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I don't believe that we can devise a form of government that can run on autopilot. Self-government means just that; you have to keep your eyes open and your hands on the wheel. I think that is where we as a people have failed. Too many of us have let the politicians con us into letting them have the wheel. Now the idea of taking care of oneself seems bizarre. Until more of us get back to being truly self reliant we will have this problem regardless of our form of government.

"I don't believe that we can devise a form of government that can run on autopilot. Self-government means just that; you have to keep your eyes open and your hands on the wheel. I think that is where we as a people have failed. Too many of us have let the politicians con us into letting them have the wheel. Now the idea of taking care of oneself seems bizarre. Until more of us get back to being truly self reliant we will have this problem regardless of our form of government."

And there lies the source of the problem exposed in all its naked ugliness. I have had the bad habit for most of my life of speaking out against government oppression and mostly what it got me is ridicule. Some people agreed with me but were not interested in lifting a finger and most seemed to think I was just a kook. Freedom is only possible for an educated people who understand and believe in it and that rules out the majority of today's "citizens."