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Monday, March 2, 2009Huckabee, The Kid, and Principles of Freedom What do Mike Huckabee and a 13-year old conservative prodigy have in common? Thekid's name is Jonathan Khron, he is the author of the book "Define Conservatism,"and I will let him speak first.Quite the "wunderkind," isn't he? Did you catch his "Four Principles ofConservatism"?Respect for the ConstitutionRespect for lifeLess governmentPersonal responsibility"Conservatism," he said, is the principle of protecting peoples' rights.Now what did former Arkansas Governer Mike Huckabee say? He said (on Fox andFriends, 2/28/09) that capitalism is "better" in the marketplace with its "freehand" versus the government with its "heavy hand."Where is the similarity? Both of them think conservatism is about principle, whenin fact it is about "preserving" the status quo from the liberals attempts to ripapart conservative values any further than they already have. Conservativeprinciples are not based on objectivity, but rather on the subjectivity that thefree market is the best; not that it is right.Neither of them mentioned the principle of the free market as the right of menwith individual sovereignty. What is individual sovereignty? In a civilization itmust be defined as the most freedom available while living under the rule of law."Individual sovereignty was not a peculiar conceit of Thomas Jefferson: It was thecommon assumption of the day..." Kelley L. Ross, Ph.D.Man is born with absolute individual sovereignty, because where no governmentruled him, and where no men enslaved him, all the unalienable rights given him bynature would remain with him. In a civilization of laws, some of those rights arealienated in order to secure the rule of law, but in return the individualactually gains.He gains the freedom of having to police other men to secure the natural rights heis left with. He is free of having to enact individual justice when he has beenwronged.Because he is free to be himself without worry that others will--metaphorically oractually--put their fist, or a gun, in his face, he is free to use his energy inthe pursuit of happiness.The principle of "respect for life" means the respect for individual sovereignty.This does not mean the sovereignty of the people in the aggregate when defined as"the greatest good for the greatest number."Huckabee meant just this very thing when he said capitalism was "better."The problem with conservatives is they don't understand that capitalism is not"better." It is man's right by nature, by his nature as a free sovereign, and asthe "rational animal."Krohn said "respect for the Constitution" was a principle. Well, under the Tenth
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