roberth
10-26-2014, 18:22
http://straightlinelogic.com/2014/10/26/the-only-issue-that-matters-by-robert-gore/
By 1835, when Alexis de Tocqueville published the first volume of Democracy in America, it was clear to this astute foreign observer that something extraordinary was happening in America. Freedom was breeding a new kind of person—the autonomous and empowered individual, who wanted the government to maintain public order and not do much else. The flow of immigrants from Europe, which would later become a flood from all over the world, recognized an unprecedented opportunity to live their lives and improve their situations almost completely unhindered by the governing power. This was the bedrock of American exceptionalism: freedom and its consequent opportunities.
I found this interesting, actually much more than interesting, thought some of you might want to read it too.
If you vote (D) don't bother, this article runs against everything you believe and/or vote for.
By 1835, when Alexis de Tocqueville published the first volume of Democracy in America, it was clear to this astute foreign observer that something extraordinary was happening in America. Freedom was breeding a new kind of person—the autonomous and empowered individual, who wanted the government to maintain public order and not do much else. The flow of immigrants from Europe, which would later become a flood from all over the world, recognized an unprecedented opportunity to live their lives and improve their situations almost completely unhindered by the governing power. This was the bedrock of American exceptionalism: freedom and its consequent opportunities.
I found this interesting, actually much more than interesting, thought some of you might want to read it too.
If you vote (D) don't bother, this article runs against everything you believe and/or vote for.