I named my blog after Lucius Quinctius Cincinnatus -- A Roman consul who served only long enough to save his Republic before returning to his farm. Cincinnatus was the inspiration for the Order of Cincinnatus, to which George Washington and Lafayette and many other American Patriots were members. Omnia relinquit servare rempublicam - He relinquished everything to serve the Republic.
Wednesday, November 19, 2008
I, Pencil
Why capitalism works and socialism doesn't in extremely simple words so that even Obamunists and THE MEDIA can understand.
I play a similar game sometimes, as I drive down the road. I look at everything that is man made and try to visualize who made it, who made the tools it took to make it, who sold it, who wholesaled it, who shipped it and every associated ancillary cost from the ore mined to the installation, to the cell phones, pens, forms and paperclips the salesman/miner/toolmaker/wholesaler/shipper/installer used during the process. And who made those, etc. etc. etc.
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I play a similar game sometimes, as I drive down the road. I look at everything that is man made and try to visualize who made it, who made the tools it took to make it, who sold it, who wholesaled it, who shipped it and every associated ancillary cost from the ore mined to the installation, to the cell phones, pens, forms and paperclips the salesman/miner/toolmaker/wholesaler/shipper/installer used during the process. And who made those, etc. etc. etc.
It keeps one humble.
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