Have you ever read about the Kapos in the concentration camps in Nazi Germany? They were the inmates on whom the Nazis relied to keep order and dole out punishments in the camps -- without them, the camps couldn't operate in such an efficiently evil manner. The Kapos were often just as -- and sometimes more -- cruel than the Nazi guards. It may seem that I'm overreacting by comparing TSA agents with the Kapos, but there's a starting point for all malevolence and there's a definite and comparable psychological reaction involved when a small cadre of people is given power and authority over their fellow citizens (or previous co-equals in the case of the concentration camp inmates). You know the saying: "power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely."
We are now faced with the greatest moral dilemma of our society and civilization: do we want to be truly free individuals and accept all of the responsibility that comes with that, or do we want to be serfs and slaves to Leviathan and humbly take whatever handouts our rulers are willing to dribble out in order to keep us at bay and prevent us from revolt? Which is it?
To those on the Right -- are you willing to work within the confines of the private sphere (or at the local level) to influence your fellow citizens to adopt your morals and values? Can you accept that such a system will allow people to engage in behavior which you find abhorrent (i.e. abortion, gay marriage, drug use, prostitution)? Are you confident enough in your convictions and your powers of persuasion to save others from themselves without using federal laws and regulations to enact your vision for us?
To those on the Left -- are you willing to work within the confines of the private sphere (or at the local level) to influence your fellow citizens to adopt your morals and values? Can you accept that such a system will allow people to engage in behavior which you find abhorrent (i.e. not recycling, driving SUVs, shopping at Wal-Mart, engaging in capitalism, deciding where and how to spend their paychecks, using incandescent light bulbs, having a kick-ass shower-head with awesome water pressure)? Are you confident enough in your convictions and your powers of persuasion to save others from themselves without using federal laws and regulations to enact your vision for us?
Can't we all just f***ing get along? We live in a huge country with lots of different kinds of people. Even when we were just 13 states along the Eastern Seaboard, our founding fathers were smart enough to realize that the Constitution was the most specific legal document practicable to bind our nation together. That's why it's so short. And that's why it's not a "living" document. And that's why it is primarily a treatise on what the government cannot do. We should not -- and ultimately cannot -- effectively govern our great nation from Washington D.C. (look around you if you need evidence of this).
What are we all so afraid of? Failure? When the s**t really hits the fan, do you think the government's going to save you? Ask the residents of New Orleans how that worked out for them. We are already on our own in every way that matters, so let's embrace the freedom that our forefathers gifted us with over 200 years ago, and we will create our own prosperity rather than waiting on favors and indulgences from those who seek to control us.
