The one permanent emotion of the inferior man is fear - fear of the unknown, the complex, the inexplicable. --Henry Louis Mencken
This country was founded on a healthy suspicion and reasonable loathing of big, intrusive government, so how have we come to a place where our government is now exponentially bigger and more intrusive than that government we fought to free ourselves from? The answer is: FEAR.
This gargantuan government was fed on fear. Fear of spoiled food=USDA. Fear of bad medicines=FDA. Fear of failing banks=FDIC. Fear of terrorist attacks=Homeland Security. You see the pattern.
Some event, isolated or systemic occurs; we fear; politicians feed our fears; new government program (with its regulations and taxes) is created. I know. You truly believe that such institutions are necessary and so did I, but on further scrutiny I believe I was brain washed into believing it is so and believing that these institutions protect me. They do not. They only protect me from taking personal responsibility for my own life.
I now believe that government institutions are the opiates of the masses and that if we really are intent on freeing ourselves from the big and intrusive Federal Government we need to reprogram our belief that the government can protect us. Next-- Part I: I Believe.
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You are so right--and I mean that in the best and every way. My car won't even turn left! I think those idiots are going to overstep their bounds this time. Maybe this is the wake-up call we need in America. Of course, we still have the dumb bunnies who only watch Dr. Phil, etc. Not that he is bad--only if that is the pnly kind of program they watch, they never get what the real problems are. Ask Phyllis baseball or basketball stats and she is fine--ask her about the political situation and she has no clue. A closed mind is a useless mind.
ReplyDeleteI would be scared except I wonder if this is part of Heavenly Father's plan to humble a people who thought or think they can go on forever living beyond their means.