The sad reality, today, is that many don't understand government control (overreach) until it's too late.
One day, we're living at home under our parent's rules and regulations... looking forward to moving out and making our own path in the world... making our own rules and regulations... only to find out the government rules and regulations has been in charge of nearly every inch of our life without knowing it.
Reality sets in and that's when we really grow up. Moving out didn't change much because we're now realizing the government has a stronger stranglehold on our freedom. We feel oppressed and rebellious.
But, rebelling will only last for a few years. That's because we will begin to go along with the restrictions and boundaries or we'll die and be released from them that way. You know... give me liberty or give me death? But, once we determine that going along is better than death, we'll now be easier to control when the noose is tightened with more restrictions and boundaries.
In fact, as we get older, we may even propose more restrictions and boundaries ourselves. Think not? Look at our current legislative body, they too were young once.
Slowly but surely, we replace individual responsibility, which may be more lenient and understanding, to group responsibility, which may be less lenient or understanding.
Government solving our problems has now become a problem. We, overtime, have empowered that entity as we reduced our own. By using our fears and needs to control us. Telling us we weren't capable of doing things ourselves. We were inadequate to understand or do what was necessary. Using key words or phrases to manipulate us into obedience.
Instead of us being responsible in contributing to whatever cause or charity we felt was needed, we now are taxed, and taxed some more, so they can do it for us instead. Instead of things like schools, infrastructure, or military, we see it trickling down into every part of our existence. Even when they've proven, over and over again, how they've misused and abused those funds and responsibilities.
But, like some weird hypnosis, we just keep believing that they have our best interests at heart. Until, one day, we're not only told what we can eat or drink but what we are allowed to think.
Welcome to Communism.
