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For me, although I'm all for free markets, unfettered capitalism has its drawbacks. Where there is money concentrated in the hands of the few, the interest of the people can be subverted.
As much as I'm all for individual responsibility and genetally against handouts, a just society is judged in part by how it treats the least among us. It's finding balance.
Unemployment is useful
And what of our mixed history with race?
On the whole, I think our founding fathers got it mostly right but clearly the system is showing strain.
A country needs a shared set of ideals to form a perfect union. This does not come from laws or decrees, but from families and churches and other organizations instilling these values in the children. If America fails it will be because the children were not raised up to hold the values that made this nation great, and we have also failed to instill these values in the immigrant community.
No public officials shot over the forced jabs. Not even from people who have had loved ones injured/killed by jabs.
The globalists have no fear of an armed uprising in the US.
I've been thinking about this quite a bit lately. Let's say there is a constitutional convention (there won't be, this is a thought excersise) to overhaul our system of government.
What issues are important to you? How would you modify the current system?
The elites all generally prone to hubris. As the old adage goes, pride goeth before the fall.
Yes, the incompetent elites are motivated by hubris as well as by greed.
What issues are important to you? How would you modify the current system? More centralized government? Less? Break it all up and forgo this union of disparate regions?
In my view the federal government needs to regulate international commerce, provide for national defense and that's about it. The rest is or ought to be handled by either the states or the local municipality. The further up the chain you go the more removed you are from the problem, the harder it is to figure a solution. Plus once size fits all rarely works. What's good policy for the northeast may not apply to the Southwest.
For me, although I'm all for free markets, unfettered capitalism has its drawbacks. Where there is money concentrated in the hands of the few, the interest of the people can be subverted. We need to divorce money from politics and have term limits. Being an elected representative should be a service to one's neighbors, not a career.
As much as I'm all for individual responsibility and genetally against handouts, a just society is judged in part by how it treats the least among us. It's finding balance.
Unemployment is useful, but when you can make more by staying home than working... why work? And who's responsibility should it be to develop and administer these social programs? The federal government? The states? Local municipalities? This is but one example.
And what of our mixed history with race? Could a "do over" result in a more just society with equity of opportunity? (Not equity of outcome!). Or at least assuage those who feel that our roots are inherently based on the opinions of a few old WASPS, since this time around they could have a say in the process?
I dunno. Just thinking alot about what has worked over the past 200 plus years and what may need tweaking to adjust to current realities.
On the whole, I think our founding fathers got it mostly right but clearly the system is showing strain. If we started over what would you push for? How do we ensure that our God given rights are protected for future generations?