Unfortunately, in the land of liberals & socialist, individualism has been lost. Now, it's about the collective. Except of course, for the elitist in
our society. THEY continue on as before, but tell everyone else how to live, what to eat, where to work, how to think.
Life, liberty and the PURSUIT of happiness. If you don't want to pursue it, then don't ask me for a handout, when you are in your 30's, broke,
homeless, hungry. I worked my butt off when I was in my teens & 20's, all the while, some of my friends in the backwards small town I lived in,
did nothing but drink, party & have fun. Last time I went back there, some, NOW in their 50's are still doing the same f'in thing, with no ambition,
nothing to show for life, except a stack full of bills, and living on government assistance. In other words, they are LAZY! And they want ME, to
"give" them free food, free housing, free healthcare. THAT my friends is why collectivism, and socialism DOES NOT and will NEVER work!
Hell, even the original settlers in America figured it out! They started out as a collective, and almost killed off the colony because some worked
and some didn't, but those that worked their butts off, didn't like the idea of giving the fruits of their labor, to the lazy asses that did nothing.
Once they gave everyone a small piece of land, and said what is yours is yours, and the fruits of your labor belong to you and no one else, and if
you want to sell your excess, you may. This inspired people who wanted to better their family, and the community as a whole.
Just going to college, getting a lame ass 4 year liberal arts degree, isn't going to cut it, IF your degree is in something not useful to the country as
a whole. Getting a degree in underwater basketweaving, or some other lame ass thing, won't do anyone any good, if there is ZERO demand for
that degree. And, the other problem with so called higher education, is with "big college". You hear those on the left complaining about big oil,
big pharm etc, but no one says anything about "big college". What is meant by that term? How about university professors, university presidents,
and some coaches, making upwards of 6 or 7 figures? Results then should be we are graduating the best and brightest. LOL, NOT happening.
We have some college educated people that come out of college, dumber than they went in! Public education, today, thanks to political correctness,
and the 60's radicals, that are in charge of everything, is nothing more than re-education camps, to get children use to the idea that government is
good, and people, conservatism, God is bad. By the time they have been molded by years of socialist teachings, politically correct, history revisionism,
when they graduate, they are "socialist". My nephew, almost 40, started out that way. When he got out of college, he though government was the
end-all answer to everything. Only when he got out in the working world, having lived off his parents from birth though college, did he finally get it.
His first job out of college, paid xxxx dollars per month. He thought he had it made in the shade, until that first paycheck came, and he found that his
paycheck, thanks to all the taxes & withholdings, was about 30% less than he expected. Along with becoming born again, he changed and is now a
true conservative (not to be confused with the RINO republicans), believes it is up to each of us, on our own or with our family, to make it in this world.
The other problem, in my opinion, is the total lack of respect, that people in society have for their fellow human being. We see it constantly, someone down
and out, getting beat up, mugged, on the street and does anyone come to this persons aid? Nope, we just whip out our phones to record it all. What happened?
Why have are we a broken society? The absence of religion in everyday public life. The government, has pretty much stripped out any reference to religion,
in society, starting with education. The so called "establishment clause" says "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion". This is the ONLY thing anti-religion types on the left, will spout out. The problem comes from the 2nd part of that phrase, "or prohibiting the free exercise thereof". It's freedom OF religion, not freedom FROM religion. By removing religion from everyday life, by breaking up the "nuclear family" by telling women, you don't need a man in your life, we have broken, what has worked for centuries. Now, children don't know who their father is, have no basis for right & wrong, and you end up with children having children, running around killing each other thinking it is no big deal. The lack of values & morality, are a direct result, of the breakup of the family. Until we get back to that, it will only get worse!