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Yeah, the rot started way before Barky in the White Hut. Some say it started as long ago as the end of the Civil War, others with the income tax, FDR and so forth. I think we'd be OK up to FDR if we stopped there, not perfect, but largely intact although I think the 14th Amendment needs to be dumped. The huge push started with LBJ and the great society, the 1964 Civil Rights Act and the 1965 immigration act.

Other hits was maybe The Pill and the Free Love movement. Yes, I am a libertarian on sex, when one reaches the age where one can consent, then they have the right to enter into agreements as they freely choose. However, before they get to that point, the people in society largely taught the next generation their ethics and morals to instill good thought processes to hopefully bring about good judgement calls to make those decisions. The big problem is that we are also bombarded by huge media that clouds the good thought processes. When we keep adding, we also discarded personal responsibility an accountability. Free Love isn't free, there are consequences, as in everything we do. If I drive 120 MPH, the I must accept the possibility where it is possible I could wreck and my father will have to bury what little remains of me in a shoebox or I can at least get a ticket and pay the fine and not eat for a month. People are generally less mature now. My grandfather quit school at 13 to work, at 13 he had to make adult decisions, very few 13 year olds today can do that now. We have to do the best to arm the next generation to make huge decisions, sometimes even a younger age than we want so they can prepare themselves.

I think we slowed down the rot in the 1980's with Reagan but picked up with Clinton in the 1990's. Even so, with Barky in today, I'm so desperate, I even miss Bill Clinton (not his wife though). I thought 9-11 would change it but made it worse, the terrorists have won with the freedoms we lost. Dad is right on that point. I think the 2000 election and all the whining was another nail in the coffin. I remember Mom and I putting up the Christmas tree and they were still fighting in the courts. Then Barky came along. Just think, had that Senator Ryan running in Illinois managed to keep his records sealed, we might not have Barky today. Barky did not start this but he is doing his best to push it faster.