CITIZEN (singular) RESPONSIBILITY

I am not a senior citizen. 

I am not Caucasian.

I am not less fortunate.

I am not the 1%.

I am not the 99%.

I am not homosexual

I am not far left.

I am not far right.

I am not Catholic.

I am not an atheist.

I am not I am not middle class.

I am not a businessman.

I am not a teacher.

I am not a professor.

I am not a republican. 

I am not a scientist.

I am not a musician.

I am not a farmer.

I AM AN INDIVIDUAL.  I am a person.  I do some of the things above and not others.  None of them define me.  They might be what I do, but they are not who I am.  I am sick of being defined.  And I am sick of having others defined for me. 

Grouping things can be a powerful mental tool.  It can be a convenient aid to memory, a method of sorting our patterns and seeing relationships, a method of storing numerous unrelated items, and is often an aid to thinking. 

Grouping also leads to the creations of favored status for some groups, and prejudice and exclusion of others.  The politicians are all concerned about one group or another, but none of them are concerned about the individual. 

The public face of government is that laws are to bring order and protect the public, another vague group which may or may not be interested in being protected.  In truth, most laws are to govern the behavior of groups of people, attempting take away unfair advantages, but more often to imbue an advantage on some group that is deemed disadvantaged. 

There is no advantage for a politician to worry about the individual.  One vote does not elect one to office.  Consequently the natural drift of government is towards greater regulation and control as they try to appease various groups.  It’s the job of the individual to either impede or circumvent government.

I am not a member of the body.  I am the body.  I am a man.