Bob, thanks for your thoughts.
I have no interest in taking shots. I seek truth.
I largely feel as you do. But the word "socialism," it seems to me, is
today used more casually and less usefully than in the past. For
instance, here, you seem to feel that loss of freedom is tied to
socialism. How do you see that connection? I see it as Big Brother-- the government--intruding further into our lives, not the direct
result of social programs except as we willingly accept them. Yes, for
some we have no choice. Pay taxes or go to jail.
We cannot take or use what the government provides without giving up
some freedom. If we use any public facilities then we are subject to
the rules of those charged with maintaining those facilities. So, yes,
if you walk to the store, your freedom is restricted by traffic
signals. But that walk is your choice. To avoid that walk you must
leave the city. That is my choice.
Seems to me you could take that Missouri trip as you wish. As long as
you pay cash, there is no record of your movement except your
registration in the hotel. The hotel is a choice for you. If you
choose to stay in the hotel you must follow the rules of the hotel,
which will certainly include identification and registration. The
hotel management would be fools to not require that. Would you give a
room in your house to someone you did not know?
Tyranny of the many over the few is also sometimes suggested as a
definition of democracy. It doesn't work; all of us have equal power
at the ballot box. We mostly deserve what we get, except when lies are
so well done that we cannot see through them. I detest lies but they
are part of the modern scene. To me they are criminal and those who
speak or write them should be subject to censure. Whoops--that would
be a loss of their freedom, right? So we see that full freedom
includes recieving much we don't want.
I have been a non-conformist for all of my life. It has caused me
pain. I persist. The homestead life, here in the midst of hundreds of
wooded acres, is my best answer.
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