He is an anarchist but goes to school. Oh, what a rebel.
@3DNETWORK3 күн бұрын
I bet you 20 bucks he listens to Rage against the machine religiously
@pantarkan73 күн бұрын
It's okay, it's not his money.
@billmackinaw92543 күн бұрын
and obeys traffic laws prolly has a driver ID etc!!
@4670763 күн бұрын
@@3DNETWORK hey, I like Rage lol Killing in the name is a badass song.
@charlesgoodine89602 күн бұрын
So wonder if he uses city water, public roads, public parks...
@maxstrike30223 күн бұрын
If America is socialist, why are these kids trying to change it.
@bennypit44113 күн бұрын
B/c they are told to, and they fall-n-line as they're told.
@tennesseecopperhead78743 күн бұрын
@@bennypit4411 Bingo
@Catherine.Dorian.3 күн бұрын
@@bennypit4411so sorry but it’s fall in line
@TriNguyen-ug1qv3 күн бұрын
Because they haven't been lived under that system besides brainwashed.
@TriNguyen-ug1qv3 күн бұрын
My reply was censored. It's only happened in communist or dictorship countries.
@dylanmcconnell63303 күн бұрын
All this kid wants to do is smoke weed and hear himself talk
@toomanyhobbies20113 күн бұрын
100%! Most of these "thinkers" are dopers.
@LibertyFascism3 күн бұрын
He was definitely not there to learn anything.
@jonsmith1462Күн бұрын
Nailed it
@roxmattern60Күн бұрын
I need to smoke weed to listen to these kids
@bradleyhamilton823719 сағат бұрын
@@roxmattern60 facts
@thomasminglis89773 күн бұрын
This kid is so annoying, he was playing gotcha. if we pay one dime in taxes we are living in a socialist country how stupid...
@FusionnZGamer3 күн бұрын
I guarantee that he owns an iPhone, an apartment/dorm, private ownership of certain non-essential things, if it were socialism, he would not have all of that hahaha
@riotguards3 күн бұрын
"HA! you gave me a short answer of socialism and made it more specific when pressed! therefore you don't know socialism really is and all your arguments are null and void!!!"
@jelly73103 күн бұрын
@@FusionnZGamernah, this kid owns nothing and pays zero bills at the moment. When he starts doing that I guarantee you he will stop being a socialist or anarchist.
@pagnean42343 күн бұрын
@@FusionnZGamer He's on board till it's time for him to be apart of what he "believes" in
@MichaelDropp-v4i3 күн бұрын
He did “get him,” initially. Charlie’s definition was sloppy. I think he will refine his answer.
@oreally86053 күн бұрын
The fact that he won't let Charlie explain proves everything. Looking for the "gotcha" moment that never came. 😊
@WhatTheScoots3 күн бұрын
The gotcha moment is charlie saying 10% taxes are fine. Which IS confiscation of private property. Which is a building block of socialism.
@LibertyFascism3 күн бұрын
@@WhatTheScoots, Charlie made it very clear that there is a spectrum, in his view. However, Charlie didn't make an important distinction. High taxation with lots of government programs is socialistic, but official socialism is an economic system in which the government owns all of the businesses. The claim that government itself is socialism is just ridiculous.
@WhatTheScoots3 күн бұрын
@@LibertyFascism For me it is a difference of degree. Especially because we know that any government grows larger by time. There is no example in history where a government went smaller and more efficient. It will always grow fat and bloated eventually. 10% taxes today will be 11% tomorrow and eventually 50%. There is a huge focus on the impossible task of how to create a government that is somehow fair and restricted. But that is just as impossible to do as to create the "new man" for communism.
@Galactus23Күн бұрын
@@WhatTheScoots it is impossible to form a new government like you said that is fair and restricted because we as humans are not always fair and good beings we have rules and regulations and things we know we're supposed to do or not do and we still do what pleases us
@bobicus21 сағат бұрын
@@WhatTheScoots LOL what are you babbling about. taxes is not confiscation of PROPERTY. why do you people that are so stupid it hurts even comment
@mikerosner-e2x3 күн бұрын
Charlie Kirk keeps answering the students question with facts so the student tries restating it in a slightly different way but it is still the same question. The student doesn't want to hear the answer because it isn't the answer he wants but it is still facts. TRUMP/VANCE MAGA 2024
@VIDEOVISTAVIEW20202 күн бұрын
The kid is a paid troll to keep trolling on Kirk, it's plain and simple
@transparentglazier2 күн бұрын
CK called him out on that, but the kid wouldn't give up
@VIDEOVISTAVIEW20202 күн бұрын
@@transparentglazier this kid is not dumb he is obviously a paid actor pretending to be dumb
@mikerosner-e2x2 күн бұрын
@@transparentglazier The kid is too ignorant to understand the facts CK gives him. Rewatch the video and then reread the comments and if you don't understand you are as ignorant as the kid. The kid is too hard trying to think of something else to ask CK that he doesn't listen to what he is saying. TRUMP/VANCE MAGA 2024
@BeinZZhChannel3 күн бұрын
This kid definitely does not know what socialism is, wasted money on education
@ChrisForstner3 күн бұрын
He's literally using the definition Kirk gave.
