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I believe in the representative republic as the best model for governance with free market capitalism as its economic backbone. I also believe in the power and liberty of the individual and I believe the rights of the individual are more important than the privileges of the masses.>
>I believe in lots of things. If we're talking about real life, I believe in the scientific notion that "the animal is always right" meaning that you can hold whatever theory you like but if it doesn't match reality, it's not useful. So unless you can point to a nation that manages to achieve what you describe, where are you hoping to go with all this mental activity?
Look around at the real life disaster the State has reaped. Decades of power accumulation has led to this. That's real life.
See the USA between 1980-1997 for a good start to the restoration.
Wine is sunlight, held together by water - Galileo Galilei
Un jour sans vin est comme un jour sans soleil - Louis Pasteur
Water separates the people of the world; wine unites them - anonymous
Wine is the most civilized thing in the world - Ernest Hemingway
Wine makes daily living easier, less hurried, with fewer tensions and more tolerance - Benjamin Franklin
