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Question: What betterment do you seek more from a government?
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The Collective (Greater Good)		  
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The Individual		  
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Total Voters: 64

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Free Bird
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« on: April 06, 2015, 04:08:40 PM »
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Murica!
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« Reply #1 on: April 06, 2015, 04:20:16 PM »
Both.(anarchist)
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Antonio the Sixth
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« Reply #2 on: April 06, 2015, 04:22:29 PM »
The individual.

But these abstract questions have very little to do with the desirability of a given policy.
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Bandit3 the Worker
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« Reply #3 on: April 06, 2015, 04:33:26 PM »
When you're talking about individual rights, the individual.

When you're talking about collective good, the collective.
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Marokai Backbeat
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« Reply #4 on: April 06, 2015, 04:58:57 PM »
Quote from: Antonio V on April 06, 2015, 04:22:29 PM
The individual.

But these abstract questions have very little to do with the desirability of a given policy.
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Okay, maybe Mike Johnson is a competent parliamentarian.
Nathan
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« Reply #5 on: April 06, 2015, 04:59:26 PM »
Individual considerations as a means to collective ends.

Quote from: Marokai Besieged on April 06, 2015, 04:58:57 PM
Quote from: Antonio V on April 06, 2015, 04:22:29 PM
But these abstract questions have very little to do with the desirability of a given policy.
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ElectionsGuy
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« Reply #6 on: April 06, 2015, 05:00:13 PM »
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« Reply #7 on: April 06, 2015, 05:22:54 PM »
Myself (bastard)
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Cassius
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« Reply #8 on: April 06, 2015, 05:56:05 PM »
My main concern is that the government acts to ensure the maintenance of a safe and secure society by combating crime and winkling out or at least containing various social problems, whilst at the same time doing this in a responsible manner, thus leaving me with a free hand to pursue my own interests and to try and be of service to those whom I care about or am positively inclined towards. If I was in a more cynical mood, I would simply say;
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Mr. Smith
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« Reply #9 on: April 06, 2015, 07:07:01 PM »
Collective if you're going to put a gun to my head and oversimplify it.



Quote from: Antonio V on April 06, 2015, 04:22:29 PM
But these abstract questions have very little to do with the desirability of a given policy.

But this is by far more accurate to my views.
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RFayette
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« Reply #10 on: April 06, 2015, 07:51:22 PM »
Individual by far.
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« Reply #11 on: April 06, 2015, 10:16:17 PM »
Material needs...collective

Values...individual and collective (through voluntary action)
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« Reply #12 on: April 07, 2015, 07:13:14 AM »
The greater good (socialist)
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« Reply #13 on: April 10, 2015, 06:10:17 PM »

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« Reply #14 on: April 10, 2015, 07:47:23 PM »
False dichotomy
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« Reply #15 on: April 10, 2015, 09:42:01 PM »
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TJ in Oregon
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« Reply #16 on: April 10, 2015, 09:48:10 PM »
The collective (Republican) Tongue
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