Cool.
Knowledge, pursuit of knowledge, hard work, thrift and reinvestment, long term objectives and inexpensive CARBON BASED FUELS!
Then why are all the Catholic nations in the west universally so poor?
A group of Brazillians I was with when I was there in the ‘90’s (used to spend a lot of time there, was fluent in their Portuguese) noted that nations colonized by the Catholic nations were universally poor with high levels of crime and low ethical standards whereas nations colonized by the Protestant nations were universally prosperous with markedly higher ethical standards. BTW, many of those I was with were educators, some with PhD’s. at Brazil’s 2nd largest university.
This surfaced as I was considering doing business in Brazil and the nationals were going into great detail of what I should expect as far as entering into contracts with Brazillians. One Brazillian businessman told me, “In the USA, when you enter into a contract with another party, you fully expect the other party to honor all the details of the contract. Here, you expect the other party to attempt to break every detail of the contract.” Not my words. Those of a Brazillian with very high ethical standards.
Interesting read, thanks. One would think diligence, moderation and re-investing would be self-evident. But I guess everything has to be learned and reinforced by actual practice and feedback, one step at a time.
I agree with Ian Fleming who once said that he thought a nations wealth was directly related to how hard and well they worked or words to that effect.
Catholic ping.
Today, in public schools in many cities, these values are considered “acting white” and discouraged.
The people doing this are not shamed by society and media.
Progress.