Tuesday, January 6, 2009

Welcome to the Slaughterhouse: Why Capitalism works!


"If the freedom of speech is taken away then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter." George Washington

Welcome to the Slaughterhouse, America!!

By Nicholas Meyeres

I just heard a pretty good analogy for Capitalism today. Capitalism is like the best vehicle you’ve ever driven and you're the driver behind the wheel. As the person in the driver’s seat, you make all the difference in how it runs and operates and works over time with the proper maintenance done on it, and care for it. You’re the one who turns the key. Your key is your very imagination in the American Dream. You turn the key with your own personal work ethic, and you steer it with the moral compass inside you. That's when Capitalism beats everything else on the road, and leaves them gasping in the dust! It's the driver, not just the car, that is the important thing.

If a car just sits in the driveway and looks pretty— sure, it won’t run anyone over and the streets will be a safer place, but we won’t get anywhere very fast, either, and we’ll all be the same; stumbling around like zombies searching for brains to eat. And contrary to how appealing parts of Socialism- or it’s ugly step-sister Communism- looks to the walking dead in this country right now, it just simply does not work. Humans are too self-aspiring and want-filled and imagination-driven... and in case you were wondering- that’s a good thing! That is of course, unless you heap a dictatorship or monarchy on top of it like Cuba, China, England, or the former U.S.S.R.— then it still works, but we have a whole new set of problems to deal with!

And conversely, Capitalism fails when rather than drive it and keep it running well, we allow it to just collect dust or have too many people tinker with it over time. Sure, we may run a stop light every now and again, but we are usually called on it, and are told to slow down or even given a ticket if we were going too fast in the first place. We still need a car in this day and age- in an industrial society like ours— and don’t we want something safe and reliable for our kids drive that allows them to grow up with dreams and ambitions and the self-worth that they are indeed special and individual?

We are human beings, and the only thing that really separates us from the animals is our ability to make proper choices. Choice is what separates us from the monkeys, and Capitalism is a pretty darn good choice, indeed! After all, if Capitalism is like you behind a great running vehicle, then to paraphrase Bono- socialism is a car crash: Its wheels are turning, but it’s upside down. Socialism will just sit and spin with the rest of the world, and never allow greatness to truly prosper. There’s no other way of looking at it; Capitalism gives the individual the opportunity to put their dreams into that ignition and start it up, unleash the power of the individual and the individual’s own desire for greatness.

Listen to that baby purr! Crank that engine, and drive on into the setting sun; racing the wind toward the future of the free world!
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