America's Destiny
C. Victor Gabriel
Unless
there are some all-encompassing changes made within the next few years,
America is destined for a great fall from power. Two things are inexorably
working to bring about America's ultimate collapse. The first is
an increasingly unmerciful militarism which kills and destroys in a heedless
and remorseless fashion. The second is the corrupt capitalism that
causes all morality and integrity to be sacrificed for the sake of the
acquisition of wealth and the lust for pleasure. Indeed, in the final
analysis it is the hedonistic pursuit of pleasure that is speeding America
toward its doom!
With
foreboding, the question must be asked, "Will America be brought down
by a country which is even more tyrannical and brutal than the one that
is — for the present at least — still one of the freest in existence?"
Well, in fact the social condition of America is becoming increasingly
characterized by injustice and oppression, by excessive prosperity for
the few, gained by ruthlessness and fraud, and by the exploitation of the
many.
The
imperialistic leaders are becoming arrogant with the assumption that they
can run rough-shod and with impunity over any peoples who contest their
right to the resources of the earth, and their own aggrandizement.
They are quick to rattle the saber, brandishing WMDs raucously, often lashing
out in violent destruction toward any who question their "wisdom".
Well, my friends, much of the rest of humankind is becoming fed up!![10x5 Page Background GIF Image](../../Images/10x5_Page_Background.gif)
It's the People
Sam Aurelius Milam III
America's
Destiny, above, provides plenty of food for thought. I've been
thinking about the designation "corrupt capitalism". If Mr. Gabriel
intended to distinguish corrupt capitalism from other kinds of capitalism,
then I agree with him. However, many people view the designation
as describing capitalism entirely.
Capitalism
isn't corrupt. It's merely a way of organizing transactions.
When it's practiced by good people, then it's a good system. When
it's practiced by bad people, then it's a corrupt system. In general,
any
system that's practiced by good people will be a good system. Any
system that's practiced by bad people will be a corrupt system.
My
father used to tell me that if you could distribute all of the money in
the world equally among all of the people in the world, then in 10 years
all of the people who have it now would have it again. The point
is that greedy people will try to usurp whatever economic system exists.
Stupid people will let it happen, regardless of the measures that are enacted
to prevent it. However, in spite of the corrupting influences of
stupid people and greedy people, capitalism still does a better job of
providing goods and services at a tolerable price (just barely, by definition)
than any other known economic system. It also does a better job of
moderating the harmful effects of greedy people and stupid people.
Finally, unlike some other economic systems it also provides niches wherein
smart people and generous people can manage to survive.
The
problem isn't capitalism. The problem is greedy people and stupid
people. Rather than restrict or prohibit an economic system that
works better than the others, what we really need to do is to remedy our
greed and our stupidity. If we can successfully do that, then any
economic system that we use will be a good one. If not, then any
economic system that we use will be corrupt.![10x5 Page Background GIF Image](../../Images/10x5_Page_Background.gif)
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