Well. a large portion of western civ is going to end up in their (early) graves over this covid "vax" BS but where they end up after that will be beyond our ability to know for sure - so perhaps some of them will return to a union with Source. Others may decide to come back and learn a few more lessons... For those of us who are unvaxxed and do not succumb to an early grave due to "societal disruption", I am hoping we can manage to conserve the good parts of western civ and start over - next time without placing such an overwhelming focus on greed / power / unbridled capitalism - which I think played a fairly large part in this whole debacle....
Well put but I'd argue corporate capitalism is not the problem but more specifically crony capitalism. Honest corporations (an oxymoron?) aren't an issue but those that use their immense wealth to corruptly influence government policy are. Government should not be advancing the interests of giant corporations (or visa versa) but yet we see it everywhere.
1) Unevenly enforced regulations and licensing schemes that drive smaller competitors out of business
2) Bought off regulatory approvals that allow unsafe products on the market and give consumers a false sense of safety
3) Mandates that force people to consume their products, even against their will
They are all awful but #3 is by far the worst. It's a cliché at this point but we were told opening western markets to China would force them to be more like us. Instead the opposite happened. The fusion of corporation and state is well on it's way.
"Unbridled cap...." is part of the regime lexicon - i.e. that of the Corporates - those who wish to "bridle" - I recommend avoiding it. Markets and the trading of goods are some of humanity's oldest institutions and have always been carried out in the context of wide scheme of human virtues and vices.
No, because you pass through the dark night of the soul on the way to union with God. That doesn’t seem to be where this is heading.
Well. a large portion of western civ is going to end up in their (early) graves over this covid "vax" BS but where they end up after that will be beyond our ability to know for sure - so perhaps some of them will return to a union with Source. Others may decide to come back and learn a few more lessons... For those of us who are unvaxxed and do not succumb to an early grave due to "societal disruption", I am hoping we can manage to conserve the good parts of western civ and start over - next time without placing such an overwhelming focus on greed / power / unbridled capitalism - which I think played a fairly large part in this whole debacle....
Unbridled capitalism is not a problem because it is self limiting. Corporate capitalism is a tool of the state. Major problem
Correct. Corporatism != Capitalism
Great (terrifying) article by the way.
Well put but I'd argue corporate capitalism is not the problem but more specifically crony capitalism. Honest corporations (an oxymoron?) aren't an issue but those that use their immense wealth to corruptly influence government policy are. Government should not be advancing the interests of giant corporations (or visa versa) but yet we see it everywhere.
1) Unevenly enforced regulations and licensing schemes that drive smaller competitors out of business
2) Bought off regulatory approvals that allow unsafe products on the market and give consumers a false sense of safety
3) Mandates that force people to consume their products, even against their will
They are all awful but #3 is by far the worst. It's a cliché at this point but we were told opening western markets to China would force them to be more like us. Instead the opposite happened. The fusion of corporation and state is well on it's way.
"Unbridled cap...." is part of the regime lexicon - i.e. that of the Corporates - those who wish to "bridle" - I recommend avoiding it. Markets and the trading of goods are some of humanity's oldest institutions and have always been carried out in the context of wide scheme of human virtues and vices.
Nice thoughts in the face of a bad situation Free.. Thank you.