tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2759444088197453048.post1540211463485485262..comments2009-12-29T08:03:10.480-08:00Comments on American Overview: PatriotismK. Fegerthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10711007516694344093noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2759444088197453048.post-22419974102060946902009-12-29T07:38:11.567-08:002009-12-29T07:38:11.567-08:00The struggle between individual freedom and statis...The struggle between individual freedom and statist tyranny goes back in recorded history about 2,500 years. By the 1950s and 1960s there was a general belief that freedom would win; that the time of statism would soon pass. Instead we see the vile, dehumanizing tyranny called socialism growing and metasticizing yet again. What is it about the population (estimated at 22% in the US) that would ever accept and even advocate the imposition of a slave state? Is it an underlying character flaw, psychological response to indoctrination in the schools, psychiatric pathology, or some other cause? The urge for personal freedom and personal responsibility is the natural state of the human condition. The urge for conformity and victimization is not natural. Without understanding that welfare statism is a manifestation of a mental disease, it will be very difficult to prevent its recurrence.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13540126925343063061noreply@blogger.com