[shmageggy]

> It's nice to think we should stop progressing as a society

> it would be wonderful if we could all work exactly the jobs we want or not work at all

> honesty, treating people fairly, working hard

> all three [branches of government] become full of corrupted, greedy, or uninformed people

> Preferably we have more people making informed intelligent and reasonable decisions than not

This is a wild response to me. I don't see where I suggested (or suggested giving up) any of these things.