Socialism: The sweet siren song of the shortcut promising us that we don't have to work, that we don't have to think, that we don't have to plan... someone else will be doing those things for us
The fundamental question that a people must ask is whether they want to be independent of their government, or dependent on it? Is government to be a tool that we use when we need it and put away when we don't, or a master that oversees our affairs and uses us as its tools.
The question is not a new one, though it continues to be asked over and over again, as each generation comes into its own, and examines what it is they want of government. Most people want there to be limitations on government, but at the same time they want government to carry out certain functions for them.
