Your country, right or wrong?
Is it a person’s responsibility to support his country in whatever decisions said country participates in? This question is encompassed by a larger question, “What are the responsibilities of a government?” Some would say yes, and some would say no. I am of the latter, and I will tell you why. One is usually not presented with the choice of immigrating to another country, and few take the initiative and actually leave their country of birth by conscious decision. And one should not need to leave their country, because it is my further belief that it is the country’s duty to its populace to NOT infringe on their rights and allow them to pursue life, liberty, and happiness. Furthermore, I think that a country’s main concern, above all others, should be to provide the highest standard of living and provide the most comfortable lives it can provide for its inhabitants. I believe that residing in a country does not make it my duty to love, respect, or agree with my country. This is not only a matter of opinion; it is more importantly a matter of principle.
Emigration —
No one should be forced to leave their country for anything. For if a country is putting its peoples between a rock and a hard place, that is, leaving their country or staying, then it truly does not have the best interests of its people at heart. Instead it probably exploits the proletariat, the working class, and takes care of the major bourgeoisie, the upper class. This vision of a tyrannical plutocracy can fit into almost any country in the world. Much of this is opinion. No truly civilized country should be able to cause its people to come to the decision that the best course of action is to leave their homes and travel to a new, strange place and try to scratch out a way of life there.
The Essay on Comparing and Contrasting Country Lovers and The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
These elements contribute to the short story’s effectiveness as author uses different literary forms and styles to connect the reader to the story. Style has many characteristics that help the author engage the reader such as; punctuation, the use of connotations, and culture. This is what helps the reader’s imagination take over, paint the picture, and get emotionally connected to the author’s ...
National Responsibility—
I believe, since government is a creation of humanity, the main purpose and responsibility of ANY government is to enrich and deepen the lives of those living with it. Here is a perfect example; I was just about to type “enrich and deepen the lives of those living under it”. Those two words would have undermined the entire purpose of this paper. “under” implies that the people, who comprise and created government, are below the government. Such thinking would lead us to believe that we, since we are not as good as the government, are not fit to be part of and taken care by the government. I think that government was created because humans realized that there lied a better life for all if there was some semblance of organization. I do not trust that the inventors of government invented it to become involuntary; a domineering tool to rule over other, perfectly equal men. Not only are the public fit to rule themselves, but they are NATURALLY made to rule themselves. Then they can truly appreciate the value and enjoyment of life. As it was meant to be: Natural.
I do not suppose that it is a person’s duty to support his country, no matter his or her personal opinion. Expression of personal opinion and free speech are two of the principles that a good government is built upon. Sometimes it is not possible for those of differing opinions to simply go to another country, because of familial or financial reasons, among others. Since government originated in the mind of a human, THE principle of government is to insure the highest standard of living possible for the current technology and circumstances of the day and age. I believe that simply inhabiting an area inside some arbitrarily-constructed boundary of a certain country should not compel me to constantly and adamantly support that country, despite my own opinion.
