(12-16-2019 12:45 PM)OptimisticOwl Wrote:  Before we get too deep in the partisan warfare, let's define "slave".

A slave is a person who has no power/right of self-direction in most areas of his life.

The right to arms and the right to choose one's doctors are just two. I think we need more than two to truly define it.

But I agree with Numbers, losing those two rights would be early steps to being essentially a slave, without choice or control over one's life. I mentioned the citizens of North Korea in an earlier post. Nobody here wants to become one of those. The more we cede to government the less control we have over our lives.

Right now private corporations (or one's own finances) dictates an individual's right to choose their doctor of preference. Under Medicare the government (or one's own finances) dictates an individual's right to choose their doctor of preference. I'm not hearing a compelling argument as to why Blue Cross or Humana is great but some kind of expanded Medicare is one of the first two steps into an enslaved populace.