Comments by "Kimberly Perrotis" (@kimberlyperrotis8962) on "Edmund Burke - Founding Father of Conservatism" video.

  1. Unlimited freedom is not something that has ever existed among humans, nor ever can. If we are to live among others, and we must, we always give up some extreme “liberties”, like the right to kill others, it is the nature of our species. There is always a balance between maximizing freedoms that aren’t harmful to the group, and forbidding those that are. Here in the US, ultra-conservatives often say “I can do whatever I want”, but it’s simply not true; we can’t mow people down with cars or guns, nor even yell “fire” in a crowded theater. In the ‘90s many citizens tried to refuse paying taxes, on the basis that tax violates their individual freedoms, that didn’t fly. Citizens have two fundamental duties, as well as many rights: to obey the laws and to pay their taxes, both benefit the societal group.
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  2. Better self-referential than self-reverential!
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