Thought for the day.
Capitalism versus socialism.
America versus Europe.
What model do you believe has worked for 250 years?
Which economic system is still in the wallows of the great recession?
Which economic systems have had their hands out since two world wars and the Marshall Plan up through today?
And which nations look to others in time of trouble when their monarchies led to world conflicts?
And to whom did Europe look for help when mercantilism crumbled, when Christianity stumbled, when fascism and communism tumbled, and now socialism has grumbled?
Our republic based upon capitalism and founded as a Christian nation is no longer an experiment. It has proven its worth, its value, its principles, its durability, its leadership. It is worth keeping. Western civilization as we know it from the times of the Greeks today depends upon it.
Socialism has these failings inherent in its DNA:
1. How do you pay for all the freebies when there is no rich to plunder or money to borrow?
2. How do you justify unloading the stuff you want today on the financial backs of your grandchildren?
3. How do you motivate a nation when there is no downside of living on a handout rather than working for more with the help from a handup?
4. What happens to our charitable giving when unlimited charity is the near exclusive province of the federal government?
5. How do we defend our nation with thin skinned political correct snowflakes who have little concept what pride, hardship, tolerance, empathy, selflessness, borders, economics, hard work, economics, security and defense really mean and the price that must be paid?
There are more morsels for thought, but no need for big bites this Saturday morning.
Just food for thought and the road less traveled is sometimes a hard but necessary path. Short cuts earn that name because they can cut, and cut deeply. And cut the traveler.
This rambling thought was encouraged by this line from #dennisprager, a conservative thinker.
From @prageru.
Dennis Prager — “Whatever its intentions, socialism produces far more selfish individuals and a far more selfish society than a free-market economy does. And once this widespread selfishness catches on, it is almost impossible to undo it.”