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Originally Posted by Cobwebs
The saddest part of the Curley effect is there is not any way to reverse this trend. Once people are dependent on government handouts they will forever vote the hand that feeds them. The scales have tipped and one would have to be blind not to see our demise on the horizon.
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I agree that we have passed a "tipping point" and that for the foreseeable future the trend will not be reversed. However, this experiment has been tried many times before and the outcome is predictable - economic failure. When that happens, and it will, society will look to us for rescue. We need to be prepared.
In another thread, the question was asked, Who is John Galt? Answer: We are all John Galt. The operative question is, Where is Galt's Gulch? Answer: It is being built here.
We do not need to surrender to the inevitable outcome of egalitarian experimentation. We can keep our values and principles alive and pass them on to the next generation by our words and our deeds. That is our duty, our responsibility, our mission.
As you said, one would have to be blind not to see our demise on the horizon. This is true I am afraid and it saddens me to my core. However, that does not need to be the end of the American story. A rebirth can follow and will follow and it will be led by us and those like us. We are following in the footsteps of giants like Hamilton, Jefferson, Adams, Washington, Franklin and all our comrades in arms (literal and figurative) that followed them.
Keep the faith Cobwebs, we are in for a rough ride no doubt, but we have been there before. We are outnumbered and facing superior firepower. We have been there before too. But, we are a motivated minority and, if our history is any indicator at all, we will prevail.