THE AGE OF INDIVIDUAL POLITICS
I, the Individual a term from Tip O'Neil's book.
His counter, We, the People.
Communism is a fount of ideas for democrats
over the last two generations.
They call it social welfare or something to that
affect.
I, the Individual am responsible for my own actions.
I, the Individual am responsible for finding my own
job.
I, the Individual am responsible for my family.
I, the Individual am responsible for my own education.
I, the Individual am responsible for all things related
to my lifestyle from cradle to grave.
I, the Individual am more than a sum of money, property,
job, family, church,, or groups.
I, the Individual no longer look to Christ for guidance or
God.
I, the Individual look to my inner consciousness for guidance.
I, the Individual am capable of developing myself into a
normal, everyday human being.
I, the Individual need friends.
I, the Individuals need a friend of the opposite sex.
I, the Individual need to do as much for myself as possible.
I, the Individual stand on honor, principle, honesty, and
humanism.
I, the Individual want to be what I was meant to be rather
than some mythic figure in a book.
I, the Individual need heroes or heroines for reference, but
not fixation.
I, the Individual need to know history for reference, but
not fixation.
I, the Individual should do some form of public service,
but I do not have to live it.