Very well said, aruanan.
I've often thought along the same lines. In some ways, we're very much better off politically than our pioneer ancestors were; slavery is ended, women have equal rights with men, and so on. But much that was precious has also been lost. There are reasons why our economic growth has slowed, though technological innovation certainly has not. The financial and regulatory costs of "soft socialism" have become a great millstone around our necks in this century, and that awful millstone keeps growing faster than we do.
Thank a Democrat.
The financial and regulatory costs of "soft socialism" have become a great millstone around our necks in this century, and that awful millstone keeps growing faster than we do.
Government became the leviathan it is by a two-step forward, one-step backward scheme. For every two steps forward in man's advancement of technology the government has taken it one step backwards via specious laws and regulations.
Today, patriots are fortunate if they get one unconstitutional law before the Supreme Court to be overturned for every twenty unconstitutional laws passed by congress.
The host-parasite relationship and value producers versus value destroyers is the ultimate battle to be fought. Value producers have a 100 to 1 advantage because value producers are reality bound whereas the value destroying parasitical elite tactics are smoke-and-mirror parlor tricks--illusions. So often on FR their irrational, dishonest and even criminal tactics have been exposed.