Big Brother, Mother and Father
Saturday, October 24th, 2009Big brother? Yes, and big mother and father too. There is an obvious and increasing tendency to assume that we mere humans are not able to take care of ourselves or make decisions about our own lives, and that government should therefore be there to “guide” us. This argument very obviously forgets or purposely ignores the fact that government is made of fallible humans as well.
The example that reminded me of this is a recent government-ordered recall of over five million window blinds or shades. They happen to have (more…)
