Posted by LostBoyinNC45 on March 11, 2014, at 20:51:01
In reply to Re: psychology of dependency on the government??, posted by Dr. Bob on March 11, 2014, at 1:28:16
something like that. Its not just a gun culture thing. It used to be like that in just regular white American middle class culture. Now, I dont know its changing and it seems to me the gun culture is one part of American culture that is refusing to go down with the ship.
again it goes back to the gun culture is composed of people who mostly have jobs and pay taxes and are more conservative and stuff. People like that dont want the government taking anymore of their money than they can get by with.
America was originally created with the concept of a relatively small and limited government. Particularly a relatively small and limited federal government. we have gotten so far away from that and its something that just irritates strict constructionists on the U.S. Constitution.
Eric AKA LostBoyinNC
> > I want the government to fear the people, not the other way around. I want the government to fear me, as a voter and as a citizen and that does not happen when you are financially dependent on the government to survive, off entitlements.
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> > Opposition to too much government dependence is probably rooted in a desire to keep the government small and to control their desire to grow, to keep their power minimized.
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> Thanks for explaining. If I understand you right, you don't want government to get too powerful. You want the people to have some power, too. Which maybe fits with gun culture.
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> Bob
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