The conservatives are a strange bunch. They accept and
promote the neoclassical thought saying that Americans should be ‘free to
choose’. They should be ‘free to choose’ in economics, in what they want to
produce and market. Same goes for gun control. Americans should be ‘free to
choose’ if they want to own guns, even the kind police officers do not carry
with them. American corporations are ‘free to choose’ what ever it takes to maximize profits including technology that can
cause irreversible environmental damage,
opposing the labeling of genetically modified food.
Americans are ‘free
to choose’ everything. Well when they say 'Americans' probably that automatically
excludes the American women, the sexual minorities etc. The women are not ‘free
to choose’ whether they want to carry on an unwanted pregnancy or not. Gay
people are not ‘free to choose’ whom they want to marry. So much so that two
people who are in love and want solemnize their relationship are not ‘free to
choose’ the word ‘Marriage’ to define their relationship. Other ordinary
Americans whose lives are affected because of apathetic pollution are ‘free to
choose’ to pack up their bags and leave but are not ‘free’ to ask for
damages. Are not these serious flaws in the thought? If ‘Americans
are free to choose’ so should be American women, American queer community etc.
Thankfully they also thought that drafting goes against the
tenet. So indeed Americans are ‘free to choose’ if they want to go and fight a
war or not.
If I ask for labeling of genetically modified food, I will
probably be branded a ‘tree hugger’, so I am not ‘free to choose’ what I want
to eat. The corporations that sell me food whereas are ‘free to choose’ to feed
what me what ever they can make a profit on.
CA please vote yes on the Prop 37, so that one day we are
’free to choose’ if we want to eat the GM garbage or not.
