While John Kerry was in Germany he said that Americans have the right to be stupid. The following is taken directly from the Reuters website (even the unfortunate grammatical error).
"The reason is, that's freedom, freedom of
speech. In American you have a right to be stupid - if you want to be,"
he said, prompting laughter. "And you have a right to be disconnected to
somebody else if you want to be.
He's absolutely right, but I would take it one step further. In America we have the right to realize the consequences of our stupidity. We don't have that right currently. You can be stupid, but then the govt steps in and saves you from the consequences of your stupidity, the one thing that might prevent you from being stupid again in the future. And the "right to be disconnected to somebody else if you want to be"? That seems to directly contradict the notion that we're "All in this together", or "Nobody got rich on their own", or "Shared sacrifice". If I knew John Kerry was such an individualist, I would have voted for him instead of George Bush.
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