Dear Friends,
It seems to me, people seeking a nanny state must understand, if the State treats you like a child, you’ll be treated like a child. There’s no free meal on this account. To have the State feed, clothe, house, maintain your health and provide you with employment, dependency… then you must accept being treated like a dependent. Your actions will be monitored, for your own good. You wouldn’t leave a toddler home alone would you? The trade off is, security for freedom. You can be taken care of, but you won’t be able to be a free thinker, entrepreneur or loud mouth. The punishment for being a nail that sticks up… will be the hammer. Those that seek freedom, over a State hammock, have trade offs too. We must accept that to be treated like an adult we must act like adults.
People who advocate for a State couch act like children. Have you seen ANTIFA or BLM protesting? They’re not exactly rational, thoughtful or mature in their rioting, iconoclasm or arson. Every time I watch CNN, at a restaurant, I feel like I’m watching children pretend to be reporters. Now and again they’ll burst into a full fledged whine. Bawling over something that prevents their despotism. Then there’s our appointed by the deep state, “President.” He’s as mature as a five year old but without the processing capacity. I have to ask, how many mature adults demand you change the rules of a game to suit them? Maybe they should get five strikes to your three before they’re out? Elitists mimic Eric Cartman… eating the skin from the fried chicken and saying, “Screw you guys, I’m going home.”
If the State is going to be your father and mother, your going to be the child… not someone else, you. A child has no rights. How can a dependent have rights? They have obligations, rules and allowances, but no rights. A child is obligated to follow their parents orders, like, be home by 10 pm. The kid must follow the rules, else be punished. The child gets whatever allowance the parents deem sufficient. You’ll own nothing and be happy… that’s an order. You’ll get the shots the state tells you, because a child has no say in their own healthcare. A tot can’t know better than the parent. If you don’t like GMO food, a “vaccine” with mortal side effects or constant monitoring by the State, tough luck. Kids don’t have the luxury of rights… they only have rules. Rules that apply to the kids but not the parents.
The other alternative is a limited state and a free people. In this option, the individual is treated as an adult, and so must act it. Making your own decisions whether or not to eat GMO food, etc… It would be your call, not a bureaucrat’s… where you work, live, and whom you marry. You would be responsible to feed, clothe, house, and take care of yourself. It would be up to you to decide what car to drive, if you want to have a family or to smoke cigarettes. Only adults make these kinds of decisions. Not children. You would have to answer questions for yourself without the orders of an expert. There will be experts to consult, but they won’t be your masters, they will be your servants. Enjoying the prerogatives of adulthood, come with responsibilities and obligations, if not orders and rules.
The elite are manipulating us into accepting their benevolent parentage, where our needs are met by the State… like the people in China, Cuba and North Korea. They’ll bring that level of prosperity to the world. Africa will have to get used to greater deprivation, but they’re used to it anyway. We can be kids and whine or we can be adults and act. Acting requires, speaking up, pointing out childishness and contacting our representatives. No excuses. Push back against the lurking net masquerading as a hammock. Fight factionalization. Those who think being a ward of the State is a good idea, aren’t our enemies, they’re our allies. They want to be adults… in a hammock. Let them know the only possibilities are, adult, or child. Lead by example, act like an adult and demand to be treated like one.
Sincerely,
John Pepin
