I struggle when people say the solution is more government. I'm not a right winger, but I also see the bureaucratic ineptitude when I go to the DMV and see a long line just waiting to be told they don't have the right I.D. for the service they need. If people had compassion, morality, and *gasp* a little less independence in their culture, America would have less social problems
That's why family and community matter more. Govt is already struggling to do the things they do. There is no way to expect govt to make up for the lack of true family and community bonds that have been frayed over the generations.
the fraying of the family and social bonds sounds like religious right talk, but there is something to it that our familial bonds have shallowed out and become strained over the last 40 years. Just look at family movies: they used to focus on an idyllic, cohesive family unit (even if it was cheesy to our modern eyes), and now they focus on brokenness and dysfunction. This isn't to say society was better 40 years ago or whatever, but just that people relate to sarcasm, selfishness, dysfunction, and hatred more than they do to sincerity and genuine forthrightness
I live in that family that looks after everyone and everyone comes together. It is frequently awful and my nan who is 80 still has to drive. It is impossible even with a large family for one of us to be available all of the time. You have a point but the solution is still going to come from the government
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u/Venator_IV Feb 27 '25
I struggle when people say the solution is more government. I'm not a right winger, but I also see the bureaucratic ineptitude when I go to the DMV and see a long line just waiting to be told they don't have the right I.D. for the service they need. If people had compassion, morality, and *gasp* a little less independence in their culture, America would have less social problems