Would that it were true. It seems to me that the country has been tilting more and more towards Federalism and away from individual autonomy and community rule since its inception. The Judiciary is practically running the country by fiat and the Constitution has been dumbed down to irrelevancy. I am not confident we are winning at all.
Meanwhile, half of today's Republicans don't believe in the concept of limited government.
I don't think you know what federalism means. It is the version of limited government envisioned by the founders of the constitution. The problem isn't that we are tilting toward federalism, but away from it.
"Would that it were true. It seems to me that the country has been tilting more and more towards Federalism and away from individual autonomy and community rule since its inception. The Judiciary is practically running the country by fiat and the Constitution has been dumbed down to irrelevancy. I am not confident we are winning at all.
Meanwhile, half of today's Republicans don't believe in the concept of limited government."
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I'm with you but rarely is there any significant movement in any direction at that level of purity. Ask the DU'ers if they're anywhere near the level of socialist purity THEY'D like to see. Right about now I'd say they definitely think they're losing.
Politics is the art of the possible. The dependence on government largesse and legislation from the bench is insidious and will take at least a century to cure (hence the tendency toward Democrat Lite on the part of too many Republicans). For one thing, we need to start teaching economics on a pretty serious level at a very early age.
We should start with a course called the Facts of Life, in which students learn that:
a) the world doesn't owe you a @#$% thing just for existing -- you will EARN your way to whatever you want, and even when you do, do not expect to be always treated fairly;
b) screaming obscenities or tagging walls or running around the room are NOT just other means of expression -- they are activities ranging from simply rude behavior to vandalism, and there WILL BE CONSEQUENCES...
c) nobody in the working world gives a rat's rear-o about your self-esteem, so within certain broad limits, neither do we;
d) contrary to popular opinion it is NOT true that anything short of a pain-free life is proof of oppression or conspiracy;
e) if you borrow money, you HAVE to pay it back. There is no not paying it back if you are a man or woman of honor and respectability, so think BEFORE you borrow and always shop around for a better deal first.
f) unless you can offer overwhelming clinical evidence that you are truly mentally ill or incapacitated (in which case someone will have to offer it for you), YOU and ONLY YOU -- NOT YOUR BACKGROUND OR GENETICS -- are responsible for your behavior. You are not an animal; you are a human with a built-in manual over-ride switch labeled "No."