The Government is Not a Village

Thinking about government, morality and taking care of each other is reminding me of the whole idea of "It takes a village".

My understanding of "It takes a village to raise a child" is that you need a number of people who love and are emotionally invested in an individual child to help him grow, flourish and mature. The "village" should be family, friends and neighbors. Loved ones.

Hillary co-opted the term to totally reverse its meaning. If the government becomes the "village", you are, in fact, undermining the influence of the very people the child needs. No bureaucrat can ever care for a child like a parent or friend can.

It's all about who gets to define the terms.