SeanEdwards
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Am I the only person here becoming totally disillusioned with democracy? There's a notion that people should have a say in their government, some input to guide policies, but when I look at it, all I see are dumb socialists trying to vote themselves an ever bigger leviathan state. Every problem that hits the media is accompanied by some shrill voice crying for the government to "do something". The voices calling on the government to do less are routinely mocked and ejected from the conversation.
I talk to people all the time, and even when they recognize flaws in our system of governance, their only answer is to make the government do a better job of whatever it is. I'm coming to the conclusion that people are just too stupid and enamored of socialism to be given political power.
The very process of our democracy seems to create a bias towards short-term policies that are designed primarily to satisfy the whims of voters. So, instead of a prudent economic policy that protects individual liberty and nurtures an environment of responsible growth, we get a stimulus check, and the braindead masses love it because it means a free ipod or whatever, courtesy of Uncle Sam.
Basically, I'm coming to the conclusion that most Americans do not want to be free. They want to be coddled and re-assured. They want there to be some higher power that can reach down from the heavenly heights of Washington to fix their particular problems. Did a levee break? Go cry to Washington. Did fire burn up your retirment home? Washington can make it all better. Suffer from depression? Washington will pay for a happy pill for you. These people don't want to be free, they want to be slaves in a gilded cage.
And slaves don't deserve a right to vote.
I talk to people all the time, and even when they recognize flaws in our system of governance, their only answer is to make the government do a better job of whatever it is. I'm coming to the conclusion that people are just too stupid and enamored of socialism to be given political power.
The very process of our democracy seems to create a bias towards short-term policies that are designed primarily to satisfy the whims of voters. So, instead of a prudent economic policy that protects individual liberty and nurtures an environment of responsible growth, we get a stimulus check, and the braindead masses love it because it means a free ipod or whatever, courtesy of Uncle Sam.
Basically, I'm coming to the conclusion that most Americans do not want to be free. They want to be coddled and re-assured. They want there to be some higher power that can reach down from the heavenly heights of Washington to fix their particular problems. Did a levee break? Go cry to Washington. Did fire burn up your retirment home? Washington can make it all better. Suffer from depression? Washington will pay for a happy pill for you. These people don't want to be free, they want to be slaves in a gilded cage.
And slaves don't deserve a right to vote.
