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America has grown through the exploitation of others. This growth has gone through two phases and we are currently stalled going into the third.
In the first phase America grew in size as a country by taking land from the Native Americans. In the second phase America grew wealthy by working the people who came in to fill this new land to the bone, on the farms, in the factories, and on the roads and rails. We are currently stalled going into the third phase.
To understand why we have stalled on the third one must understand how we exploited the bottom in each phase. In the first phase the only thing the Native American needed to do is move off the land, or die, either was acceptable. In the second phase before the immigrant died we needed him to push the plow, turn the wrench, and hammer the spike. In each phase the ones at the top got wealthy beyond anything the bottom could possibly imagine. In the first phase the rich had a good life while the bottom had none. In the second the rich had material wealth beyond anything Oliver Twist would every posse.
This history is not something we can change. We can only face it and learn from it. What should we learn from it? How to exploit those at the bottom of the next phase of course. What did you think I was going to say? To understand the new form of exploitation we have to understand the role of government in each phase.
When this country was first created all the government had to do was in sure basic rights of individuals and laws for individuals who where a threat to others or themselves. The needs of the underprivileged was not the government's responsibility. Later the government needed create laws for business and regulations for where businesses were endangering others or themselves. The government also started taking responsibility for the underprivileged in aid for food and shelter. Businesses created environments for both great prosperity and for great poverty. Now the government needs to take on responsibility for that which will fuel the third phase.
The third phase is an information phase. Information means at least the bare minimum of education for the bottom, more than they are getting now at least. Now not only do we have to keep, and expand, aid for food and shelter but education has to be part of that aid. From the youngest to the oldest it is education which will get them into or back into work. Phase three is exploit the educated. Sounds like a plan to me.
In the first phase America grew in size as a country by taking land from the Native Americans. In the second phase America grew wealthy by working the people who came in to fill this new land to the bone, on the farms, in the factories, and on the roads and rails. We are currently stalled going into the third phase.
To understand why we have stalled on the third one must understand how we exploited the bottom in each phase. In the first phase the only thing the Native American needed to do is move off the land, or die, either was acceptable. In the second phase before the immigrant died we needed him to push the plow, turn the wrench, and hammer the spike. In each phase the ones at the top got wealthy beyond anything the bottom could possibly imagine. In the first phase the rich had a good life while the bottom had none. In the second the rich had material wealth beyond anything Oliver Twist would every posse.
This history is not something we can change. We can only face it and learn from it. What should we learn from it? How to exploit those at the bottom of the next phase of course. What did you think I was going to say? To understand the new form of exploitation we have to understand the role of government in each phase.
When this country was first created all the government had to do was in sure basic rights of individuals and laws for individuals who where a threat to others or themselves. The needs of the underprivileged was not the government's responsibility. Later the government needed create laws for business and regulations for where businesses were endangering others or themselves. The government also started taking responsibility for the underprivileged in aid for food and shelter. Businesses created environments for both great prosperity and for great poverty. Now the government needs to take on responsibility for that which will fuel the third phase.
The third phase is an information phase. Information means at least the bare minimum of education for the bottom, more than they are getting now at least. Now not only do we have to keep, and expand, aid for food and shelter but education has to be part of that aid. From the youngest to the oldest it is education which will get them into or back into work. Phase three is exploit the educated. Sounds like a plan to me.