My Mother Is A Fish

Liberty Yet Lives by Llewellyn H. Rockwell, Jr.

"With allies from all walks of life, from many countries, and with passion for truth, the party of liberty works for and joyfully anticipates liberation from despotism – left, right, or center."

And:

"In the end, however, there was no great choice to be made. Voters were being asked to choose between two forms of central planning, one domestic, tired, and uninspiring, and another international and promising to conquer ever more countries until the whole region and world bent the knee. One plan required higher taxes and more economic regimentation, and the other required higher debt and more death."

Personally, even as I agree with the labels affixed to the ideas involved, I can't help but side with the one over the other. The only solution to the mess is for people to realize the primacy of foreign policy over domestic policy in the importance it has for the well-being of the people. It is similar to the notion that Democratic policies tend to let people keep their way of life (e.g., to smoke pot) but only to the extent that they don't at the same time destroy the means of producing that lifestyle (by regimentation of the economy). What matters is the end to be pursued, and the choice that offers some of it is better than the one that offers none of it. The end here? International civilization.

Regardless of how to answer that point, it is true: liberty yet lives.