Is it the duty of the government to preserve a nation's traditional values, or should that be left to individuals?

I think it would go in both ways. If individuals prioritize the preservation of their nation's traditional values, they should actively strive towards it. Collaboration and collective efforts are essential in this endeavor, as it cannot solely rely on the responsibility of an individual or a single group

individuals should have freedom to live however they please as long as they do not interfere with the freedom of others.

No, tradition is determined by the people, not the government.

It should be left to individuals. Times change, and what the people want for their country is most important. Preserving tradition is meaningless if it is not what the individuals want.

I believe that it goes both ways. The government and individuals should work together to continue to keep the nations traditional values.

I think it should be both. If someone really cares about preserving their nation's traditional values, they'll work for it. They all can work together. It should be just one person's or one group's responsibility.

the government should preserve traditional values in terms of being constitutional and supporting freedom in our country. yet our country is evolving and we should be open to changes, but not disrespectful to traditions that started our freedom.

I think it should be both. If someone really cares about preserving their nation's traditional values, they'll work for it. They all can work together. It should be just one person's or one group's responsibility.

I believe that it goes both ways. The government and individuals should work together to continue to keep the nations traditional values.

Left to individuals. Personally, the need to try to "preserve your culture" against other cultures seems to be very different from "the great mixing pot" that America was supposed to be. It's good to connect to cultural heritage but not to push that on others.

That should be left to the individuals because that comes from the people and not from the government.

I believe that the role of the government is to do what is best for the people. "This is what the LORD says: “Stand at the crossroads and look; ask for the ancient paths, ask where the good way is, and walk in it, and you will find rest for your souls. But you said, ‘We will not walk in it.’" Jeremiah 6:16

A nations traditions live in its people, the government is not the keeper of the flame. The people decide what’s important to them not some politician.

That should be left to individuals. However, it is the government’s job to uphold and defend the US Constitution. Wherever that intersects with traditional values, the federal government has an obligation.

I think it should be both. If they care about preserving the nation's traditional value they will make it work and figure things out . They all can work together.

I think this should be left to individuals so they can choose what they value most instead of having it chosen for them.

It should be left to the individuals in every situation. The nation doesn't have values, the people of the nation do, and those people are living, so the values should be living and changing too.

It should be left to individuals, we can't evolve as a nation otherwise.

I would say it can be both to be honest because the individuals should be able to choose whether to continue to following a nations traditional values and the government should ensure that it is optional.

It should be both because if individuals rep those values then so should the gov. because they rep us

A nation will have to adapt as time goes by. We cannot apply every single traditional principle to today's world as the world has adapted and changed over time. The individuals residing in the country make up the countries values, so it should be their responsibility and the government's responsibility to monitor and ensure it is safe and progressive.

I think it's up to both individuals and the government. Individuals are free to practice their nation's traditional values, and the nation should express them more because nationalism is a beautiful thing.

I think that it should be left up to the people if it is threating national identity

I feel that it should be left to the individuals. Though the government has its own values it was built on, it should not force those values on others.

I think it should be left to the individuals, I don’t believe the government has the right to be involved in people’s personal lives of enforce them to follow a particular belief.

The question answers itself. Traditional values are meaningless if the individuals themselves do not subscribe to them. Without belief tradition is just going through the motions of obsolete processes.

I think the government should contribute to the nation's values but they should be a little easier to adapt to modern times.

Government should not be aloud to control traditional values and that should be left to the individual persons

The individuals. They only express what they believe and cannot force others to think so.

That should be left to individuals. Values change with time, and new laws need to be instated to accurately reflect the public's needs. Also, the government should always adhere to the rights and choices of the people, rather than the past.

Both the government and individuals share the duty of preserving a nations traditional values.

I believe that it goes both ways. The government and individuals should work together to continue to keep the nations traditional values.

It should be left to individuals to decide what they want to do. We can't force someone into something, or they'll resent it, so it should be left to them to decide what they do.

Both, the government should protect them and the people should respect them

I think it should be a mix of both. the government can help to give a push to this problem while the individuals themselves are in charge of changing.

Its on both the government and individuals they can both preserve a nation's traditional values and work together to preserve them and continue with traditional values.

Traditional values can be good and remind a country of its origins, however its important to update with the times and the people. Individuals should be able to sway values without totally uprooting the good ones.

People are free to do as they please, so long as it does not violate the freedom of others.

I think it should be left to individuals because the government shouldn't have to preserve the citizens traditional values

Nations are built off culture and traditional values. It should be promoted but ran by society, and not the government. Unless their are large traditional events like thanksgiving, then they should join in that.

Is up to the individuals. The people make the culture not to government. The government just mandate people. And the United States is full of different people all of us are immigrants all of us are gonna have a lot of traditions and it’s going to change. Overtime we will not have the same traditions and that’s OK. But our traditional values shouldn’t stay the same because we are evolving from that. Instead we should evolve the traditional values with todays standards

I believe it should be left to both the individuals and the government. Sure the government can do its part to push it, but its ultimately up to the individuals to carry out the actions necessary to preserve the nation's traditional values.

Yes, i believe its incredibly important to carry on traditions and keep in touch with our roots. As well as the fact that the right to practice any kind of relegion, but that should be left to the choice of individuals. If they would like to practice they may, but if they choose not to they don't have to. Neither should be looked down upon or controlled by the government. As long as they don't bring direct harm to others.

I think that it should be up to the people to keep and preserve the ways and traditions of a nation. A nation should change over time as the people within it change as well.

I believe that each individual has the right to choose their own values and that the government should not be concerned with that topic.

I think we have to let people be because you shouldn't just force people to change because they think differently from you.

I think that it should be up to individuals to preserve traditional values because everyone wants something different, so the government shouldn't have to enforce this on the people as a whole.