| − | Big Tech has evolved into a form of [[monopoly|monopolistic]] [[corporatism]], asserting more and more control over personal freedoms and privacy. The technology in the hands of Big Tech - the microchip, the cell phone, GPS tracking - was developed for military use by taxpayers through the [[DARPA]] program.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kwnPgscg0vU&t=502s Is There a Global War Coming?], George Friedman at Brain Bar, [[Youtube]], Jul 7, 2017.</ref> Patents are now held by private [[technocrat]]s who wish to remake the world into their own ideological image by destroying [[Constitutional]] rights - freedom of speech, religion, freedom of association and other basic rights. | + | Big Tech has evolved into a form of [[monopoly|monopolistic]] [[corporatism]], asserting more and more control over personal freedoms and privacy. The technology in the hands of Big Tech – the microchip, the cell phone, GPS tracking – was developed for military use by taxpayers through the [[DARPA]] program.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kwnPgscg0vU&t=502s Is There a Global War Coming?], George Friedman at Brain Bar, [[Youtube]], Jul 7, 2017.</ref> Patents are now held by private [[technocrat]]s who wish to remake the world into their own ideological image by destroying [[Constitutional]] rights – freedom of speech, religion, freedom of association and other basic rights. |
| | Growth in bureaucracy comes at the cost of individual freedom. The U.S. federal bureaucracy and number of regulations – along with other western countries – has exponentially increased since the beginning of the 20th century. The permanent institutional bureaucracy, the [[civil service system]], becomes an unelected fourth branch of government whose primary interests are often career advancement, job security, and avoiding responsibility for failure. | | Growth in bureaucracy comes at the cost of individual freedom. The U.S. federal bureaucracy and number of regulations – along with other western countries – has exponentially increased since the beginning of the 20th century. The permanent institutional bureaucracy, the [[civil service system]], becomes an unelected fourth branch of government whose primary interests are often career advancement, job security, and avoiding responsibility for failure. |
| − | Socialism degrades the human spirit by elevating one of the worst human [[vice]]s - [[envy]], and making it the basis of [[law]] for a society and the model of human [[virtue]]. | + | [[Socialism]] degrades the human spirit by elevating one of the worst human [[vice]]s - [[envy]], and making it the basis of [[law]] for a society and the model of human [[virtue]]. |