| I am a Libertarian and some of my basic premises are:
We are all ultimately responsible for our own actions and stations in life. Too many people refuse to look at their own decisions and want to blame others when things are aren't as good for them as they would like. This, fostered by the political system in this country, is more or less responsible for all the divisions we have.
I think in terms of the individual. Group associations are nothing but a way to avoid thinking and judging people for themselves. People think in terms of groups and the associated stereotypes of those groups and wind up missing a lot of what people are trying to say because of their pre-conceived notions. I look at what a PERSON says and thinks, nothing else.
I believe the "two-party" system in our country doesn't work well. Too many people don't realize that there are more than two solutions to any given issue and that they don't have to be diametrically opposed to one another. It results in the two major parties not needing to be responsible to their constituents, basically making them failures at their intended purposes, aka representation.
Coddling people too much is bad for the individual and bad for society. People need to suffer for their mistakes in order to learn from them. The more society coddles people, the more they ultimately wind up relying on others, therefore "needing" more coddling, etc. The welfare state perpetuates itself by creating more people to rely on it, therefore making all those people the personal bitches of whoever supports them...not good for anyone except those in power.
Hockey is far and away the greatest game on the face of the planet!! |