I have just returned from our grocery store where, upon exiting, I was greeted by a young man desirous of telling me of the political virtues of Lyndon LaRouche. I was wearing a button reading “Vote No for President,” in which he took interest. When I suggested to him that politics always diminishes individual liberty, he asked for examples. I responded that wars and depressions have been used by the state to expand its controls over people. I gave, as examples, the “great depression” of the 1930s and World War II. He praised FDR for ending the depression which, I … Continue reading Politics at the Grocery Store