Fantastic article. We can no longer rely on the political process and our elected representatives to protect our freedom, that’s a joke. They manage to exempt themselves from the consequences they inflict on us, and extend their own power and enrich themselves with their wheeling and dealing. What’s not to love for a 21st century corruptocrat? They are not men of their word, that’s just something they have to pay lip service to in front of the peons to get elected-I can believe that they would be surprised that anyone would actually expect them to have integrity.
This, combined with an increasing electorate composed of people happy to vote themselves largesse at the expense of the shrinking productive class, is a recipe for the expansion of government and encroachment of freedom, which is exactly what we’re getting.
Agreed. It’s our culture that is the root of this problem. I’m appalled by how teenagers behave these days. What their parents let them get away with. The sense of entitlement. The laziness. The idea that the buck stops with somebody else. As a whole, we are raising a society of complacent, fat and happy, lazy, losers.
My kids are still small, so it’s easy for me to launch criticism at others who have failed to raise responsible adults. But we are trying our best not to raise insolent brats who expect society to save them from themselves. We read the 3 Little Pigs a lot - and that 3rd pig is the goal around here. Being polite, working hard, standing on your own 2 feet... these are values largely missing in a huge portion of our young adults.
which is exactly what WE GOT!