Personal Responsibility

In my first post I spoke of the ongoing transformation of our nation from a Republic as intended by the founding fathers to that of a Social Democracy. There are three participants in this process: 1) the True Socialists including many Marxists who believe a large centralized government can better manage the lives of individuals than individuals themselves. These folks do not generally openly advocate for socialist government. Rather, their modus operandi is to work behind the scenes to influence institutions and politicians, often using mega financial resources to do so. 2) The liberal leaning every day American who has been taught that conservatism and is evil and liberalism is best for all Americans. 3) The Socially Irresponsible who want, expect, and believe that someone else should provide for his/her wants and needs.

This transformation began with Woodrow Wilson and really became entrenched in our social/political structures with the leadership of Presidents FDR and HBJ. The massive federal programs instituted under FDR and the “Great Society” agenda of LBJ fed the Social and Cultural Revolution which really took root in the 60’s and continues it steady march toward the destruction of this Republic.

The irony of this scenario is that only the True Socialists knew the transformation from Republic to Social Democracy would require a fair percentage of socially irresponsible voters. Let me clarify what I mean by “socially irresponsible”. This definition applies to societies in which individual liberty, freedom and personal responsibility are the cornerstone of the society. Such requires that all individual members be personally responsible, i.e., produce by their individual efforts that which provides for the welfare of themselves and their families and essentials of community and further do no harm to their fellow citizens. Any individual that propagates offspring for which he/she knowingly cannot or will not provide food, housing, clothing, medical, education and/or violates the laws of the land is by this definition socially irresponsible. Please note that I said “knowingly”; unforeseeable tragedies can and do occur and certainly the society has the duty to provide for the needs of that individual during rehabilitation.

There are four major contributors to the ever growing number of socially irresponsible: 1) the so called War on Poverty programs have failed miserably to effectively decrease the number of such citizens and today’s “poverty rate” is about 15%. It would be considerably higher if welfare payments were not counted as income. Obviously all these folks are NOT socially irresponsible, but a growing number of them are career welfare recipients and our prison population is out of control, 2) this growing number historically votes for the politicians that promises them the most, 3) socially irresponsibles propagate socially irresponsibles in exponential quantities, and 4) perhaps most troubling is that our educational institutions and national media have openly and aggressively joined in the battle being waged by the True Socialists to transform America into a Social Democracy.

These contributing factors are on track to form the “perfect storm”  --   a non-productive and socially irresponsible populace so large in numbers that it eventually will not be sustainable. Such a storm, although not of identical origins but similar in moral decay and fiscal irresponsibility, destroyed Rome and such storms are currently pounding many of the European nations. Can we not see the ominous black clouds gathering on the horizon and edging ever closer?