Posted on 02/04/2022 12:48:28 PM PST by Kaslin
CHICAGO – The one thing that post-'60s liberalism killed in the black underclass was the spirit of entrepreneurship. This spirit of creating opportunities and inventing new products had largely defined black life during the first half of the 20th century. The segregationists had no care for blacks as long as they stayed on their side of the color line, and blacks made the South Side of Chicago thrive with their entrepreneurship. When America admitted its profound racial wrongdoings in the 1960s, many whites sought to redeem themselves of America’s racist history by patronizing blacks. They ushered in an era of government programs that promoted dependency over entrepreneurship, and blacks suffered greatly.
Today, there is a growing movement within the black underclass to reverse their plight by reviving the spirit of entrepreneurship. They seek to embrace the lessons of many black thinkers during the segregation era, such as Carter Godwin Woodson, who said: "No man knows what he can do until he tries."
On the 76th day of his 100-day vigil to raise funds for a transformative community center on the South Side of Chicago, Pastor Corey Brooks invited Bruce Montgomery to the roof for a conversation by the campfire. Montgomery teaches the entrepreneurship classes at Project H.O.O.D. and is an entrepreneur himself.
"Listen, I want to just jump right in," the pastor said. "In Chicago, we're dealing with a lot of violence."
"Yes, we are," Montgomery said.
"What does entrepreneurship have to do with stopping violence?"
"Entrepreneurship has everything to do [with it] because we know that where there is wealth, where there is commerce, where there is good credit scores, you don't see challenges in education, poor health outcomes, lack of vision for opportunity," Montgomery said. "If you can't see it, you don't think about being it."
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In Capitalism, there is inequality. Some people will prosper and some won’t. With Socialism, everyone is equally miserable.
Democrats=Dumba$$.
There’s nothing wrong with capitalism
There’s nothing wrong with free enterprise
Don’t try to make me feel guilty
I’m so tired of hearing you cry
There’s nothing wrong with making some profit
If you ask, I’ll say it’s just fine
There’s nothing wrong with wanting to live nice
So tired of hearing you whine
About the revolution, bringing down the rich
When was the last time you dug a ditch, baby
If it ain’t one thing, then it’s the other
Any cause that crosses your path
Your heart bleeds for anyone’s brother
I’ve got to tell you, you’re a pain in the ass
You criticize with plenty of vigor
You rationalize everything that you do
With catchy phrases and heavy quotations
And everybody is crazy but you
You’re just a middle class, socialist brat
From a suburban family and you never really had to work
And now you tell me that we’ve got to get back
To the struggling masses, whoever they are
You talk, talk, talk about suffering and pain
Your mouth is bigger than your entire brain
What the hell do you know about suffering and pain you dumb f___?
There’s nothing wrong with capitalism
There’s nothing wrong with capitalism
There’s nothing wrong with capitalism
There’s nothing wrong with capitalism
-Oingo Boingo
I would say that freedom also leads to capitalism, because capitalism is simply an elaboration on free commerce between folks where contracts are widely honored.
I would say wherever there is freedom, there is capitalism, but it is possible to have capitalism with limited freedom.
Great band.
L
There is always Capitalism, in that there is always Capital. It’s the stuff that gets things done. They question is, how is the Capital distributed. Does the State control it, as was the case in the Communist Countries? Is it controlled by a few Oligarchs and Conglomerates, which is happening more and more over here.
Or do we try to have Free Enterprise, which places more Capital in the control of individuals?
Apparently the writer has never heard of China.
When people fear the govt, you have tyranny.
When the govt fears the people, you have freedom.
It’s possible to have economic freedom without having a lot of the other freedoms we are supposed to have.
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