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<blockquote data-quote="wkmac" data-source="post: 1454959" data-attributes="member: 2189"><p>I've always been fascinated by this whole debate on bothsides when I look at a map of the existing Keystone 1 pipeline and then the proposed Keystone XL. My other and main beef with Keystone XL is that our gov't granted a foreign (Canadian) corporation the powers of eminent domain and there are a number of cases of eminent domain abuse as a result. Where is the cry for the defense of property rights and where is the cry in defense of the free market principle of voluntary action in economic considerations?</p><p></p><p>Seems to me that Keystone is little more than an action of mass collectivism in the interests of an elite under the guise of nationalistic good. And the irony is the biggest defenders of such collectivism are the people who in rhetoric cry out as an almost involuntary reflex any other time collectivism is even hinted at. Yes, painted with the brush of nationalism and capitalism, these same people seem to just swallow anything fed to them as long as the correct rhetoric is painted over the top of it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="wkmac, post: 1454959, member: 2189"] I've always been fascinated by this whole debate on bothsides when I look at a map of the existing Keystone 1 pipeline and then the proposed Keystone XL. My other and main beef with Keystone XL is that our gov't granted a foreign (Canadian) corporation the powers of eminent domain and there are a number of cases of eminent domain abuse as a result. Where is the cry for the defense of property rights and where is the cry in defense of the free market principle of voluntary action in economic considerations? Seems to me that Keystone is little more than an action of mass collectivism in the interests of an elite under the guise of nationalistic good. And the irony is the biggest defenders of such collectivism are the people who in rhetoric cry out as an almost involuntary reflex any other time collectivism is even hinted at. Yes, painted with the brush of nationalism and capitalism, these same people seem to just swallow anything fed to them as long as the correct rhetoric is painted over the top of it. [/QUOTE]
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