This video was forwarded to me some time ago and on the
other blog I mean to return to the topic of business and economics. At that
point I intend to deal with some of the issues raised in this short video and
will likely post the link again. It's a good introduction. She raises some of
the salient points providing a good starting point. We need to go further in
discussing the problem of the business/market model applied to government and
God willing we shall at a later date.
Their functions and purposes are not the same, and those who
seek to establish privatized hybrid forms of government, or government
sponsored monopolies are creating inefficient and sometimes immoral situations...and
certainly not conditions that are the best for society as a whole. Those at the
top of the pyramid in fact do very well but it creates a host of problems. The
solutions and alternatives are complicated and frankly probably implausible in
light of our present political and societal structure.
Our government bureaucracy is corrupt and inefficient and
has a terrible internal culture that is filled with incompetent and unmotivated
people. And frankly if you're an advocate of localism as I am, then all the
centralized institutions would have to be broken up. You can't have a 'great'
country that way, and certainly not a trans-continental empire. The likelihood
of the establishment simply stepping down or bowing to pressure is to say the
least unlikely.
I'm sorry to play the part of the cynic but I do not believe
America is reformable. When I hear Christo-Americans like Al Mohler and others
speak of reforming society and promoting morality in government and the
marketplace I'm left to conclude they either have a very low view of sin or
they have no idea how these sectors actually function. Not only are they not
being reformed, a faithful Christian is quickly eaten alive.
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