Posted on 10/17/2016 7:36:34 AM PDT by poconopundit
Mother Nature, too, reflect our human aspirations and economic systems. Emerson had something to say about this:
This speculative genius is the madness of the few for the gain of the world. Sure, the [entrepreneurs] are sacrificed, but the public is the gainer. Each of these idealists, each working for his own dream, would make it tyrannical, if he could.
He is met and antagonized by other speculators, as hot as he. And the equilibrium is preserved by these counteractions, as one tree keeps down another in the forest, that it may not absorb all the sap in the ground.
Likewise, the supply in nature of railroad presidents, copper-miners, smoke-burners, fire-annihilators, [and skyscraper developers] is limited by the same law which keeps the proportion in the supply of carbon, aluminum, and hydrogen.
You know, as I look at the wisdom of this passage, its meaning is probably lost on the leftists.
The leftist would probably keep his eye on the profit of the entrepreneur — and complain about the inequity of gain or be envious — and completely miss the great value to society a master builder creates for everyone.
The conservative, meanwhile, realizes that a billionaire's wealth hardly makes a big difference in a society where the great majority live in abundance. And even the poor can live a good life with decent shelter, food, and love in the family.
Indeed, almost every American is richer — at least in terms of material goods, conveniences, life-saving drugs — than 95% of the people who lived 75 years ago.
And even when a wealth-creating person decides to splurge on a beautiful yacht, he's employing fine craftsmen in the process, so the wealth is given back — never mind the huge portion of his wealth that is invested in business for the common wealth.
So I think a worthy mission of we communicators here on FR is to devise better ways of educating our brothers and sisters. It's not easy because the wisdom we acquired didn't come overnight. Our life's work and experiences taught us our conservative principles.
Studying the technique of master communicators like Trump and MILO, then, is well worth our time.
Wow. Thoughtfully put together post. Glad you got to go and show support. Indeed, we have a big fight on our hands and need all the workers we can get...Mainstream media/Hilary Propaganda Tool is making us think and work outside of the box.
I so agree with what you said...thank you for putting in terms that others can understand...hard topic to talk on, but you did it well...
When you included in a single essay both the compound adjective ‘funny-but-deadly-serious’ and a description of Milo mocking a hillary collapse, it brought such joy to my heart!
If Milo landed a gig at comedy central or late night, he’d evaporate so many snowflakes.
American principles. were from the start based upon actual experience; experience in building a settler society from the ground up. The dynamic processes that Emerson describes in your excerpt, flow from the aggregation of those earlier experiences--as did the American understanding of the proper functions and limitations on Governments.
“Evaporate many snowflakes”. Love it!
Permit me to extract a paragraph...
I think you have captured the key kernel there.
The Founding Fathers realized all real-world Governments and theories of the same were deeply flawed.
Government must not be allowed to tamper with the gears and springs of the timepiece that enables a society to run and flourish. A natural rhythm of unfathomable complexity is what allows communities to arise. And those communities are cultivated and encouraged to grow, not through excess planning, but through the free and ever-adapting exchange of ideas, goods, services, and money in the marketplace.
At the same time, commerce cannot be totally free: religion and moral leadership are absolutely necessary to keep it in check. Look at where we're at today: there's a God-less corruption at the core of our Government, and it's steadily eating away at civil society.
Law enforcement and regulation are also required. But the emphasis must be on "light touch" regulation that is careful to not upset that balance of competitive and commerce-enabling forces that allow businesses to develop, invest, create jobs, and eventually raise all boats.
In my view, no company should be allowed to be too-big-to-fail. Rather the owners of a business must have skin-in-the-game: they must know they will no longer be bailed out by We The People.
So curbing fraud, improving efficiency, making smart investments, and applying the right incentives will do wonders to our economy — and these are all things that are smack in the middle of Trump's wheelhouse.
As an aside, until the next generation is schooled on the experience of the settlers/Founding Fathers, the wisdom shared, All is lost. When hell freezes over we find an abundance of snowflakes. Ask any millennial today few know the evils of Communism, Socialism, as these were never taught. The isms are not feared but embraced as being ‘good’ Our society has been complicit in allowing those educators to teach the children in any manner they wished. Until THIS should change, our future is finished. Winning THIS battle is but one. The battles will continue until the past is known by every newborn; they live knowing the truth every day they walk on Earth. Only then will the war be won.
Real good point, V K.
As Andrew Breitbart said, “Politics is downstream of Culture” — and we can add Education to that.
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