“It's not an endlessly expanding list of rights — the 'right' to education, the 'right' to health care, the 'right' to food and housing. That's not freedom, that's dependency. Those aren't rights, those are the rations of slavery — hay and a barn for human cattle.” (Alexis de Tocqueville)

Alexis De Tocqueville, the French philosopher who visited America in the 1830s, recognized the great truth almost 200 years ago. Despite what the Democrats and the Left say, people do not have a “right” to education, health care, housing, etc. A person can only have a “right” to those things if they have a “right” to somebody else’s money, i.e., somebody else pays for it. And nobody has a “right” to another person’s property.

But the Left has demagogued the issue, and many people believe it. Joe Biden opened America’s borders to the world, and countless millions came to get their free food, health care, housing, etc., all paid for courtesy of the American taxpayer. People on welfare are “entitled” to these things, Democrats say; the government provides them. That’s good for politicians who can sell “rights” to literally buy votes.

However, as De Tocqueville pointed out, being dependent upon the government is not freedom but slavery. A cow depends on its owner for its sustenance; that isn’t freedom, not that the cow cares. And a lot of humans don’t either.  It is amazing how many people prefer slavery to freedom. Well, slavery is comfortable; let somebody else take care of you. Freedom involves risks; you have to take care of yourself. Too many people are too lazy to do that, and politicians can feed off that. And call it........

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