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[Humanist_Activist]

Ultimately I believe that using the powers or reason, rationality and altruism, we can come to a consensus on how human society should take shape.

I recognize that nothing is ever written in stone, that with new information, we come to new conclusions about what is best for society and for the individual. Certain conclusions such as what form government should take, and what freedoms and powers individuals have must be balanced to maximize both stability in society and individual pursuit of happiness.

The founding fathers, for all their faults, recognized that the United States were in a post colonial era with a religious diverse society, and that it was best to maintain neutrality and secularism in the government to keep that society stable. Founded on many of the ideas of the Enlightenment, this country was and is a great experiment, one that hasn't ended yet.

Values such as compassion and altruism, human rights and dignity should be of paramount importance for the government. The needs of society demand this, in addition to fairness.