Americans no longer do anything for themselves. If you have a spiritual problem you run to the pastor. If you have an emotional problem you run to the shrink. If you have a physical malady you run to the physician. If you have a money problem you run to the bank. If you have a legal problem you run to the courts.
No one takes care of their own problems. There is always some expert lurking out there who is ready and willing to take care of your problem for you…with a fee attached of course.
It was rugged individualism that built this country. Back in the days when America was learning to walk, people were trained to be self-sufficient. There wasn’t a lawn company to call to clear a forest. There was no grocery store on the corner where you could go buy some beef. There was no Uber stagecoach to get you to your local gym.
If you wanted it done, you did it yourself. That included self defense. Who do you call when there are no cops?
Our nation was built on a premise that was unheard of in all of human history…the idea that the individual was sovereign and that apart from ...