@ye3333 күн бұрын
@@ChrisForstner "literally" shows the kid has no common sense of how human societies are different from chicken farm or sim city.
@fakade29873 күн бұрын
@@ChrisForstnerhe wasnt at all but intellectually dishonest people will always stick together lmao.
@hydraxc24783 күн бұрын
@@ChrisForstnerNo he's confused. He thinks that because tax exists whatsoever, the whole country is 100 percent socialist. That is complete nonsense. There is an element of socialism in there, sure. But Florida is much less socialistic than California. Utah is far less socialistic than New York. There is a spectrum. It was not hard to understand that. And Charlie is saying we need to sway away from it. For whatever reason, the guy wanted a gotcha out of Charlie. Sad.
@JosephSims-d3f3 күн бұрын
He's a bad financial investment in the current liberal education system. Get him to quit school, join the army, shut up, do as he's told and learn how the real world works.
@lgsprings56233 күн бұрын
This is why when I hire kids out of college I give them the lowest positions possible. Something like customer service. Most of them don't take it. The ones that do usually don't last a month. Meanwhile I hired a kid years ago right out of high school through one of our employees and he's running one of my departments. I watched him for about six months and saw the determination in everything he did. I offered to pay for half of our trade school costs. He took it and he's now a big part of our family. If you don't have to go to college don't. Save your time and money. My folks make more than most college grads and are far happier.
@stevenjohannesson3163 күн бұрын
Agree totally!
@andrequedanca2 күн бұрын
If your job doesnt require high skilled tasks or high skilled workers you should just hire highschool finish people. Costumer service doesnt require even high school education.
@lgsprings56232 күн бұрын
@@andrequedanca Being a Certified Financial Planner requires high skills. You don't have to get them from college. It's a myth that non college jobs are only blue collar. There are just as many white collar jobs that don't require a college degree.
@andrequedanca2 күн бұрын
@@lgsprings5623 But for you to be a certified finance planer you have to study. You cant get a certification on KZbin.
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@AngryPeopleReplyToMe11 сағат бұрын
What in the bot account conversation did I walk into?
@tomhaskett51613 күн бұрын
The questioner is just being a contrarian, arguing like a child.
@noidreculse89063 күн бұрын
The best part of Free Speech is that ignorant people can makes fools of themselves all they want
@danobraКүн бұрын
Like Charlie in this video? Cause the kid was intellectually honest. Charlie was the one throwing out arbitrary bullshit.
@bobicus21 сағат бұрын
@@danobra the kid goes to school that was paid for by taxes then says he is an anarchist . lol
@bradleyhamilton823719 сағат бұрын
@@danobraare you actually that dumb????
@noidreculse890618 сағат бұрын
@@danobra You’re right
@eddiecook10783 күн бұрын
No country can survive without some kind of taxation. The problem is when the government reaches too deep and controls too much.
@Airlinecuisine3 күн бұрын
never can understand the mindset of people who are "anarchist" or "rebels" but also want government control.
@alohafueled3 күн бұрын
It's very sad to see what is successfully being done to distort the thinking of young Americans. Thank you for what you so patiently do, Charlie and Team Turning Point.
@plinnytheother61073 күн бұрын
Unless he was born in a barn, the day he was born and all the doctor visits were using the health system, or parts of it
@Revxss3 күн бұрын
He's more interested in talking, and not listening....
@DemocRATsTouchKids3 күн бұрын
Typical of the cultist Left
@WhatTheScoots3 күн бұрын
How dare he talking when there is a big sign that says "prove me wrong"....
@Revxss3 күн бұрын
@@WhatTheScoots someone poked that soft spot on your skull when you were a baby. Didn't they?
@Revxss2 күн бұрын
@@WhatTheScoots Someone poked that soft spot on your skull when you were a baby.... didn't they?
