Well, there is no truly free society. That's the bad news.

While it may be true that I find myself smelling the lovely slightly astringent lavender scent of libertarianism more than I did, say, in the silly idealistic days of my adolescence, I know that don't work, neither.

The thing in life is to fight for as much reasonable balance as you can, and then the kids have to do it all over. I've learned to be grateful for the foundational ideals of our nation in a way I never was before, because if you ain't got ideals you ain't got nothing.

You're a kid, you're always pissed off at your dumb parents limiting your born free rights. Then you become a parent and you're terrified your kids might emulate your dumb youth and you just pray to the Cosmos or whatever secret force you hope might be out there to save your kids from being just like you.

There's no durable solution to everything that goes wrong with human nature. That's why I ain't got patience for none o' them brilliant philosophers. In the end it ain't theoretical. It's just fucking up and how to fix it if we can.