The Great Lie of the Nanny State

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Many of us, after years of indoctrination at our government schools, were left with a sense that there is a great government force working hard every day to protect us and look after our best interest. We were told that government standards keep us safe from disease, that government highway regulations keep us safe from car accidents, that federal agencies make sure that the food we eat will be healthy.

The result of all of this? Americans everywhere drive more carelessly, do not research what they put on their plate and take medications that leave them sicker, rather than healthier.

For government officials, free from the scrutiny of the free market and any sort of competition, they typically have one primary goal once they have obtained their coveted position of power- to retain that power and gain even more. This is a simple fact of human nature, that power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely.

A great example is the Food and Drug Administration, which after obtaining the confidence of the republics masses has been responsible for regular introduction of medications that maim and even kill those who trust its oversight. This is hardly surprising when one considers that many FDA regulators were installed after terms as drug company lobbyists. Likewise, Federal officials entrusted with Americas food supply have allowed the greatest food experiment in the history of mankind- the use of Genetically Modified crops.

The dangers of this veil of protection not only enables Americans to become ignorant, mindless sheep but also allows the growth of power, as recently seen with the Federal forays into finance and medical care. Those who seek the protective hand of big brother pay a high price as they trust their quality of life to a largely self serving group of legislators. If the goal is a better quality of life, the solution is simple: more responsibility and less government involvement.

Category:

News & Politics

Tags:

• government
• nanny-state
• statism
• liberty
• freedom
• 10th-amendment

[safetychoice]

Government interference in automotive design and automotive safety has, so far, cost the American people more than 40,000 lives and more than $100 billion dollars. Every time NHTSA mandates that another crackpot invention be installed in cars, somebody makes a lot of money and more people die.

[jolefson]

So what was life like in the 19th century before we had these regulations?

[globalwarmnotmanmade]

@hoorano That's so true. And news programs only ever show one side of the argument and then claim that they're allowing people to make up their own mind.. RUBBISH!

[jhillst]

This video makes some good points but ignores one major issue: the root of these problems is not the government itself, but rather the corporate lobbyists and special interest groups that influence government. The government IS meant to look after our best interests, but when groups like food and drug companies use their power to corrupt government, the opposite happens.

"Less government involvement" sounds good in theory, but in reality it often ends up making corporate power stronger.

[juanky525]

I’m afraid to watch more of these.

[hoorano]

I hate the indoctrination of the so-call global climate-change/warming. Current students in public school are forced to learn this big lie w/o counter argument or rebuttal of the facts stated by over 600 scientists..

[Membrane556]

One thing I find ironic pot is illegal despite being largely harmless but paxil is legal despite being proven a very damaging drug.

[pzmtuthcvpvl]

If power courrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely, and The Law has absolute power .........

[theInversion99]

@LowcountryJoe2 Ironically, that image was originally used by socialists as a critique of capitalist society. I was actually quite surprised to a state-rights advocate using it against the welfare state. It doesn't really work against either capitalism or the welfare state...though it would be a nice critique of Feudalism. (not that there would be any point in critiquing a system no one advocates anymore.)

[sony8877]

@LowcountryJoe2 it says capitalism at the top of the image, this is wrong , the corporate state structure we have is not capitalism, although the name has been manipulated to make people think that the market is too free and more state control is necessary, when its the opposite, the state falls and so do the large corporations monopoly, if we are at a stage where people think that the structure of kings and queens and government regulation is part of capitalism then we need a new word