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| Lowe wants Government out of most everything? There are a lot of former Democrats receptive to this message... |
Q. You’ve compared loyalty to a political party to recreational drug use. You’ve been sober for several years now, so what did you mean by that?
A. I find them both highly overrated. Each day another state makes it O.K. for my 18-year-old — any 18-year-old — to go and buy pot like he’s buying a Pepsi-Cola, and so let’s face it: In the United States, recreational drug use is sort of acceptable. Belonging to one party is acceptable. But my days of just ticking the party box are long over. I judge the candidates for who they are.
Q. So what do you believe?
A. My thing is personal freedoms, freedoms for the individual to love whom they want, do with what they want. In fact, I want the government out of almost everything.
I have to say, I have to agree with him in principal about this. With the exception of limited police and regulatory power and defense of the nation (which you need to maintain liberty and civil society), government involvement beyond that almost always erodes freedom.
With age comes wisdom.
ReplyDeleteThat could just be survivor bias.
ReplyDeleteMichael Moore is 10 years older than Rob Lowe, por ejemplo.
He could also be the exception that proves the rule.
DeleteYou either start to get it or you never will The old you get the more realities of life become more apparent and then you can start to give a shit or let some other sucker worry about it.
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