For months I have been avoiding political topics on my other blog because I didn't want it to stray from it's arts-and-literature content. It's my happy place and a respite from the daily onslought.
So today I start a new blog to capture my conservative ideas, dreams, and fears. I love this country and do not like to see our freedoms eroding away.
Some say the Capitalist system is not 'fair' because some people can afford a better standard of living than others. Some can't afford the more expensive products on the grocrey store shelves. Some people have a difficult time accessing quality healthcare. Some children's families fail them and they become wards of the state.
I say inequalities are everywhere and there are many definitions to the word 'fair'. Socialism is not fair either.
It is true that some can not afford a high standard of living. Under socialism everyone's standard of living will be brought down.
It is true some can't afford the more expensive products on the shelf. Under socialism those shelves will be depleated for the entire public.
It is true some people have a difficult time accessing quality health care. Under socialism no one will have high quality healthcare. It will be illegal to seek better and illegal to provide better.
It is true some children's families fail them and they become wards of the state. Under Socialism everyone is a ward of the state.
I do not believe Capitalism is the perfect system, nor do I believe Capitalism is the best name for our system. Freedom, liberty, and democracy are all better names. Capitalism refers only to one aspect of a dynamic system. But the fact that we have a mutually agreed on 'contract' ie: the value of a dollar, makes us a stable economy where individuals can interact with other individuals with some assurance of security.
Some leaders of businesses and corporations may be dishonest or unethical....But some political leaders may be dishonest and unethical also, and a dishonest businessman has a greater chance of reaping a negative result do to loss of customers. A dishonest polititian will only entrench himself further.
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