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Not sure to whom the question is addressed, but no; personal culture* is pretty much 10 / 90, visible behaviors v. invisible values, no matter your stripe.*see below in red...I. Culture-- two distinct (and distinctive) parts; why you can't tell a book by it's cover: 1. Behaviors-- these are the things we see; what a person they wears, how they act and talk, what kinds of food they eat... things that are readily visible. These items only make up about10% of culture. 2. Values-- these are the things we cannot see; what a person thinks aboutpolitics, religion, or the death penalty, what they believe in... things thatwe cannot determine by just looking at someone.Sometimes outward behaviors may give us a clue to a person's valuesbut this is not really a good gauge; often style will dictate a behavioris really counter to the underlying value. These invisible values accountfor 90% of culture.II. Culture-- unique; w/in society, w/in individualscolor=black]this is personal culture[/color: 1. Background: Where you or your family came from, what it was likeand what you or they did there... not the same for everyone is it? 2. Circumstances: What your life is like now, where you live, what kindof job you have, what your family is like, whatever goes on around you... again different for almost everyone, eh? 3. Experiences: While you will, likely, share backgroundand circumstances with your family members; you will not, always,have experiences as they do. You will be constantly exposed tonew and different situations and people that will modify yourpersonal culture, this accounts for why we can be a uniqueindividual within both our family and the larger society. No onewill have exactly the same mix of background, circumstances,and experiences as you do, not even if that person was yourtwin brother or sister.I have taken the liberty of including more from the Culture lesson I used to do with the kids... it may be enlightening or may only demonstrate what I foolishly tried to do to improve things... in my little corner of the world, at least. FWIW.
WAIT!!!!What if the government is Conservative? Does that reverse your view?
Since the government is the people, no, it would be the ideal state.
Well then--as they elected Obama overwhelmingly.
Lets go down this road and talk about what constitutes and overwhelming majority. What exactly is an overwhelming majority? The simple view is that 1 vote more tha 50% is overwhelming because that vote tips the balance, another view could say that a spermajority (2/3) is overwhelming because then there is no doubdt about where the vast majority of people view an issue or candidate. I would submit that defining an overwhleming majority is entirely subjective. I would also submit that Obama was not elected by an overwheleming margin, he won 53% to 46%, a difference of only 7%, and only 3% more than half.I would further submit that if some of the bills pushed through congress this session were submitted to referendum they would fail miserably. Health care being the obvious, but several smaller bills as well such as the current jobs bill.What I really see circumventing America's form of Democracy is federal regulation which undergoes no congressional review but has the force of law. Has anyone taken a look at the CFR lately? The CFR is the Federal Governments tool of choice for ramming changes through and some of them are massive. Just look at the EPA's ruling about CO2 last year to see how federal regulation can be misused.
