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April 23, 2010
Of Easter Eggs and the Nanny State
Posted by The MaryHunter at April 23, 2010 6:40 AM
This year's White House Easter Egg Roll is the perfect paradigm of what the Nanny State wants to do for to Americans, simply because it knows better than we do.
You might recall that, to the dismay of the young children bursting with enthusiasm about this fun and yummy tradition, this year's event became a "teachable moment" photo op, and therefore
...did not include the distribution of teeth-rotting, obesity-inducing candy. "Every goodie bag," according to one account, "was stuffed with pre-screened fruit, and the grounds were filled with exercise stations." One can only imagine the joy on young faces when they got their apple and their workout.
The Nanny State, with all the "best" of intentions, intends to impose an ObamaCare rationality on Americans who simply do not know any better. It aims to strip us of any and all risk, any and all chance to push down that wellness curve, and ultimately, any and all joy.
The freedom to eat the occasional sweet or even to let our teeth rot if we want is to be replaced with soft tyranny that coldly coddles us as actuaries count the ways Big Government can intervene, protect and neutralize, in the name of Big Society.
But whatever happened to letting life take its course -- with the good, the bad, even the ugly? Well now, that allows too much freedom, doesn't it. To the Nanny State,
...freedom implies some leeway for personal risk and minor, pleasurable foolishness. Democrats in particular seem to be afflicted with Mary Poppins Syndrome: They will not rest until Americans are practically perfect in every way.
And, in the process, they will de-Americanize America into a safe, dull, progressive, tasteless-as-baby-carrots, utopian sameness. This is certainly not what the Founders envisioned. (And they had really awful teeth, too.)
