VMI77 wrote:The larger problem is asymmetry. The thugs have the advantage because they have little or nothing to lose. One of us makes a mistake and we can lose everything, including our freedom. In some parts of the country it's made worse by a political and legal system that is more like the UK than traditional America. I've lived this kind of asymmetry twice....with bad neighbors. They can make your life miserable and if they're clever, in such a way that there is almost nothing you can do about it legally. It's easier to be a good Samaritan where good deeds go unpunished.
There has been a decades long attack by the Statists on individual action and a long subtle campaign to dis-empower ordinary people. We're told to let the "professionals" take care of things in all aspects of life and in many cases sanctioned for not doing so. This is an intentional incremental subordination of the individual to enable those in power to more readily assert control over the populace.
very true, and very well said!
jd