Resistance is Futile!

The vast right-wing conspiracy will assimilate all:

When I was young, as many young people are, I was a good liberal. I was raised a good liberal by my mother, who could probably be considered a socialist on many issues. Some philosopher (you don’t really think I’ll look it up, do you) said that a man who isn’t a socialist at age 20 has no heart. A man who is still a socialist at age 30 has no brain.

This is one stereotype I definitely fit.

But during these years, there was one guy who hung out in the library. Tall. Long haired. Full short beard. Top button always buttoned. Was not a socialist. All in all, someone very different from the rest of us. He called himself a classical liberal.

We would get into large political discussions.

Heated political discussions.

Extremely heated political discussions.

And now, lots of time has gone by. From what I remember of my discussions with Joe, he was right and I was wrong.

So the question comes up, was Joe just being contrary all those years ago, or did his opinions actually come from well thought out philosophies. I don’t know, but according to his blog, he still believes.