[extropy-chat] Boredom in old age

[David Lubkin]

Amara wrote:

>I told myself that I would never let an idiot government put me in such a 
>terrible situation again, that is, not being able to be with my family in 
>an emergency, and, now, it looks like a potential problem all over again. 
>Except that I am so disgusted with the Italian government, that I honestly 
>don't care, anymore, and I decided that I will travel anyway.

It sounds like a very trying period.  I'm sure everyone joins me in hoping 
matters work out well for you, your mother, and your family.

Amara's story reminds me of the idiocies I experienced living in socialist 
Israel as a teenager.  I've often wondered whether my love of liberty comes 
more from having it curtailed by bureaucracies or by my autocratic father.

Would others speak to where their libertarian fervor came from?


-- David Lubkin.