@Revxss2 күн бұрын
@@WhatTheScoots Someone poked that soft spot on your head when you were a baby.... didn't they?
@audreym37773 күн бұрын
Wish he would’ve asked this kid who pays his bills? Who pays his tuition? Whose house does he go home to on break? What a dbag….
@reisekeller68593 күн бұрын
Just the one that aspires to "anarchy" wouldn't survive it!
@ginvr3 күн бұрын
When you are dead, you do not know you are dead. It is only painful for others. The same applies when you are stupid. That boy does not know he is stupid
@danobraКүн бұрын
Oh, I think he does cause he was staring at it.
@ginvrКүн бұрын
@@danobra You are the illustration that proves my point
@bradleyhamilton823719 сағат бұрын
@@danobra every comment you get cooked😂
@TawniBoyd3 күн бұрын
Most tax’s are paying for a service…police, firefighters, roads etc
@thespacesbetweenstudio33463 күн бұрын
This kid thinks these concepts are as defined as math. So annoying
@DemocRATsTouchKids3 күн бұрын
The Left thinks "math is racist" 😂
@ye3333 күн бұрын
That's exactly the problem today. People sees no distinction between a real world human society and a "society" of NPCs in a game.
@danobraКүн бұрын
@@DemocRATsTouchKids you do realize the kid is not a leftist, though, right? He was absolutely correct in what he was saying, Charlie wasn't able to provide a good definition and was not able to stay on topic.
@DemocRATsTouchKidsКүн бұрын
@@danobra 👈found another leftist
@bradleyhamilton823719 сағат бұрын
@@danobrafound another moron😂
@csl7503 күн бұрын
Kid needs to stop with the drugs...
@danobraКүн бұрын
Nope. Charlie needs to read some books.
@fatmonkey471612 сағат бұрын
@@danobraThen certainly you can explain where Kirk was in error.
@JV-bf7cb3 күн бұрын
He wasn't born in a hospital? He doesn't commute on public roads or use electricity and water via public utilities?
@danobraКүн бұрын
What does it have to do with anything?
@bobicus21 сағат бұрын
@@danobra he said he never used a hospital. keep up
@JV-bf7cb20 сағат бұрын
@@danobra go ask an adult
@bradleyhamilton823719 сағат бұрын
@@danobra go ask your parents, your obviously like 12
@____________8383 күн бұрын
And yet this is the smartest student that’s debated Charlie the last few weeks.
@ColorBlind_Jake3 күн бұрын
Charlie gave a simple definition to an obviously complex topic for the sake of argument and this kid knew it. Every time he steered back to it, he was being intentionally dishonest.
@barry8883 күн бұрын
Wow that collage student is paying for that level of mind blowing idiotic thought
@danobraКүн бұрын
I think you're the idiotic one.
@ruthreuter98133 күн бұрын
I think this kid simply wants to argue.. about anything.. Reminds me of myself, at age 9.
@danthemanreynolds3 күн бұрын
The kid’s a complete muppet.
@stenbak883 күн бұрын
People like this guy truly think they are intelligent simply for questioning while not understanding some things don’t need to be questioned. Taxes don’t immediately mean socialism
@ducatione3 күн бұрын
An anarchist going to college 😂😂😂
@danobraКүн бұрын
I don't think you know what Anarchy means.
@jamesconkey14803 күн бұрын
He has one point that he thinks is brilliant That's his whole existence
@noelward80473 күн бұрын
Oh dear. 'Mr' hoddie is in for such a surprise when he enters the real world ! Haha
@qandrewq57083 күн бұрын
Kirk lost that one and the student isn't "liberal".
@danobraКүн бұрын
YES
@tennesseecopperhead78743 күн бұрын
My God what has happened to the youth of this country??
@OK-zo3cq3 күн бұрын
Department of Education
@mjblue843 күн бұрын
They went to college. This is what the "professors" are teaching.
@noobsfearme3 күн бұрын
Socialist CallMeKevin sounding like a broken record
@npickle543 күн бұрын
Lol
@MrJintensive3 күн бұрын
Like talking to a rock.
@floydffrogfloydffrog74533 күн бұрын
The fellow has a stellar career in academia ahead of him.
@jonwhittall3 күн бұрын
The devil lives in the detail which is where this boy argues from.
@JSer673 күн бұрын
It's so hard to listen to two people talking over each other...
@karimamin216 сағат бұрын
If only they tried this hard to counter their professor's take
@PlasticCogLiquid3 күн бұрын
Oh my god..... Let's go in circles endlessly for a thousand years because you must define everything a certain black and white way instead of actually taking in reality just a little bit.
