> If you're saying otherwise, you're insanely delusional, but well, that's probably how you see me.
My question to you is simple: do you see yourself as capable of managing your own life and being responsible for your own actions? I certainly see myself that way. My belief is that most Americans do too, so I assume you do as well. And if you do, then you are insanely delusional to be talking as though people need someone else, whether it's the government or "experts" or whatever, to tell them how to manage their lives.
Perhaps I'm wrong in my belief. Perhaps you honestly think that you yourself are not capable of managing your own life and being responsible for your own actions. Perhaps most Americans are like you and not me.
If you in fact don't think you're capable of managing your own life and being responsible for your own actions, then I have another simple question for you: who else do you expect to do it? If you expect our politicians and other so-called "elites" to do it, then once again, you're the one who's insanely delusional, not me. If you honestly don't think you're capable of managing your own life and being responsible for your own actions, my strong advice to you is to learn how, quickly, because otherwise you are putting your life in the hands of people who cannot be trusted with it.
I suppose there is one other possibility: that you think you, yourself, are capable of managing your own life and being responsible for your own actions, but you don't think most other Americans are (presumably including me). If so, once more, you're insanely delusional, unless you have very, very strong evidence that you are that much more capable of managing your own life and taking responsibility for your own actions than most other Americans.
Ever heard of Dunning-Kruger? Geez. Subjective opinion of one's self can be vastly different to the objective truth.
I wonder what drunk driving stats currently look like, despite harsh laws against them. These are people who believe "I'm fine to drive" and disregard the health of others when they get on the road. Imagine if in your magical world there are no drunk driving laws, because hey, let's trust everyone to be capable blah blah blah. On that topic, substance abuse.. but hey "my body, my problem?" right? Except substance abusers become a problem when they commit crimes against other people so they can get their fix, and when they fall over in public and start foaming in the mouth needing the ambulance. (Not familiar with the libertarian cult ideology, does one need a fat credit card before the ambulance start treating one's self?).
Whatever magical believe you have about those capabilities, yeah, most people in the world don't have them to the degree of perfection you think you have. Should I study more to advance my career? Yes. Should I have a better work-life balance? Yes. Am I doing those things? No, instead I'm spending time responding to crackpots on the Internet.
So yeah, trying to govern a society with your (IMO idiotic) assumptions is a stupid idea, because it's a society we don't have. Should we just cancel all drink driivng laws because we should assume right now that everyone will be responsible and not drink drive? To expand that, should we cancel all police because we can assume everyone will be responsible citizens and not commit crimes against others? What a genius idea. /s
My question to you is simple: do you see yourself as capable of managing your own life and being responsible for your own actions? I certainly see myself that way. My belief is that most Americans do too, so I assume you do as well. And if you do, then you are insanely delusional to be talking as though people need someone else, whether it's the government or "experts" or whatever, to tell them how to manage their lives.
Perhaps I'm wrong in my belief. Perhaps you honestly think that you yourself are not capable of managing your own life and being responsible for your own actions. Perhaps most Americans are like you and not me.
If you in fact don't think you're capable of managing your own life and being responsible for your own actions, then I have another simple question for you: who else do you expect to do it? If you expect our politicians and other so-called "elites" to do it, then once again, you're the one who's insanely delusional, not me. If you honestly don't think you're capable of managing your own life and being responsible for your own actions, my strong advice to you is to learn how, quickly, because otherwise you are putting your life in the hands of people who cannot be trusted with it.
I suppose there is one other possibility: that you think you, yourself, are capable of managing your own life and being responsible for your own actions, but you don't think most other Americans are (presumably including me). If so, once more, you're insanely delusional, unless you have very, very strong evidence that you are that much more capable of managing your own life and taking responsibility for your own actions than most other Americans.