Sometimes we do not have quite as many sandwiches as would otherwise be deemed necessary, but wild free-living anarchists that we are we do not feel the need for any government-mandated packed lunch guidelines. We feel – and this may make authoritarians sneer at our presumption – that we are quite capable of making our own decisions about such matters. Furthermore, we find ourselves capable of dealing with the consequences without any counsellor or outreach co-ordinator coming to our assistance, no matter how deep or profound our distress on finding out that the jar of sweet pickle is – in fact – empty.
There have been times too when we have managed to buy shoes for ourselves without having to consult any EU guidelines on shoe buying, or even having to attend any local council-run shopping awareness scheme, or even a session at our neighbourhood Lace-Tiers Anonymous.
In short then, it seems that we are quite capable of doing so many things ourselves, without the interference, or – blasphemous as it may seem - any involvement by the agencies of the state, benevolent or otherwise. Sometimes, foolish as it may seem, it is as though we see ourselves as individuals, responsible for ourselves, and not as mere entities of some state-mandated victim collective that needs a helping hand from some agency or other even to look after ourselves in the way that we see fit.
Still, I suppose it takes all sorts.
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