As a native Minnesotan, born in Minneapolis, recent developments have been a shock to me. There’s a feeling that the country has tipped, and the polarization is too great to overcome. I’ve had a chance to mentally process recent developments as well as the polarizing rhetoric coming from all sides, and I have a thought to leave people with.
The problem isn’t ICE. The problem isn’t conservatives. The problem isn’t liberals. The problem isn’t Democrats. The problem isn’t Republicans. The problem isn’t the left. The problem isn’t the right. The problem isn’t Christians. The problem isn’t Muslims. The problem isn’t Jews. The problem isn’t the average government employee. The problem isn’t immigration. The problem isn’t the masses. The problem isn’t people, per se.
We can go on all day quarreling over some event. In the end, we miss the fact that the problem we are all facing is the financial system itself. It has no ideology. It can amalgamate and incorporate left wing ideas or right wing ideas. Any idea (from the left or right) amalgamating itself with the system, taken to any extreme, can be very destructive. It is important that we not lose our sense of compassion and humanity.
This is spiritual. We wrestle not against flesh and blood. Pray for this country. Pray for leaders. Pray for our neighbors.
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A Perfect Hegelian Trap
Just a few weeks ago something really occurred to me. I’m a staunch supporter of free markets, precisely because I care about our country and its inhabitants. For me, it definitely impacts how I strive to live. I don’t support free markets because I hate. I support free markets because I love. I strive to not judge anybody for disagreement over ideas. What occurred to me just recently was how under the current system, the entire federal government, all state and local governments, could be jettisoned, and that would result in nothing close to a free market. Why? It all goes back to the monetary and financial system, which isn’t based on a free market. Sure. We could jettison all government. And what would the result be? We have the uber wealthy elites like Bill Gates and Elon Musk running around with unchecked power. Jettisoning government would result in a loss of checks and balances. Also, anybody who tries to single out some agency or department, like the FBI, as if the FBI is the only corrupt entity, is a demagogue, not a true supporter of free markets. In fact, under the current system, probably the last entity I would start would jettisoning would be the FBI.