"Oh no - we don't discuss that in OUR house!"

I can’t pinpoint when the change was, but it certainly happened.

Based on my family, as near as I can tell, it was somewhere between the 1920’s and 1940’s. Open to comments on that.

But ………. somewhere along the line, it became ‘taboo’ to discuss politics, and religion. Many said ”It only causes arguments, and I won’t stand for that in MY house!”.

In hindsight, this appears to me a HUGE mistake.

The result is, between 1 and 3 generations of people in this country, that have NO clue about their own religion, OR about the historic events that caused the shaping of this country.

On religion, we have so many misconceptions, that it is crazy. That will be another days discussion.

What is wrong with the Government helping a company with money? What is wrong with passing federal laws that the majority wants? What is wrong with recognizing that there is a class of people that minimize, and take advantage of the ‘little people’? What is wrong with taxing the greedy fat-cat corporate owners, so the employees have a bigger share of the profits? What is wrong with passing mandates that protect people from themselves?

First, we are NOT a democracy – never have been. We are a Democratic-Republic. If you do not know the difference, then read about it, find out about ‘states rights’ and individual freedom’.

In a Democratic-Republic, with a Capitalist economy, Government has NO place in ANY business. The economics of supply and demand solves it all. Supply and Demand ALSO takes care of the ‘fat-cat’ versus ‘little people/employees’ problem. It is not the job of the government to protect us from our own stupidity, period. If you are stupid enough to make toast in the shower, then it is better to get you out of the gene pool so you wont produce stupid kids. It is sad, yes, but nature has a way to cull the unfit. We have sidetracked it, and EVERY time you fight nature, the results are horrible.

Those people that take advantage, the fat-cats ……. THEY are the ones that sign our paychecks. Ruin them and you ruin your job, and the job of everyone that works there. Think they are making SO much selling for a high price, and paying too little? Then start a competing company, pay higher wages, sell for a slightly lower price. Then you will capture the market…… or not. You MAY find out, that there is a HUGE difference between millions in sales, and millions in profits. You may find out that the union demands are bankrupting the company (can you say ….. GM?).

By NOT talking about politics, most people today, can not see that we are taking the same paths as Marx, Mussolini, Lenin, Hitler, and in some ways Mao Tse Tung, Castro, Chavez, and many others. We are heading in a very bad direction.

All because someone decided it was not ‘polite’ to discuss it. So no one learned. We have ‘polited’ ourselves into destruction.

They say negotiate. Good idea, next time you are faced with a robber, a murderer, a rapist – just negotiate with them!

We MUST talk to challenge ourselves, and each other. To examine our own thoughts more closely, AND to teach future generations, or we condemn them to be enslaved by those that know how.

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