Overt support for collectivism has become a rarity. Those seeking power over others must now cloak their darker goals under the friendlier camouflage of communitarianism, environmentalism, or social democracy. The very viciousness of their attacks on the values we seek to uphold reveals their increasing fear and sinking desperation. Think tanks and organizations devoted to advancing the promise of liberty sprout like early spring flowers through melting drifts of snow. Welfare recipients diminish in numbers as we slowly inch towards erasing the entitlement mentality.
Teen pregnancies are down, reflecting an increase in a concern for personal responsibility.
Violent crime shrinks while honest citizens can now legally carry the means to defend themselves in a majority of states. Cyber-communities are rich with libertarian spirit and innovation offering us ways around the barriers others use to hem us in. In Washington, politicians discuss privatization of Social Security without being laughed from the halls of Congress. Some politicians even timidly whisper that the government should abolish the IRS, cut spending, and retreat from micro-managing the lives of adults in every aspect of their daily existence. That, of course, is why I am here.