Subj : Re: Neuralink
To   : Nightfox
From : Tracker1
Date : Mon Aug 31 2020 15:52:19

On 8/29/2020 2:17 PM, Nightfox wrote:
> 
> You quoted me & seemed to be replying to me, but for some reason your reply was addressed to Tracker1..
> 
> It could be the region I'm in.  It seems most people here moved here from out of state.  It seems there are a lot of people here from other countries too.  People sometimes joke about the number of people from California who have moved here, and people who are from here sometimes joke about being one of the few who are actually from here.

Not to me, but I'll chime in... when I was young, civils, civil 
responsibility, self responsibility and liberty were taught as core 
concepts in Arizona.  As I've grown, policies have become more left 
leaning, and education has dramatically shifted from "if you have the 
ability to help/intercede, you have the responsibility to do so," to 
"don't get involved and call the police."

We've gone from a fairly healthy third party (Libertarian) presence, to 
literally a primary ballot with no LP candidates.  And while I disagree 
with Republicans on about 1/3 of their official policy stances, I 
disagree with Democrats on roughly 2/3 and have no respect for most of them.

I'm not even a die hard Libertarian at that, I'm pretty socially liberal 
and fiscally conservative and feel government should maximise personal 
freedom (and corporations shouldn't get nearly the protection they do 
from govt).  In general, I'm pragmatic, but that pragmatism can only 
stretch so far.

IMO, if you leave a state because of how messed up it is, just maybe one 
should also re-evaluate the politics that you bring with you.

-- 
Michael J. Ryan
tracker1 +o Roughneck BBS

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