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Note to Grover Norquist and others with corporate political non-responsibility persuasions: When you were 21 you "decided that nobody learned anything about politics after the age of 21." A few financially well-greased years later, as a professional lobbyist, you decided if you could, you would "drown government in a bath tub." Which would presumably take out the government lobbyists as well, but, never mind, apparently you had already figured this out by the time you were 21, deciding to feed from the hand you would drown if you only could without inconveniencing yourself, of course. After all, that's what being a conservative is all about in the U.S., conserving personal conveniences, queer feelings of self-reliant entitlement, by not willing to vulnerably empathize with non-elite players, unlikely to move or shake any money tree in your back yard About this drowning of government. Would that especially include, in fact would it necessarily first, and most primarily, include all forms of self-governance with power-relational responsibilities and opportunities and risks? I mean, do you have children, or did you have kids, or have you ever met any kids, or do you by chance remember being under the age of 21, before you knew everything there is to know about self-governance? As a parent, hoping to help adolescents move toward healthy self-governance, does this seem like the kind of accountability and responsible behavior that you didn't worry so much about for your kids, and maybe your younger neighbors and friends? Because, after all, presumably they would magically become just like you at 21, and already know everything there is to know about how to self-govern your mind and your over-paid mouth and your under-exercised potentially cooperative feet and hands, trying to at least do no harm to yourself your family future generations Earth our economy our political health as a self-governing Nation of accountability learning how to behave within a democratically intended healthy economy of multicultural inclusion and freedom. Freedom to explore vocations in the public (government) sector, like teaching and public health and safety and security positions without worrying about becoming another all-wise you, because the rest of us poor public-sector slobs are still working on our cooperative WinWin gaming strategies toward ecopolitical self-governing multicultural climatic health, rather than the pathology of advocating public drownings and put-downings of those who are presumably doing the best we can despite the self-aggrandizing behaviors of corporate conservative lobbyists, who hear "freedom of democracy" every time they speak behind closed doors "freedom toward plutocracy." Other than that, I have no doubt you're doing the best you can, bless your drowning heart.
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