Where do you stand, On different social things Options

[Hartmann]

I am guessing that given the more left leaning of this board, the answers are fairly obvious but I was wondering where people stood on the ideas of self-reliance, government intervention, and work.

My firm belief is that people as a whole must be self-reliant, that government should stay out unless it is needed, and hard work is necessary to succeed.

Where do you stand?

I listen to my brothers talk about what they want to do and I'm amazed at their goals. Nothing to do with hard work or being self-reliant but more along the lines of American Idol and "famous". It is one thing to dream of being a baseball player when you're young but I get this impression that we are becoming more and more focused on the easy route rather than the tough but rewarding one.

[Seeker]

IMO people should rely on themselves and the government should stay out of peoples' private lives. If you depend on anyone but yourself then your life card needs revoked and instant death becomes your last and final handout.

If everyone lived as in the book "Walden" the world would be better off.

Unfortunately the majority of us on Techsans are dependent on another source and that source is made up of a multitude of corporations. We work for one, eat food processed by one, drink water that was bottled by one etc. We live in a corporate-fascist country and the Democrats and Republicans are both members of the same party, the Corporate party. Corporations suck the vitality and meaning out of life.

[Hartmann]

If everyone lived as in the book "Walden" the world would be better off.

I was waiting for a Walden reference to get dropped.