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Debate Score:11
Arguments:13
Total Votes:16
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Is big government, retarded?

I say yes. To retard is to slow or delay growth or progress, and big government, is doing, just that. Liberty is a right, so give me liberty, or give me death!

Yes.

Side Score: 4
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No.

Side Score: 7
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Is big government, retarded?

Here's a better question. Is a person retarded if they believe the far right wants a small government?

I say yes, because history.

Side: No.
YIsRisenLord(1202) Clarified
1 point

I think both the right and the left support big government, and are retarded.......................................................................

Side: Yes.
bootyscratch(14) Disputed
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my mom told me its time to eat-

Side: Yes.
BurritoLunch(6566) Clarified
1 point

I think both the right and the left support big government, and are retarded..........

Well, you're wrong. The left supports no government. Engels wrote about it frequently and so did Marx. They called it "The withering away of the state". The general idea being that the state is only really necessary to protect the assets of capitalists and for mobilising war.

What you have been told is the left in that bizarrely mad propaganda state you live in, is actually just the left wing of capitalism, with capitalism itself being firmly on the right.

Side: Yes.
2 points

Is big government, retarded?

Hello Y:

It's not the size of the rise that counts.. It's the motion of the ocean..

In other words, if small government is staffed with unqualified people, small government won't work. On the other hand, if large government was run by qualified people, then large government can work just fine..

excon

Side: No.
2 points

A government HAS to be large enough to support the responsibilities of the country. If it is a large country, with many responsibilities, you can't expect a small government to handle it all!

The U.S. is a large country with world-wide responsibilities .... at least it was 4 years ago. It was responsible (along with others) for defending the free world against oppression AND/OR aggression. (Like I said, 4 years ago). It will likely be again when we convert from totalitarianism in January. We will no longer support people who butcher or micro-wave American citizens, we will no longer be influenced by our enemies and will support our friends. We will get back to "trying" to save the planet and reduce nuclear proliferation. We will do something to stop this virus, not just wait for enough people to survive to develop immunity.

We SAW what "small-minded government" did, it pitched state against state while people died! It fed profits to prifiteers that have NO empathy for anything but themselves. Small government means fewer politicians to bribe, fewer to fight those who would TAKE bribes. A strong country needs a strong government and agencies to work together and protect it, its large population, and its allies .... from gangs like the Trumps. It needs a STRONG FEDERAL RESPONSE to things that attack it from within and without. Those who can't see that are suffering from ID ten T problems!

Side: No.