A movie scene that always reminds me of how natural and free Americans used to be is seeing 1950/60s teens jumping over the closed doors into a convertible car and seeing the ones in the backseat sitting on top of where the top goes down with hair in the wind while the girlfriend in the front scoots over the bench seat to her man’s side.
We really used to own our cars and pickup trucks with the kids and dog in the bed and used them largely as we chose, laws were minimal and almost zero of them were merely about micro control and feminized limits and restraints.
Reindeer antlers on a car tell me that the driver has a sense of humor and wants other people to have a chuckle. I doubt you will see them on a car in France or other European country. You won’t see front lawn Christmas lights and decorations other.
I prefer the American way, thank you.
“Why would anyone want to buy a shirt with their college’s name on it?”
Good question. I didn’t attend much college. Most of my friends did. Every conversation will ultimately include a college anecdote, or a reference to a “fact” from a lecture given 40-some odd years ago. It is like the college years were the pinnacle of their lives and nothing has happened since. . Some still dress up for football parties. I don’t get it.
I have told this story before. I was in Mongolia a few years after the demise of the Soviet Union.
They were rediscovering their past and excited about the future. In their case the past was Ghengis Kahn and Buddhism, suppressed for 80 years. Mongolia was one of the first satellite countries.
All the old rules were gone and they were free. It was like the old west. I never saw a more entrepreneurial people. All new business down the street named Ghengas Kahn that and Ghengas this.
Credit unions were started, trade.
The signs were in English as we were providing financial aid. Later on the signs were in Chinese.
80 years under communism had not killed the entrepreneurial spirit.
We are in the midst of our own demise. What heritage will we rediscover, and I am already seeing excitement in people.
Help everyway you can to get rid of the heavy central government. Don’t just sit there.
MAGA Don’t be ashamed of MAGA. Say it loud and often, explain it to others.
Just talking about your idea can lead to someone moving on it as they have the capital to do so while the creative mind is left out of the financial windfall.
Our patent system is also a disadvantage to creators. The process and financial challenges prevent many from acting upon their ideas.
Sometimes it is upwards of $20,000 to get a patent, and that may only get you a temporary one. Someone else can swoop in when that one expires and then profit from it.
I'll keep my ideas to myself rather than get ripped off by lawyers, charlatans or thieves, including those in the government.
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Well,I would have to disagree with some of that. When I was still working, I was in a position where an inventive frame of mind could be a good thing...IF you could sell the invention, Or the idea behind it. Neither seemed to work out because apparently if you were trying to sell the idea to a company that could produce it, there were 2 problems. One was the notion that it’s only a good idea if it comes from within the company who would usually end up getting it for free. The other was that unless your invention was patented, they would still end up getting it for free. Patenting an idea or a product is not free. So if you had no money to invent, you might as well forget it. Now retired I have more money than I ever had while working, but do not have the atmosphere that inspires invention nor the ability/facilty to build something on my own. Nor the physical ability if such is required. So I have long since forgot about the whole thing when I now understand how it all works for most of us.