Interesting short essay; I have some briefer observations:
1. From the sentiments of the founders, I'm sure they were not interested in America once again succombing to the intersts of foreign traders as we are currently suffering. (And really suffering of.)
2. I don't think they had in mind becoming overwhelmingly indebted (and losing our control, i.e., "the power to change.") due to "medical industry" profiteers taking advantage of illness or accident to furnish their stockholders' exhorbitant lifestyles. Or, through insurance, so profiteering from even the threat of harm, effectively asking the typical racketeer's question, "Well, what is your life worth to you?"
3. We were not founded upon the philosophy of "rugged individualism," but upon a recognition that we each were ruggedly responsible to God and thereby to our neighbor. Lose track of that and "conservatives" lose much, much more than their elections. For just one example, individuals who contribute to the rugged deaths of 1,2000,000 other, innocent individuals per year are somewhat divergent from constituting a nation holding to America's Creator endowed rights.
Thank you so much for sharing your insights, dear brother in Christ!
I must say that I accepted "rugged individualism" for a time until I understood how we are supposed to pursue happiness..
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The Founders' definition of "happiness" came from Sir William Blackstone's 1765 biblically based definition: "[God] has so intimately connected, so inseparably interwoven the laws of eternal justice with the happiness of each individual, that the latter cannot be attained but by observing the former; and, if the former be punctually obeyed, it can not but induce the latter."
- Rob Regier
Indeed (1) the founders knew america threatening to become a DEMOCRACY was a vicious THREAT to freedom.. (2) and that the accountants would evenually fall to parasitism and invent... “insurance”.. and that (3) sexual sin would make murdering people(babies) seem “logical”...
I agree with most everything you say...
1. The founders were definitely not interested in getting tied up with other countries. The fact we are beholden to countries like Saudi Arabia and China are, without doubt one of the biggest dangers our Democracy faces.
2. Health care is great, but it is not a right. The only answer to the problems that you suggest here is that the government take over and regulate the health care industry even more. Hasn’t worked so far. I believe if the government walked away from Healthcare and education tomorrow, the free market would correct it in a decade or two... that is, unless it was opened to the global market like everything else.
3. I absolutely concede this point to you... I know this and put it in writing often. If you leave God out of the equation the rest means nothing. If nothing else, I should be utterly ashamed for not stating that. And only the Godless are alright with killing children or the defenseless.
Thank you for your points and for making me think.
“2. I don’t think they had in mind becoming overwhelmingly indebted (and losing our control, i.e., “the power to change.”) due to “medical industry” profiteers taking advantage of illness or accident to furnish their stockholders’ exhorbitant lifestyles. Or, through insurance, so profiteering from even the threat of harm, effectively asking the typical racketeer’s question, “Well, what is your life worth to you?”
3. We were not founded upon the philosophy of “rugged individualism,” but upon a recognition that we each were ruggedly responsible to God and thereby to our neighbor. Lose track of that and “conservatives” lose much, much more than their elections. For just one example, individuals who contribute to the rugged deaths of 1,2000,000 other, innocent individuals per year are somewhat divergent from constituting a nation holding to America’s Creator endowed rights. “
Got any solutions? Or just complaints?