Good way to put it. It is the same here in Sweden. I try and put into words what socialism does to a society and I can never quite articulate it. But, you feel it. it's nearly palpable.
“A bland society. Vibrancy is one of the major casualties of socialism.”
“Good way to put it. It is the same here in Sweden. I try and put into words what socialism does to a society and I can never quite articulate it. But, you feel it. it’s nearly palpable.”
This is my biggest fear. This one keeps me up at night. It has brought tears to my eyes more than a few times over the past year—all I have to do is look at my kids. The idea that they won’t know the same America I did is just tearing me up.
I have always LOVED being free. I have always been in awe of my country. I could do whatever I wanted with my life. All I had to do was dream it up, and follow through.
“The question isn’t who is going to let me, it’s who is going to stop me.” ~Ayn Rand
I grew up with Reagan on the TV all the time. I didn’t have the words at the time, and knew nothing about politics, but he was the very definition of human nobility to me. “Inspiration” doesn’t seem to fit the bill—but that he affirmed my suspicion that something wonderful is supposed to happen here on Earth.
I was lucky enough to be raised by my grandparents and around quite a few outspoken WWII vets and their wives. If you think you are mad right now...I’m afraid the war would be over already if these fine folks represented the majority in today’s America. Ha! Dominatrix Pelosi would be having her giant gavel surgically removed from her *ss about now.
Freedom is the pinnacle of human experience. I believe humans are noble creatures when set free from one another. Proof: what happened when humans were set free from the crushing thumb of Europe? What did they create when they earned tabula rasa from which to form a system of government?
They set about creating a system of government that resulted in human freedom—a thriving, an accelerated evolution never before witnessed by our species, that we know of.
You cannot seek to enslave humans, to “control” them, or to “save” them from themselves, and hold the view that humans are beautiful—you must hate their guts to do it, or lack the ability to feel anything at all.
What level of hate does it require to attempt to ban CO2? Humans exhale this. The left is fond of saying that humanity is a virus.
If you have ever wondered how they can do such awful things to other human beings, well, this is a START.
“A bland society.”
The organism must be free to act on its own behalf to flourish. A man dreams of being free and happy for the same reason that a flower turns toward the sun—it is our natural state. (Thank you, Ayn)
“I can never quite articulate it. But, you feel it. it’s nearly palpable.”
To function at her best, a pianist must practice for hours on end, and keep practicing to maintain her “chops.” An opera singer that goes without singing for more than a few days will likely need that much time to get back to “performance ready.”
The United States has been performance ready for around two hundred years.
Let’s say there was a way to regularly remove a portion of the pianist’s and singer’s talent. Then, let’s say you gave it to lesser artists, because they weren’t nearly as talented and needed a break. They practiced as long as their superior’s, but simply could not reach virtuoso.
Would the better artists continue to strain and struggle to achieve greatness, only to have their greatness repeatedly stolen?
What would happen to the flower if you took away its sun?
Your money is what you trade your time and effort on this planet for. It is your sunlight—it is your property.
To take it, they must lay claim to your existence...slave.
If there are 100 million people in the workforce having 50% of their sunlight stolen, that equals 50 million full-time slaves, or 50 million flowers dying.
How’s that for “palpable”?
The opportunity cost is incalculable.
For nothing. Waste. Murder. Suicide. Anti-life. Anti-God.
Americans, as a group, created more, produced more, experienced more, learned more, donated more, defended more...and on, and on, for one reason:
They were free.
If Americans are relegated to a life of varying degrees of slavery we lose all that made us special—all that makes humans...human.
DISCLAIMER: It’s late, I’m tired—I really hope that made sense. If not, clarification to follow.