We ARE our brother's keeper!

I made a mistake in definition and almost went live with my ignorance. Libertarianism is most certaintly not Fascism, because at its core it abhores the Corporate State, but in its variants of Individualism and Free Market Utopianism it is basically in error. The Health Care debate going on in the U.S. reveals that one variant of the Libertarian view of anarchy to the state will not suffice and that it represents poliitical selfishness, but it is most certiantly not Fascism.

The core of this issue really is: "How are we all interconnected and responsible for one another?" The individualists with their tinge of Social Darwinism would insist that responsibility for our fellows in the sense that we should help the less fortunate among us to get help mitigating illness is minimal. I say, "To your peril!" just as I say that to cause injustice to any minority with the excuse that competitive advantage is always OK often does find recourse and may will erupt into urban terrorism, some would say it already has. The rule of law or even the power of arms is ultimately not sufficient against the redress against injustice.

At the core of this is elitism, of those that have, and those who think they are better than some others. Those who rail against entitlement, ought to know, they have entitlements they think they earned, but were granted to them because they passed certain cultural tests, were judged to be more able and deserving, than others. This Knot of who is not deserving by who deserved is untied, as it has for a long time, but acknowledging the rights all people, and quite a few animals, as well, have. To whit we arrive at the oft quoted: "Health Care is not a Right, it is a privilege." to which I answer, "Who Decides? Your Banker, Your Broker, Your Loan Officer, Your Insurance Underwriter?" The Market hasn't figured this out, and in any case judging by the performance of investments over the past year, and the message of the Edward Jones investment ad now airing, markets, their investors, and the businesses they fund, especially Insurance companies, are not too smart or able to solve problems.