Certainly the gov't should be trusted with leadership. Or what's the purpose of government?I wish to see the full letter or published work the quote comes from to see if there is any missing context or explanation around it. Doesn't saying that the rulers should not be trusted with government alone indicate that they are to be trusted with some measure and yet the next statement claims that only the general public and not the rulers should be trusted?
But am I going to trust the government to save me while I sit on my duff and get drunk? Ummm, no.
YAY! We can commit the same evils in new and different ways!!! And with new tools in different environments!!! WOHOOOOOOOOO!Agreed. We are much better off now than we were in the olden days.
If this is as deep as you look into things, it's no wonder you're having trouble with this. Try more than skimming the surface...Some of you need to realize that knowing how many stripes are on the flag and what they mean does not equate a productive populace.
No, the farmer does not depend on knowing the name of the 1st President to succeed in his profession.
However, when people around me behave like the following, I find it rather discouraging:
George Washington...? Ummmmm, uhhhhh....
OOOOOHHHHHH!!! MICHAEL JACKSON!!! HE'S MY HERO!!!!
It speaks to the condition of society and where it's priorities are. And when it is so painfully obvious that we are more interested in amusement than in the preservation of our freedom, I think it indicates (and history shows) that the loss of freedom is not far off.
By the way, I'd encourage you to check out that word: amuse.
The root word = muse, which means to think.
"A-" is a prefix meaning the absence of
Thus, amusement literally means the absence of thought.
So, when people actually pay money to have their intelligence suppressed, and when people would rather go to amusement parks than to museums (see that word there?) I think we have a problem.
Interesting that we can quote lines from our favorite movies, and we know hundreds of our favorite songs by heart, but we cant recite the the pledge of allegiance or remember the national anthem.
Does it look to you like people are interested in maintaining their freedoms? Looks to me like anybody could step up and rip it away and many people wouldn't notice.
As long as the dictator gives them free beer and lets them keep all their TV channels, he can do whatever he wants.
Of course, when he actually GETS what he wants, the free beer and TV go away, unless it is convenient for him to let them continue...
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