>From Remi Cornwall: > I'm not convinced about the need for more government. > > It attracts the Machiavellian type who don't deal in facts and distort truth > (such as blaming the credit crunch on the free market when the demos vetoed > reform). > > It attracts unproductive hangers-on to big public projects. > > It has allowed the massive build up of a stifling science establishment. > > I just find it like a 16th century scientist supporting the church or a > monarchy. It's the opposite of progress to me. Just looking at the character > of the people on the left it is the-lesser-of-two-evils to favour the right. > The American constitution was forged in the light of the Enlightenment.
Meanwhile, I suspect there are quite a few in this country who are becoming less and less convinced about the need for less government regulation in their lives and well-being. But alas, I suspect makes me sound like I'm a closet communist or perhaps something else just as evil. Of course, there is no perfect political system. Capitalism has it faults. So does communism, socialism, etc... We throw the dice and play it out. That's all we can do. A side comment: There seems to be this philosophy certain Americans adhere to, one that glorifies the concept of self-reliance and independence. To paraphrase, "We don't want no guvment messing around with our god given right to do what we want to do." This notion seems to be a tad more prevalent in small town communities and rural settings. I find it curious that these notions of independence, a desire for non-government influence do not seem to be as idealized in larger communities and urban settings where its citizens learned a sobering fact that if they were going to get anything accomplished they had to agree to abide to a workable system, a set of rules (Do's and Dont's) in order to achieve common goals - or else fail together. There's only so much rural land and small town communities left in America where one can live the "good life", where one can fulfill dreams of indulging in one's god given right to do what one wants to do, where there is no evil government interference telling them what they can and can not do. A more subtle point I'm trying to suggest here is that a real lasting sense of "independence" is more a state of mind, as compared to believing it can only be achieved through non-governmental interference. It seems to me that seeking the goal of less government intervention in our lives may ultimately be looking in the wrong place as one understandably seeks "independence". But then, aren't we all seeking it in way way or other. Regards Steven Vincent Johnson www.OrionWorks.com www.zazzle.com/orionworks
