🚀 go-pugleaf

Trevor Calder <trevorREMOVE@THISiinet.net.au> wrote:
>
> Ned Latham told all the world the following....
>
> > Trevor Calder <trevorREMOVE@THISiinet.net.au> wrote:
> >
> > > The last thing any government wants is people thinking they can
> > > look after themselves.
> 
> > You're absolutely right, Trev: *our* government want us dependent on
> > them for everything.
> 
> Yep. And they're getting it - because most people don't want all the
> hassles that go with making their own decisions or being
> responsible for their own actions.

Right again. Mental laziness is as natural as physical laziness. But
the victim mentality and the attitude of depencncy are pushed at us
almost from birth: by the TV, by the education system, and by the
``justice'' system.

People would be a lot more self-reliant if they were allowed to develop
without the handicaps these institutions impose.

----snip----

> We can always swap them for another load of bastards exactly the same...
> Either that or armed revolution.

Or a small change to the constitution. Not that ``republic'' shit - I
mean a change to genuine democracy: the HoS doesn't have the power of
assent, the people do.

A referendum on every law, and on every issue of national policy. It used
to be impractical, but that's no longer true: the marriage of the computer
and the telephone has made it a real possibility.

----snip----

Ned

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