@karlostj46833 күн бұрын
1. Call them "government-run" schools, not "public" schools. 2. There were no government-run schools when the US Constitution established the United States. 3. Massachusetts created the first government-run high school in 1821. Government-run schools were not "American".
@BedsitBob21 сағат бұрын
He doesn't want to debate. He just wants to take over the replies to his questions. 🙄
@stewartgani93903 күн бұрын
There, I've given the 100 thumbs up for Charlie Kirk.
@johndeflavio61313 күн бұрын
Dude got Charley. We are a socialist nation. Florida is a policed state.
@SoxXxOwnsU8 сағат бұрын
Yep and the kid is not a liberal as the title says. He is an anarchist which means he wants no government at all. He's even further freedom than Charlie is.
@wrightremedieshawaiiКүн бұрын
I hope this guy will never need to call the police ambulance in the future. He’ll be eating his own words.
@babyfry4775Күн бұрын
Dude, take a breath. I don’t think he heard much of what Charlie said.
@thorazine00763 күн бұрын
That kid is actually intelligent, but misguided in his anarchist beliefs.
@danobraКүн бұрын
You'd have to prove that he is misguided. Charlie fumbled hard here
@parapelegicBUD3 күн бұрын
Sounds more like this kid has a sounder argument than Charlie 😮
@jamesruff361Күн бұрын
Ever notice why Charlie seems to win debates? He constantly talks over the person trying to make a statement.. Very smart Charlie
@danobraКүн бұрын
Right? He did terrible. The kid is clearly a hardcore libertarian and he was using Charlie's own definitions.
@bobicus21 сағат бұрын
@@danobra cant be an anarchist and libertarian. why are you so stupid?
@bmgmusa0718 сағат бұрын
I lost brain cells listening to both of them. Lord help us.
@mjblue843 күн бұрын
The only way he would ever understand "socialism" is to leave America and move to a socialist country. Enough talk the talk. You gotta walk the walk.
@davebruessow684216 сағат бұрын
That kid should have stayed home...
@billcrowley3rd3 күн бұрын
If we don't pay taxes, who will pay the police to aresst you for not wearing a mask !! ???
@dannyg39493 күн бұрын
I love these kids who think they know everything and they literally know nothing. Being indoctrinated by liberal college professors.
@postmandev16 сағат бұрын
What ever happened to government bonds to fund the government? That way people can decide each project they want to fund.
@caddie1a3 күн бұрын
If taxing the people of a country is socialism, then the US should tax imports! Make the foreign businesses pay & lift the burden from the American people!
@TheLoneGolfer3 күн бұрын
He's a child arguing 'fingers & thumbs'.
@7evYTКүн бұрын
"I'll just try and make this one point over and over and over and over again. I got him."
@jupiter-84053 күн бұрын
Anarchist! He'll finally grow up one day.
@wc75163 күн бұрын
This is what you come up with when you have only one bullet in your magazine.
@joeshufflesjc3 күн бұрын
This kid's got a lot to say against America and the United States. He can move anywhere he wants to but he's going to school here and he lives here. Why don't he move because America is the best?
@billcrowley3rd3 күн бұрын
Without forced taxation, who will pay the police to force close your business during muh pandemic??
@ohsweetmystery3 күн бұрын
I actually don't support personal taxation. Let people choose to voluntarily pay for police or fire protection or healthcare or education. Tax corporations, not people, for defense and the military.
@WhatTheScoots3 күн бұрын
The first sane comment after scrolling for about a minute. Thank you!
@chiefbananacakes8743 күн бұрын
why is college debt so high again since everyone is so smart and qualified......
@rey_nemaattori3 күн бұрын
'Taxation is socialism' is the most braindead take ever....
@billcrowley3rd3 күн бұрын
The " who will build the roads " justification coming from " the right " . Overton window has moved way f- ing left
@Cupcub7115 сағат бұрын
Hoolspotals are not government entities. The first time ive seen Charlie be abjectly wrong.
@barbkugler75683 күн бұрын
Rude kid does not allow any conversation and thinks he knows it all. He asked the same question fifty times and didn't wait for or listen to the reply by Charlie.
@GetYourselfANewMap2 күн бұрын
It’s wild turning point posted this voluntarily. I’m not sure who made the worse argument here. Socialism is defined as the collectivism of private goods. It is not socialism for a community to work together for common goods. If a community builds a road through town, that’s not a violation of free market principle. If a community demands we pool money together to help pay for Jack down the road to have free housing, now it’s socialism. This isn’t that hard for people who actually understand economics but sadly, it seems to fly over the heads of even the people claiming to be the most versed on the topic.
