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Thanksgiving Day, and why America is different...
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<blockquote data-quote="ThisBrotherOfHis" data-source="post: 66667242" data-attributes="member: 344189"><p><span style="font-family: 'calibri'"><span style="font-size: 12px">The systematic promotion of infantilism, theorizing the mature adult viewpoint will not trade his freedom or anyone else's for an artificial "safety net" and concluding this approach is unartful and without merit -- that people need someone to tell them what's good for them because left to their own devices they will make the wrong choices.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'calibri'"><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'calibri'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Think of the child lost in the market immediately panicking and going hysterical with the predominate thought "I can't face the world alone!" This is irrational, because it can be safely assumed that 1) mom is not far away, and 2) she hasn't already forgotten her child.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'calibri'"><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'calibri'"><span style="font-size: 12px">We get over that. We mature. We learn the skills and gain the knowledge that helps us realize that yes, we can -- we are intended to -- face this world alone, and succeed. This country was founded on, and became great practicing, the principles of individualism, entrepreneurship, and self-reliance that assure success through nothing more than the simple willingness to face life's obstacles, trials and genuine hardships like a grown-up, relying on one's own resources, and on what can be earned through one's own effort and voluntary productive interaction with others. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'calibri'"><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'calibri'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Collectivist education has deliberately undermined this attitude, causing so-called "rugged individualism" to become known derogatorily as a selfish endeavor, rendering </span></span><span style="font-family: 'calibri'"><span style="font-size: 12px">as nothing more than a parody, disreputable in nature</span></span><span style="font-family: 'calibri'"><span style="font-size: 12px">, the characteristics upon which this nation has risen to the heights of a world power.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'calibri'"><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'calibri'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><staff edit></span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ThisBrotherOfHis, post: 66667242, member: 344189"] [FONT=calibri][SIZE=3]The systematic promotion of infantilism, theorizing the mature adult viewpoint will not trade his freedom or anyone else's for an artificial "safety net" and concluding this approach is unartful and without merit -- that people need someone to tell them what's good for them because left to their own devices they will make the wrong choices. Think of the child lost in the market immediately panicking and going hysterical with the predominate thought "I can't face the world alone!" This is irrational, because it can be safely assumed that 1) mom is not far away, and 2) she hasn't already forgotten her child. We get over that. We mature. We learn the skills and gain the knowledge that helps us realize that yes, we can -- we are intended to -- face this world alone, and succeed. This country was founded on, and became great practicing, the principles of individualism, entrepreneurship, and self-reliance that assure success through nothing more than the simple willingness to face life's obstacles, trials and genuine hardships like a grown-up, relying on one's own resources, and on what can be earned through one's own effort and voluntary productive interaction with others. Collectivist education has deliberately undermined this attitude, causing so-called "rugged individualism" to become known derogatorily as a selfish endeavor, rendering [/SIZE][/FONT][FONT=calibri][SIZE=3]as nothing more than a parody, disreputable in nature[/SIZE][/FONT][FONT=calibri][SIZE=3], the characteristics upon which this nation has risen to the heights of a world power. <staff edit>[/SIZE][/FONT] [/QUOTE]
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