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Originally Posted by Sangetsu
It is not the government's job to take care of people, but to create an environment where people can take care of themselves. People who are always taken care of lose the ability to take care of themselves.
All of you have probably heard about the "Pilgrims" who arrived in America in the Early 17th century. The pilgrims were actually "Puritans", who fled the corruption and political strife in England to live lives of freedom in the New World. The Puritan spirit came into existence during the time of Queen Elizabeth, and reached it's peak during the Commonwealth period (after King Charles was executed, and Cromwell and the Parliament ran the country). When the monarchy was restored, Puritans were persecuted as enemies of the king and the Church of England.
Most people think of Puritans as religious fundamentalists, but that is not entirely true. Puritans were believers of "salvation through grace". That is, getting to heaven by living honest, virtuous lives. They were not followers or believers of organized religion. They believed in ultimate freedom, that those who lived properly, honestly, and with virtue had no need for organized religion or government.
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wow.. where to begin... first off, people group together to form a system of governance for the sole purpose of creating an environment in which everyone does a part to support the group and thus they are supported through eachother's actions.. so it is the
sole job of government to make sure it's people are protected and given the best opportunities
second, the puritans were the biggest hypocrites in the world.. they came to the new land to escape oppression and immediately set about their conquest of the "lesser advanced" natives... raped the women and pillaged the land and stole whatever they could...america likes to believe it's a good, righteous country build on good values by good people... you sir have been fooled... group mentality at work there.
"The first thing the pilgrims did when they came to the new world was eat a few indians." -Denny Crane
