Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute

March 25, 2013

In politics, there is no deadlier word than ?we,? or the associated collective possessive pronoun, ?our.? Every large-scale enterprise in political tyranny begins with the use of those words to nullify individual property rights, the principle of self-ownership, and parental stewardship over home.

Consider how often politicians and bureaucrats refer to ?our? children, as if they were the collective possession of the State, rather than individual human beings entrusted by God to their parents.

When not laying claim to other people?s children, collectivists often infantilize adults by imposing nanny state restrictions on them. Few exemplify this repulsive tendency better than Michael Bloomberg, the Marxist Plutocrat who is Mayor of New York City.

In an appearance on Meet the Press, Bloomberg defended his efforts to regulate the diets of his subjects by limiting soda consumption and banning trans-fats at New York restaurants ? as well as his efforts to impose new restrictions on gun ownership.

Decreed Commissar Bloomberg: ?I do think there are certain times when we should infringe on your freedom.?

Bloomberg is a collectivist of uncommon purity and candor. If only he were an isolated case.

Let us take back the liberty wherewith Christ has made us free.