Quote Originally Posted by Koga No Goshi View Post
The further back you go into our history, before all the "unnecessary and wasteful additions" to government that people rail about, you can still find as much oligarchical corruption and such as today. And people lived shorter and were less well off and their biggest hope in life was that their kids had only 1 bad harvest out of 5 instead of 2. I don't think anyone wants to seriously return to the days when the government did nothing but diplomacy and defense, and if they do, I think that a cush suburban life has completely alienated them from the reality of what such a society would be like.
I think one can thank the advancement of technology for the run of good harvests we have been having lately. The government screws you in the end. A necessary evil. I dont see how more power and more tax dollars solves anything. America should never follow Europe's lead in anything. We fought a war because of it. Not to mention people always point to countries like Norway and wonder why we cant be more like them. They dont realize we have 75 times the POP of Norway they red tape would be chrusing. I'd rather keep my money and take my chances. "cush suburban life"? Your Berkley is showing