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Capitalism
The parasite that is capable of killing its host
In a nation that, we are told, is hopelessly divided, most everyone seems to agree on one thing: The system of government that worked so well for us over its first 200 years is now broken, perhaps fatally so.
On the left, many seem willing to bring dramatic change to fundamental institutions such as the Electoral College and the U.S. Senate. The right, meanwhile, has put its faith in a virtual emperor who is openly disdainful of representative government....
There have been many values that we as Americans have been taught to clutch tightly to our breast, and one of them is this: You can never tell a person that he has made enough money and cannot make any more. This tenet is held even by those who have little chance of accumulating $50,000, much less $50 billion.
We are aghast at the mere suggestion. It’s socialism, communism, redistribution of wealth, dogs and cats living together. We have been taught this not by great thinkers like Jefferson, Locke or even Smith, but by the very self-same people who would be directly affected by limits on wealth, and have created a class of psycho-babblers who have convinced the rest of us that greed is not only moral, but desirable....
In a nation that, we are told, is hopelessly divided, most everyone seems to agree on one thing: The system of government that worked so well for us over its first 200 years is now broken, perhaps fatally so.
On the left, many seem willing to bring dramatic change to fundamental institutions such as the Electoral College and the U.S. Senate. The right, meanwhile, has put its faith in a virtual emperor who is openly disdainful of representative government....
There have been many values that we as Americans have been taught to clutch tightly to our breast, and one of them is this: You can never tell a person that he has made enough money and cannot make any more. This tenet is held even by those who have little chance of accumulating $50,000, much less $50 billion.
We are aghast at the mere suggestion. It’s socialism, communism, redistribution of wealth, dogs and cats living together. We have been taught this not by great thinkers like Jefferson, Locke or even Smith, but by the very self-same people who would be directly affected by limits on wealth, and have created a class of psycho-babblers who have convinced the rest of us that greed is not only moral, but desirable....
https://www.heraldmailmedia.com/opinion/tim_rowland/the-parasite-that-is-capable-of-killing-its-host/article_02fd0e42-c8a2-5145-9b00-fb09f4c23989.html