salvius
Active Member
Your last point is odd. Calling Canada an "over-taxed socialist nanny state" is complete hyperbole, relative to the social nets of other industrial Western countries. You argue that a nanny state (again, which we are not) spawns a society that expects everything, and is responsible for nothing. I could just as easily hypothesize that the nature of a nanny state instills the virtues of compassion and altruism. Finally, I don't see how an entitled society is a cold one. Instead, I imagine the scenerio where no one will pass the mashed potatoes around the table at the bi-monthly Libretarian dinner party...amid cries of "Do it yourself!".
'Over-taxed socialist nanny state' is code for 'I don't know much about anything, but I read the Toronto Sun and I've seen them use those words.'