A paper on the ideas Doc Willer and I discussed about how Saddam Hussein had basically given the people everything: food, petroleum, and services. It sounds good at first glance, but then we realized that he had done all this as a method of control. Who would want to dispose of the man that provided for your family, even if he put your neighbor in a meat grinder and you weren't allowed to really object to any of his policies. And thus:
Idea for a paper. Social platforms of the Democratic party as an environment for control. Also, the manipulations of fear by the Republican party as an environment for control. On one side, you could sell your liberty for free gas (like the Iraqis) or on the other you could allow the government to usurp your liberty in the guise of your personal safety (watch V for Vendetta if you don't understand)
Additional thoughts on this include social welfare programs. Again, they sound good, but when is enough, enough? When do we hold people accountable for their actions? Specifically, I am referring to women who have kids out of wedlock, do not hold a job, and demand the government take care of them "with a check." How is this for taking care of them: take their kids and put in a birth control implant. There are many good uses for the welfare programs, like helping people get themselves back on track. But simply being on the dole (Roosevelt) is wasting the tax dollars that could be used for other, productive ends.
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