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"At its core, people don’t like government or for others to tell them what to do."

I think you have identified the core issue. The left, the communists, have been promoting this "it's all about me" attitude for a very long time. They've been leveraging and promoting youth's disrespect of leadership to destroy our culture. Telling the selfish, immature part of us that it has an unquestionable right to deny the wisdom of age and reflection on history for how to best order our lives.

I remember, as a child in the car with my family, expressing my fear and alienation when I saw a policeman and thought he might accost us for no reason. My mother admonished me that I should be proud when I see a policeman. Sadly, that thought has not been reinforced by anyone since then. I now recognize that as part of our lost culture.

I have doubt that it will be rebuilt in my lifetime, especially with the left's ownership of all the propaganda machines (e.g., education, MSM) and their willingness to lie about, and do anything to win).

Adult leadership, wisdom and the promotion of good husbandry is what is needed. Without authority, convincing the 'children' of our culture will have to take the long road of example and elders' advice as opposed to the authority and force of will of the parent.

We must persevere, for the benefit of our children.

The GOP went hard core on everything that didn’t matter. What does gay marriage have to do with anything? If people want to deal with it, repeal Article IV, and it goes away. In the 80s it was prayer in school, and managing textbooks, plus the HUGE expansion of the WOD.

Sure, I have conservative values and agree with a lot of the conservative positions but to campaign on it and ram it down people’s throats loses sight of the core issue: the rise of centralized government.

At the end of the day, I see the GOP and the Dems as doing just pure power-grabbing. I would honestly like to return to a Constitutional republic. If CA legalizes and LA does not, that’s fine. If people want to smoke a bong then, move between states.

It is the Feds that are the problem.