American Naïveté (Part 1): “If you have nothing to hide…”

By Ammoland

USA – -(Ammoland.com)- [DRGO Editor: On the occasions of our November elections and last week’s farewell to Fidel Castro, we present a 2-part series by Dr. Faria, reprinted by permission from Hacienda Publishing, with a message that America can always use. Part 2 appears Thursday.]

In a previous article, “European social democracies and gun control,” I wrote that many Americans are extremely naïve when it comes to trusting the government with their liberties. In fact, there is an interesting dichotomy because citizens mistrust the economic acumen of government and don’t trust it with their wallets, but it is a different story with personal liberty!

Thus, we continue to hear the expression, “if you have nothing to hide, you have nothing to fear.”

The fact is Americans have lived in freedom for so long, we are not only too trusting with liberty, but like the proverbial frog in the warm bath, don’t even notice when our freedoms are being eroded piecemeal.

I do not know the Telegraph letter-writer, Geraldine Parker or her politics, but she …Read the Rest

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