Do you believe you can shape your own destiny or are you stuck in the situation/class you were born into?

Question

1. Shape own Destiny (yes) (no)
2. Do you believe in A.personal responsiblity or B.Government responsibility?
3. Do you see a situation and say A."HEY - I can improve on that" OR do you say B."THAT sucks"
4. Liberal or Conservative?

Answer 1

1. Yes. My husband was brought up in very humble surroundings, and he is now a very successful Landscape Architect at an engineering firm. He put himself through school and is now reaping the benefits of hard work.
2. Personal Responsibility. People who want the government to take care of things don't know how to take care of themselves. IF YOU DON'T BELEIVE IN PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY, THEN YOU CANNOT SHAPE YOUR OWN DESTINY!!!
3.Hey I can improve on that... your glass should always be half full. Sure it sucks... but you don't stop there.
4. Conservative.

Answer 2

While everyone is a product of their upbringing and environment, they are responsible for their own fate, to a degree. Someone born into poverty, for example, is less likely to be able to afford a top-end college. Someone born into poverty is more likely to spend the majority of their time fulfilling NEEDS and little time pursuing WANTS.

So:
1- yes and no. Everyone has the potential to shape their own destiny but sometimes accidents (illness, lay-off, etc.) happen.
2-To a minor degree, the government is responsible for the welfare of it's citizens, but, at some point, they need to say "enough" and cut the strings. I believe A, tempered with a small dose of B is best.
3-B then A. First step is to recognize the problem, then to fix it.
4-liberal

Answer 3

1. If you're tenacious enough you can shape your own destiny without much problem.

2. Personal responsibility, then a government to keep all the idiots in line. Pretty much like now, just less of the pure moral "No no, you can't do that to yourself" laws.

3. Tenacity is my friend, I rarely fail at fixing something so long as I feel it deserves fixing.

4. In the typical modern political sense, Liberal. Which roughly translates into not much change, and that which does happened is based in logic.

Answer 4

Excellent!! Reading this was such a pleasure We are the Masters of our own ship Our destiny we chose a long time ago ( I'm speaking we ours,My wife & myself ) We're married 28 years this year We didn't have third party intervention (wouldn't allow it)The path we have chosen had it's bumps and bruises We stayed on our course Happy with some decisions and not some That's life Deal with it

Answer 5

1. Shape own Destiny (yes) (no)

No, people are interdependant, not independant. A successful society isn't comprised of lone-rangers.

2. Do you believe in A.personal responsiblity or B.Government responsibility?

Both

3. Do you see a situation and say A."HEY - I can improve on that" OR do you say B."THAT sucks"

See answer to (1)

4. Liberal or Conservative?

Liberal

Answer 6

In America we all have the same opportunity to be successful. Using the class system as an excuse is pure socialism.

1. Yes
2. A
3. A
4. Conservative

Answer 7

1. I believe its a combination of both.....first of all you have what god gave you.....be that brains, brone, no legs, whatever.....it is up to you to take what you were given and make the best of it.......

2. Again, I say both......I know I have things that I am responsible for. But so does the gov. I beleive more in mine though....It is my responsibity to do what is right.

3. You have to look to improve any situation....if you don't, you have no right to bi*ch about it.

4. I am a moderate conservative.....

Answer 8

1 - Definitely!!
2 - PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY!! I don't give two rats asses if mommy didn't hug you enough - if you're over 12, that is not an excuse.
3 - Depends on the situation - can't fight all the battles, but I *do* try to make a difference.
4 - Conservative Libertarian.

Answer 9

Yes!

A.

A.

Conservative...

A persons destiny is completely up to them, either they will set goals and be successful, or they will stay in the situation/class that they were born into and blame it on someone else!

Answer 10

When I was on the Democrat Plantation, I believed that:
I was a victim.
I was helpless.
I had no control over my life.
That the country owed me.
And that the taxpayers owed me.
I was a typical Democrat.

I escaped the Democrat Plantation, and am now ashamed that I was ever a Democrat.

Now, a Conservative.