Musing For Today
Liberties ..... Rights ...... Self-government
Can there be more honorable concepts than those?
But ...do they pan out in real life, when put to the test in the real world itself?
Someone falls asleep in bed while smoking and sets the apartment building on fire
...eventually rental properties start adapting "No Smoking" policies
Drivers run red lights, drive drunk or high, text while driving, commit numerous hit-and-runs
...and the industry starts experimenting with self-driving vehicles. And public transportation, walking, and bicycling starts getting heavily promoted
Gun owners shoot others out of anger, jealousy, outrage or revenge instead of in self-defense
...and legislators start talking "Gun Control" laws
If you agree Western societies are, more and more, displaying strong tinges of totalitarianism don't just blame the ones in charge for this dismaying and destructive state of affairs
....you should also show equal contempt for the chronically irresponsible for the way they, when given the chance at personal freedom and the right and entitlement to "have nice things", seem to only know how to trash and destroy everything around them, to not know how to take proper care of themselves and whatever they own or are allowed access to.
Just take a look at how much trash and shit there is on public streets, how little regard there is for common courtesy---groups of people blocking doorways or aisles, or crowding sidewalks; people putting their feet up on chairs in restaurants or the seats on buses and subways; shameless littering and spitting on the sidewalks
....or the way people are always hustling each other and all-around "fucking with" one another
....and all sorts of financial irresponsibility
....and don't forget all the various modes of social and domestic dysfunctionality.
You have to figure those in charge, upon observing a lot of these behaviors, are going to regard us "average" types as generally being incapable of self-discipline, as being on the level of a toddler or small child, "in need of constant supervision and oversight" as "otherwise we keep getting ourselves in trouble".
Hence, the "Nanny State".
But ....just WHO is going to be assigned the role of "overseer" and "overlord" over us? And what credentials are these individuals going to possess that will make them "worthy" of such a role?
Another site to check out: www.barney-quick.blogspot.com
…and another: www.dahnbatchelorsopinions.blogspot.com
Liberties ..... Rights ...... Self-government
Can there be more honorable concepts than those?
But ...do they pan out in real life, when put to the test in the real world itself?
Someone falls asleep in bed while smoking and sets the apartment building on fire
...eventually rental properties start adapting "No Smoking" policies
Drivers run red lights, drive drunk or high, text while driving, commit numerous hit-and-runs
...and the industry starts experimenting with self-driving vehicles. And public transportation, walking, and bicycling starts getting heavily promoted
Gun owners shoot others out of anger, jealousy, outrage or revenge instead of in self-defense
...and legislators start talking "Gun Control" laws
If you agree Western societies are, more and more, displaying strong tinges of totalitarianism don't just blame the ones in charge for this dismaying and destructive state of affairs
....you should also show equal contempt for the chronically irresponsible for the way they, when given the chance at personal freedom and the right and entitlement to "have nice things", seem to only know how to trash and destroy everything around them, to not know how to take proper care of themselves and whatever they own or are allowed access to.
Just take a look at how much trash and shit there is on public streets, how little regard there is for common courtesy---groups of people blocking doorways or aisles, or crowding sidewalks; people putting their feet up on chairs in restaurants or the seats on buses and subways; shameless littering and spitting on the sidewalks
....or the way people are always hustling each other and all-around "fucking with" one another
....and all sorts of financial irresponsibility
....and don't forget all the various modes of social and domestic dysfunctionality.
You have to figure those in charge, upon observing a lot of these behaviors, are going to regard us "average" types as generally being incapable of self-discipline, as being on the level of a toddler or small child, "in need of constant supervision and oversight" as "otherwise we keep getting ourselves in trouble".
Hence, the "Nanny State".
But ....just WHO is going to be assigned the role of "overseer" and "overlord" over us? And what credentials are these individuals going to possess that will make them "worthy" of such a role?
Another site to check out: www.barney-quick.blogspot.com
…and another: www.dahnbatchelorsopinions.blogspot.com
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