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Paul Victorey · 01-04-2001, 08:09 PM

I think a lot of times, people fail because they expect other people to help them along for all their life. If they aren't doing well, they blame everyone besides themselves. "It was my parents", "it was those damn politicians", "it was my boss' fault", etc. People, to some extent, want freedom, but conversely also feel they are "entitled" to safety nets to ensure they'll never have problems. They're afraid to truly be free.

Freedom is a kind of power, and with any power comes RESPONSIBILITY. Ultimately, how well you do, or how badly, is YOUR fault. If you succeed, you succeed because of your own intelligence, skill, or luck (which is rare but does happen). If you fail in life, it is your own fault. People refuse to be held accountable for their actions, and thus they try to give away their freedoms for the security of slavery to the government. And, if you give up your freedoms, you ARE a slave, regardless of how nice that life may seem.

I think the real problem with the current American society is that people don't realize just how important their liberties are. Some people want to give all their power away to the government and let Uncle Sam run their lives, not realizing the true extent of the ramifications of their actions. That's the scary thing about a lot of these ideas, that's the scary thing about the communist ideology in general, is that it seems to provide many benefits to the people. People only see the benefits and not the hell they'd create when they build their "utopia".

People are starting to clamor about wanting censorship, they want to protect themselves and their families from "evil" influences, and slowly the right to free speech fades. People want more police monitoring, to make them feel safer, and slowly the right to privacy fades. People want the government to put religion in schools to help their children, and slowly the right to free religion fades. People are trading their rights away a little at a time, so slowly that nobody will notice until it's too late to stop it.

"They that can give up an essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety" -- Ben Franklin

01-04-2001, 08:09 PM	#6
Paul Victorey Member (12 bit) Join Date: Mar 1999 Location: MN or WI Posts: 3,017	I think a lot of times, people fail because they expect other people to help them along for all their life. If they aren't doing well, they blame everyone besides themselves. "It was my parents", "it was those damn politicians", "it was my boss' fault", etc. People, to some extent, want freedom, but conversely also feel they are "entitled" to safety nets to ensure they'll never have problems. They're afraid to truly be free. Freedom is a kind of power, and with any power comes RESPONSIBILITY. Ultimately, how well you do, or how badly, is YOUR fault. If you succeed, you succeed because of your own intelligence, skill, or luck (which is rare but does happen). If you fail in life, it is your own fault. People refuse to be held accountable for their actions, and thus they try to give away their freedoms for the security of slavery to the government. And, if you give up your freedoms, you ARE a slave, regardless of how nice that life may seem. I think the real problem with the current American society is that people don't realize just how important their liberties are. Some people want to give all their power away to the government and let Uncle Sam run their lives, not realizing the true extent of the ramifications of their actions. That's the scary thing about a lot of these ideas, that's the scary thing about the communist ideology in general, is that it seems to provide many benefits to the people. People only see the benefits and not the hell they'd create when they build their "utopia". People are starting to clamor about wanting censorship, they want to protect themselves and their families from "evil" influences, and slowly the right to free speech fades. People want more police monitoring, to make them feel safer, and slowly the right to privacy fades. People want the government to put religion in schools to help their children, and slowly the right to free religion fades. People are trading their rights away a little at a time, so slowly that nobody will notice until it's too late to stop it. "They that can give up an essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety" -- Ben Franklin __________________ Paul M. Victorey ------------------ I am not responsible for any problems that may arise as a result of following my advice. This includes, but is not limited to, computer failure, loss of data, nuclear war, famine, boils, no clean laundry, your daughter running off with a biker gang, or armageddon. Take my advice at your own risk.