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    Sunday, November 23. 2014

    The infantile relationship to government

    You all know this already, but I just wanted to jot it down -


    In the US, government has grown in importance as it has grown in power, in firepower, and in money. There was a time when nobody really cared about the federal government because it had no impact on daily life.


    The Civil War, the Progressive Era of Wilson and Teddy Roosevelt, etc. changed all that. Government changed the culture. Over 100 years, government trained the masses to think "government should do something" whenever life presents them with obstacles, challenges, heartaches, bad luck, and expenses.


    To win votes and to enjoy power, government decided to turn citizens into neo-serfs and to cement the impulse to turn to government instead of to God, to their own ingenuity, to family, to neighbor, etc.  This infantilises people, weakens them, takes away their dignity.


    Nowadays, everybody has his laundry list what government should do for them in their own interest. It is like a list for Santa. I want governments to do less and less.


    Santa, keep your toys.

    Posted by The News Junkie at 16:54 | Comments (7) | Trackback (1)

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