Quote Originally Posted by Breukelen advocaat
Individualism makes for progress and betterment of the human race. Collectivism hinders both.
Hey, Breuk, good point, but how do we reconcile "rugged individualism" (aka Reagan/Goldwater) versus human considerations for exapanding options and opportunities to accomplish the basics?

To me the question boils down to how to recapture the meaning of freedom. George Lakoff (linguist) talked about this recently and it really hit me.
graymatter Reviewed by graymatter on . A good question. Someone posed a question to me and others as to what should be done,if anything, to straighten out the American GOV. As complex as the question is, as there are so many angles to come from, ill start the conversation by giveing my input. I think first and foremost should be Election Reform. Big Bussiness needs to be out of American Politics. It creates biased situations based on greed and power, and in no small part is helping the shrinkage of the modern middle class. To accomplish Rating: 5