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The Left's Psychological Assault on Independence
The American Thinker ^ | July 14, 2010 | Andrew Foy, MD

Posted on 07/14/2010 3:40:41 AM PDT by Scanian

The United States faces overwhelming fiscal problems. Our current level of government spending and future entitlement obligations are simply unsustainable. However, as concerning as these fiscal matters are, the biggest problem America faces has nothing to do with economics, but rather psychology.

The strength of a nation reflects the character of its citizens. While America was once considered a nation of individuals fiercely independent and self-reliant, her citizens are moving closer to a state of dependence, characterized by irresponsibility and ambivalence. This change has been instigated by the politics of collectivism and the growth of the social welfare state.

F.A. Hayek, the famous Austrian-born economist and political philosopher, warned of the dangers of excessive government.

(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...


TOPICS: Government; Politics; Society
KEYWORDS: dependency; learnedhelplessness; selfreliance; welfare

1 posted on 07/14/2010 3:40:45 AM PDT by Scanian
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To: Scanian
However, as concerning as these fiscal matters are, the biggest problem America faces has nothing to do with economics, but rather psychology...

No, the biggest problem America faces is we have a Marxist in the White House.

We're in deep, deep economic trouble. And these liberals are going to friggin' sing and dance along, all the way, as they dance off a cliff.

WAKE UP AMERICA!


THE THRILL IS GONE

2 posted on 07/14/2010 3:48:01 AM PDT by BobP (The piss-stream media - Never to be watched again in my house)
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To: Scanian

The enslavement of the worker by the non-worker.


3 posted on 07/14/2010 3:48:28 AM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed, and I do not give a damn.)
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To: central_va

Turning many of us into virtual Tax Slaves.


4 posted on 07/14/2010 4:24:23 AM PDT by Paladin2
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To: Paladin2

We are already and have been for a long time.


5 posted on 07/14/2010 4:37:26 AM PDT by SMARTY ("What luck for rulers that men do not think." Adolph Hitler)
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To: Scanian

This is an IMPORTANT article that EVERYONE should read and absorb.


6 posted on 07/14/2010 4:37:54 AM PDT by Senator John Blutarski (The progress of government: republic, democracy, technocracy, bureaucracy, plutocracy, kleptocracy,)
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To: Scanian

I read the title and thought “Well, duh!”. That is the entire point of the Left. Make the stupid “little people” who didn’t got to prestigious schools dependent upon those who are obviously much better suited and trained to rule them.

For the record - When I went to MIT, we refered to Harvard as “that other school in town”. I mention MIT only to point out that a desire for independence and self-reliance is not a sign of mental retardation, as the Left wants to believe.

[violins playing softly in the background] On one hand, it’s rather sad that some people are so psychologically fragile that they need to control the lives of others so they can feel good about themsleves. [sounds of the USS Iowa delivering a broadside] On the other hand, it simply pisses me off that they try to do so. [silence in the background] They will NEVER succeed.


7 posted on 07/14/2010 5:08:46 AM PDT by Pecos
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To: Scanian

bttt


8 posted on 07/14/2010 5:19:38 AM PDT by comps4spice (Obama is a clear and present danger.)
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To: Scanian

keep


9 posted on 07/14/2010 6:05:31 AM PDT by vanilla swirl (Where is the Black Regiment?)
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