Nothing is Real
Well, lots of things are real
I'm just saying that there's so many things that we believe in that have little or no bearing to actuality.
Someone just decided on them
then it went on and after a while it felt and became the way it's always been..
For example
a house was built in 1850 amongst a neighborhood of similar houses throughout.
Then in 1972 someone got the permit to make it a commercial property.
They put some tables out front and inside and it became a restaurant
nowadays it is a standard part of that community.
Monarchy is that the people that live in a country are the subjects of a family that are kings.
the kings family is supported by lords, lets say 100
Who are supported by a set of vassels maybe 1000
and at least 100,000 serfs are working for them, unable to achieve any upward momentum unless they do a great service to king or lord - Distinguishing themselves in the military was always a route.
The only other way for a person to make a fortune was to perform risky trade with other countries.
Capitalism - Free election
First off America was the 1st to eliminate the king.
1st Independent nation...
Nationality is decidedly the place of native birth.
Used to be all the speakers of the same language
America was a conglomerate of all peoples
Different beliefs working at the same system.
Respect the product like German Cars..
You have to respect them
No one knew if it was going to work..
France gave us a statue in good faith
Like we believe in you
The articles of confederation weren't working too good.
Rest of the world was like mutts can't make shit.
Then they made a steam engine powered boat
A plane Helicopter
Telephone Etc.
More importantly Americans made a standard of living that no one in the world could touch.
See, it used to be that even working class American families could own a home and a car..
Part of it was to upset the U.S.S.R. where only government officials and gangsters could own a car and people usually lived with their parents.
So I understand the infatuation with the past and the idea of making America great Again
To me the best part of America, is that someone is allowed to believe whatever the f they want.
However, to me slavery was one of the worst parts of America.
In the South they look at northern states as something different..
However in a lot of America, I feel that even people in PA and Northern states might not have a rebel flag They still gladly feel superior It's really a tough topic
Even though the country was built and shaped by the Carnegies, William Penn, Charles Mason, Rockefeller, JP Morgan, Edward Harriman, Jay Gould, Commodore Vanderbilt, Henry H Rogers, John McCall, the Stewarts, Scottss, Huntington's & Fisks and that Mormon guy whatever his name was...
For a long while American working families
Now for a while, the work of Karl Marx inspired and showed hope to people that we can get rid of an abusive capitalist system.
Similar to Jesus, people simply misused his intentions and made a system mostly contrary and called it socialism..
Much like despotism
Socialism just replaces the Lords and vassels with government officials and takes it further and eliminates the merchant class. On top of that takes away incentive to create better and inventive products... Riches are a great motivator in a competitive world.
America is a great place.. Don't get me wrong... In most of the cities I've been to, I'm simply dazzeled by how many wealthy people there are.
My complaint is for the estimated 40 million Americans that are below the poverty level.
See I read a book about Hong Kong, during World War II it was occupied by the Japanese
Who pretty much exercised power over the population living there at the time.
Sending them to the slums, while they made the women prostitutes and muscled any opposition with physical force... Under normal circumstances there is somewhat of a humanitarian expectation.. Yet in poverty stricken America, I feel that the individuals are put into war like circumstances... In the meanwhile the gap between rich and poor grows, the middle class shrinks and we spend billions maybe even trillions on war with other countries for the gains of oil tycoons.