AT: Can Democracy Survive without Nationalism?

https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2019/09/can_democracy_survive_without_nationalism.html

“In modern English, nationalism has become a dirty word. It is lumped together with racism, xenophobia, chauvinism, and intolerance. To accuse someone of harboring nationalistic views is a formula for exclusion.”

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So how does confiscation work in the US?

https://www.pilotonline.com/opinion/letters/vp-ed-letd-0831-20190831-xlh6tirtazdo5dompv5pbctloa-story.html

According to this LTE, “licensing and registration is the first step in gun confiscation.”

(Where is the editor BTW? But I digress.)

So how is the confiscation going to take place? A missive from the White House to…whom? The governor of Texas to enforce the decree? I see, that should work just fine. He’ll tell the mayor of Abilene to round up all weapons. And I am sure he’ll hop to it and have a big pile of guns in a week or so.

Multiply that scenario by however many towns and cities there are in Texas. Then multiply that by 50 states.

There are not nearly enough military to do the job, so it requires the cooperation of every law enforcement agency in many varied jurisdictions. Ain’t gonna happen.

And is there any governor that will allow any president to confiscate the guns from his citizens?

All this irrational fear spread to avoid minimal competency, responsibility and solid vetting for criminal records and sanity.

IMHO

Dorian teaches a lesson in economics

Florida Residents Stocking Up On Supplies Ahead Of Hurricane Dorian’s Arrival

And that is why anti-gouging laws and bad press for gouging are a bad idea.

My favorite living economist explains

https://www.creators.com/read/walter-williams/10/18/price-gouging-during-a-natural-disaster

If prices were allowed to rise to reflect increased demand, those shelves would not be empty and those who really needed bread and milk(and gasoline, hotel rooms, flashlights, candles and so on) would be able to get it.