First of all, even the constitution recognizes that the point of government is to protect the rights and liberties of the people. Otherwise, we'd just live in anarchic blocs of people and self govern ourselves, and we as a collective species moved AWAY from that. I don't know why you would want to go BACK into decadence, poverty and technological stupidity all to say that you can run around naked without anyone yelling at you.
AS for as economic certainty, in a capitalist, liberal democratic state, i expect the state to facilitate conditions so that the market can work as freely as possible while being bound by the natural constraints that liberal democracies provide. These constraints aren't bad, they prevent irresponsible policies of a few who may hold temporary power from affecting the quality of life for the whole who hold PERMANENT power through their voting voice. WE voted these initial regulations and institutions in.
WE are the government. I'm tired of this older generation trying to distance themselves and cause some type of weird divide. I didn't sell my soul to the government, I AM the government. You ARE the government.
American's seem to have forgotten why we founded this country. We're not supposed to be afraid of OUR government, because we designed the AMERICAN government to be one of the PEOPLE. The reason we are slowly losing control to private interests, lobbying groups and political parties is because we are slowly allowing outside sources to compose our government. We are allowing our complacency and our rising standard of living to dull our minds and strengthen our bones.
I won't allow it. My generation is one in which we have grown up with a War on an ideology, American standing has fallen, and we are at a moment where we can regain our position as leaders and innovators, or we can begin a slow decline from hegemon to simple world power. I'm not willing to see America's status falter, but i'm also not willing to stick to ideological idiocies.
It's time to stop being defeatist and realize that our country operated like that just fine up until about 80 years ago (I really detest Woodrow Wilson, ironic as a democrat). We were providing ourselves with unbiased information and making smart economic plans for economic certainty. WE did this by electing and voting for officials who would represent these interests based on clear cut information that was far harder to pollute and dilute due to the limited amount of channels then (Books, telegrams, etc).
This is the true problem, alarmist like you, who fail to recognize that fear of the government in AMERICA means fear of yourself, fear of your neighbor, and fear of the power you all hold as one nation. Until you learn this simple fact, you'll mistake it for government takeover, but once you have learned this, you'll understand that WE should be the government, as it was designed to be, not the interests we are slowly allowing to usurp our political thrones.