@kma36472 күн бұрын
The liberal student's busy wrecking Charlie in the first 2 minutes. Taxation is not socialism. Taxation is not theft. Charlie doesnt understand what taxation is and that's why he can't make the argument here. Taxes are a reality for any group of people that wants to have a government. Government is simply goods and services and they must be paid for like any other resource. Even the bare bones federal gov't upon which our nation was founded had taxes because it had to be funded. This is an essential part of the social contract. You get the benefits of being a citizen on this country, and in exchange you must pay the tax your representatives negotiate for the goods and services we call government. That's not theft. It's a purchase. STOP LETTING LIBERALS DEFINE THE LANGUAGE AND FRAME THE ARGUMENT.
@AustinL9112 күн бұрын
This kid strikes me as a sovereign citizen. We've all seen the videos of those guys' mental gymnastics...
@adamgarrick377812 сағат бұрын
Charlie didn't ruin the kid. He held his own just fine, and Charlie kept interrupting him because he was losing. This is my problem with Charlie. When he's losing he starts making word salad, and there are people on the right who could have actually ruined every argument that kid had. Charlie is fine when he stays in his lane.
@martinsnook10612 күн бұрын
That's why Jefferson in the end refused to engage in debate. Some like it...Some think it nonsense.
@rebajason14602 күн бұрын
As Charlie said there’s a spectrum of socialism, some social services are needed. Exorbitant taxes, make the gluttonous government of a state or country wasteful.
@IBenZik3 күн бұрын
10% across the board would be more than fair. Everyone should pay; it gives an incentive to work harder and not suck off the system.
@IsaiasAcuna-w7y3 күн бұрын
This punk is just there to argue, even with all the facts and what was explained correctly to him, He still goes around in circles”
@pantarkan73 күн бұрын
A friend had a parrot like that once. No matter what you said, it only had one answer. ... I can't print that answer here, this is a family show.
@timothyluckey50203 күн бұрын
Taxes are an agreement to pay for services(roads,police,fire department and government,etc). Socialism/communism doesn't give you a choice. It controls every aspect of your life.
@ericg6493 күн бұрын
The privilege that exists in this country is American privilege!!! These kids have the opportunity to challenge norms and practices only because our military and law enforcement allow it!!! If you really want to know if socialism/communism is good, there are plenty of countries that you can live in to truly understand the difference!!!
@alg112973 күн бұрын
Socialism is the workers ownership of the means of production, Charlie.
@fizzyfizzgigcouple9573 күн бұрын
Have you ever been to the hospital have you ever called the cops he just said no he know he was lying😂
@AskRemy3 күн бұрын
absolutely nobody likes that kid
@danobraКүн бұрын
I do.
@angelab52022 күн бұрын
He is being lazy. Rather than just trying to prove Charlie wrong, have a conversation with him. Geeze.
@xyzct3 күн бұрын
I'd like Captain Know-It-All to explain when day ends and night begins.
@H-sgracesavedme17113 күн бұрын
He’s an anarchist, so he doesn’t want any form of government. Doesn’t know how he’ll live if that was true but he’s foolish in thinking as a young man.
@jmichna12 күн бұрын
Kirk missed an argument that the Founders did not throw off a monarchy to create an anarchy... they created a Federalist government with restricted powers, to unite separate, distinct states on certain common needs. Anarchy is no government... with anarchy, how do you agree upon which side of the road to drive? Hell, how do you build the road in the first place?
@alexrodgers92473 күн бұрын
Romans 1:22 “Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools.”
@ocamaradadobem3 күн бұрын
socialism isnt just about money and taxes. its about food, house, water, clothes etc
@conservativepineapples620318 сағат бұрын
This kid thinks being a douche bag makes him an anarchist.
@Modeltnick3 күн бұрын
What is never discussed is property taxes in Florida. Don’t pay them and they take your house. Florida has massive property taxes.
@NeverSurrenderMAGA3 күн бұрын
In case you didn't know there are property taxes and other states, it's not just Florida. And yes property taxes are financial rape, and should be abolished
@ubiquitousdiabolus3 күн бұрын
Charlie shouldn't interrupt so much. Just letting these people speak shows the flaws in their arguments better than constantly overtalking them.
