on the right side of a great many issues. However, the problem with libertarianism is that atomizes us: leaving individuals to face the power of the state alone--a loosing proposition. (By "state," I mean the Federal government and also any external invading government.) Although it is the opposite of the intent of libertarians, this plays into the hands of socialists (by any other name, or by degree), since it reduces the strength of families, churches, community organizations, and lower level governments, which really could provide some check on Federal power. The alternative to organic institutions to engender cohesiveness is ideology: and that goes no where good. Still, I don't think that there is any leader equal to the job: I think the President of the US has grown to such power and scope--and facing such problems--that no human could be successful.