Governing the Self, in America

TODAY IS A GREAT DAY for America, because its the beginning of a new year, which is bound to be better than the old year, and because its the first day of Obamacare, and legal marijuana sales in Colorado. Here's why those two events are so great. At some point, one way or another, the human race is going to have to cooperate, going to have to work together, for our survival, and for the far more ambitious goal of happiness, health, and prosperity for all. Obamacare, if nothing else, is a step in that direction. You prefer free enterprise capitalistic health care? That's dead, or didn't you know? Even the two dollar stores, side by side in my tiny American town don't compete. They don't have to. The competition between Wal Mart and Target is about as competitive as it gets in America these days, business-wise, and that seems pretty tame. Either we the people the government will handle health care, or the corporations will handle it. And the corporations won't be competing against each other, they will be working in happy harmony, just like the pharmaceutical corporations do now, as well as the oil corporations, and the health care insurance providers, to name but a few. Either way, we the people are screwed. (just kidding) As for legalized marijuana, starting in Colorado today, the marijuana stores will be doing a booming business, and people can walk in and buy pot with which to get stoned, not to fight cancer. And that's a good thing. Let's let all the self medicators, and the recreatinal drug dealers out of prison, and regulate their industry, deriving the public revenue therefrom. We're going to have government in our lives, one way or another. Let us make it self government.