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Is being self-sufficient selfish?

There's a big difference between being selfish and being self reliant. Don't confuse the two. Those who are self reliant are not an inconvenience to others. Those who are self reliant don't irresponsibly force their well being onto others or burden others with their needs.

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What is selfishness? Who is selfish? To correctly answer question #2 you must first know and understand the answer to question #1.

Webster defines "selfish" as follows...

1: concerned excessively or exclusively with oneself; seeking or concentrating on one's own advantage, pleasure, or well-being without regard for others. 2: arising from concern with one's own welfare or advantage in disregard of others Read the definitions again. Read them carefully. There's a big difference between being selfish and being self reliant. Don't confuse the two. Those who are self reliant are not an inconvenience to others. Those who are self reliant don't irresponsibly force their well being onto others or burden others with their needs. Those who are self reliant, regardless of how much money they make, don't say stuff like, "we should raise his taxes because he's got more money than he needs." That's what I'd call disrespecting the fruits of another man's labor, disregarding his freedom, and holding him a financial hostage to your own wants and needs. Those who are self reliant are not envious, they are appreciative. They appreciate what they have, they live responsibly, and they respect the wealth, labor, and property of others, no matter how large or small. And those who are self reliant are among the most taxed yet most giving people in this country.So I ask you, who is selfish, those who believe in self reliance and individual freedom or those who believe in collectivist policies through which the government seizes from your fellow man and "gives" what it does not own to those who have not earned it?Those of a certain mindset will debate that last statement by saying things like, "this isn't an every man for himself nation," or, "no man is an island." Those statements are definitely true, but they are not a justification for big government socialism and wealth redistribution. If anything, it’s a justification for economic freedom, free markets, and a capitalist society, one in which the wants and needs of each person are fulfilled by talents and skills of others in the free and open exchange of goods, money, labor, and services.I am not an island. I can't fix my own car, I can't wire a 220 amp outlet, I can't re-roof my house, and I can't perform surgery on myself. What I can do is a simple mole hill compared to the mountain of things I cannot do for myself. But thank God I live in a country full of wonderful people who can do those things for me, and they can make money doing it. And there's a good chance that those who are able to do those things for me will need my services for something they can't do for themselves. If there's a need or want you have in your life, the Yellow Pages is a whole lot better place to look than Washington DC is. The best thing you can do for your fellow man is to make yourself useful.The free market is the greatest tool of reciprocity and cooperation when it comes to people meeting the needs of other people. A country in which the government is responsible for those things will only breed contempt, disrespect, and division between its citizenry. We need leaders who will foster the cooperative spirit of free individuals by protecting the integrity of the free market, respecting the fruits of one's labor, and communicating the virtues of a system of free enterprise in which we are dependent on others by choice and open exchange, and where we are called on to help the needy not by government coercion but by our own sense of moral obligation. A moral and decent society does not need the government to act as a vehicle of charity.Lastly, I'd say Webster's definition of selfish, especially the "without regard for others" part, is a very good description of those who ask, "What can the government do for me?" Those who ask that question and vote accordingly conveniently forget that what the government can do for them comes out of the pockets of others.

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