@Whiskey08803 күн бұрын
That guy was constantly interrupting charlie lol! Did we watch the same video??
@NeverSurrenderMAGA3 күн бұрын
The dude's just saying the same f****** thing over and over and over and over again, you expect Charlie to sit there and everybody else is sit there and listen to midwit ignorant horseshit like that? Without calling out the idiocy?
@ubiquitousdiabolus3 күн бұрын
@@Whiskey0880 yes, but Charlie is supposed to be the sane, rational one.
@MorrisseysMonkey3 күн бұрын
Ignore college kid. Learn a trade. You will never be out of work.
@MonaLucy152573 күн бұрын
I hope one day colleges offer Manners, Respect and Stop Interrupting Just to Keep From Looking Like an Idiot courses. 😅
@rorsche3 күн бұрын
Having Socialist aspects doesn't make a country Socialist. Most Communist and Socialist countries heavily rely on Capitalist aspects, that doesn't make them Capitalist.
@karigirl35693 күн бұрын
Why do they all think that semantic games should define the rules of government and even worse, society ?
@jakey38873 күн бұрын
This dude said he was an anarchist 🤦♂️🙄 Anarchy is usually considered to be the chaos that erupts at the lack of governmental authority in a society. However, anarchism-the theory that society is improved when people freely rule themselves apart from all laws-is touted as a worthy ideal by those who reject the necessity of governing authorities. When prevailing authorities have been overruled or removed, usually by force, anarchy results as every person becomes his or her own authority. We see examples of anarchy during riots, when police have been fought back and the crowd becomes a looting, destroying entity. While it may seem ideal for a society to operate without oversight, the reality is not so pretty because the heart of man is “evil continually” (Genesis 6:5; cf. Romans 3:10; Jeremiah 17:9). Since the Garden of Eden, mankind has loved the idea of self-rule (Genesis 3:1-7). In fact, the motivation behind most sin is the insistence upon being one’s own god. We don’t want anyone else, including our Creator, to tell us what to do. We imagine that the throwing off of all restraints equals freedom and that, if left alone, we and our neighbors could peacefully coexist without enforcement of laws and standards. But this utopian dream has never proved true. Every society that has tried anarchism has ended in anarchy and disorder. Sinful man has come to believe that our need for governing authority is a flaw that needs correcting. Yet the Bible presents a different story. God instituted law from the beginning of history (Genesis 2:16-17). Laws are merely boundaries that keep us safe and ensure human interactions are fair and honest. But boundaries must have consequences for violating them, or they are merely suggestions. Without consequences, opinions become the basis for rules, and we know that everyone has a different opinion. It is difficult enough for a group of friends to decide where to eat dinner. Far more difficult is the building of a civilization based upon varied opinions. From one person’s viewpoint, it is right to love our neighbors; from another’s, it is right to eat them. So whose viewpoint wins? The battle between opposing views can lead to anarchy. Romans 13:1-7 tells us that God designed government, and one of its primary functions is to avoid anarchy. Along with that divine authority comes the power to enforce the decided boundaries. There were a few times in biblical history when anarchy was the order of the day, and “everyone did what was right in his own eyes” (Judges 17:6, ESV; cf. Deuteronomy 12:8). It never ended well. First came blatant idolatry, followed quickly by further lawlessness and the demolition of society. God had to rescue Israel from itself by sending a series of judges to keep the peace; later, He sent a succession of kings. When anarchy rules in a culture, that culture is easy prey for a more organized enemy to overthrow it. God’s plan is not for us to live in anarchy or pursue anarchism. Though we may chafe at unjust laws and unwise lawmakers, we can still thank God for whatever system of government protects our freedoms and our lives. We are to do our best to live peacefully under that system (1 Timothy 2:2), pay our taxes (Matthew 22:21), get as involved in our local governments as we feel led to do, and pray for those in authority over us (1 Timothy 2:1-3). We should obey our authorities in all things, unless they require us to directly disobey God (Acts 5:29). Only then is civil disobedience in line with God’s Word.
@ohiowalnut3 күн бұрын
Hope you don't mind-I copy/pasted your comment and shall read it back to myself in an effort to better come to understand the demise and downfall of anyone who thinks Marxism, communism, or socialism would ever work if put into widescale practice. Thank you for clearing up a few of my questions.
@michaelknight28973 күн бұрын
He's trying to fit a spectrum into binary
@richkunkiewicz9070Күн бұрын
The kid is all mouth and no ears. Sad!
@kentonkruger83333 күн бұрын
I loathe these "all or nothing" style debate tactics.