And that is what I see from the theocrats who appear to
be gaining ever greater power in my country. They are not comfortable with having full freedom to live as they believe; they want to force others to live the same.
I think that is a wonderful, utopian dream that is not compatible with our complex modern life.
Life has become such a challenge to the common man that he is unable to deal effectively with all the choices he must make on a daily and yearly basis. Most moderns are labor slaves who come home exhausted mentally, unable to make further effort, who move further and further from our independent homesteader dream we hold to be ideal. Those of us with a homesteader mentality are in the extreme minority. Whether by purposeful design or by technological advancement or some social evolution not clearly understood, the modern worker is caught in a web of dependence because he simply does not have the knowledge, the time, or the motivation to change. I see no plausible way the dependent condition can be changed, even if there was the understanding and the leadership to facilitate the corrective process.
That would be true if the society became fully socialized. I see no requirement for "none or all." I see partial socialism/collective administration as more than an economic plan.
Many other countries pay less and have superior health care for all citizens. I envision a universal health care system wherein citizens are rewarded for keeping themselves healthy but all make a contribution to the system.
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