Marx said: Peace is the absence of opposition to Socialism.
GenSeneca says: Freedom is the absence of Socialism.
I know many people think that the "Common/Greater Good" is something worth sacrificing our freedoms for but thats just sacrificing freedom for security.
"Those who would sacrifice freedom for security deserve neither" - Benjamin Franklin (He wasn't just talking about Police and Military with that quote, although many seem to think he was - they never read his works)
Life has risk thats involved, socialism seeks to eliminate as many of those risks as possible - A cradle to grave mentality - but there is no perfect solution and we will never create a Utopian society, only Despotic ones.
Its my belief that anyone who does really care about the "Greater Good" would do well to look at ways to protect individual rights because thats the ONLY way we can ensure the "greater good" for every generation. While some may understand exactly what I'm talking about, let me be more specific.
Laws should affect every citizen equally. Passing laws that affect only certain groups or segments of the population are NOT good for protecting our freedoms and in fact often threaten them, but they are often very popular... Any laws that cannot affect all equally, should not be written or even considered for that reason.
