Dear Mr. President:
I read your talk at the JC in South Dakota. I love the free
Jr. College initiative.
Your focus on "job preparation" was disappointing.
The biggest job we have is being citizens of a Democracy. This means valuing every
one regardless of what their "job" is, or even if they have a job or
not.
The "family" metaphor is not effective. It carries
the baggage of Big Father/Mother who
know best, one of the sophistic concepts utilized by the retrogressors.
Evoking and linking "rugged
individualism/entrepreneurship" as values is a problem. Both concepts
are code words used to undermine Democracy. The concept of entrepreneurship,
basically anti egalitarian, is not a product of a Democratic system.
Democracy decentralizes power, moves it form the hands of
the few into the hands of the people. A government that "creates an environment
that encourages and safe guards entrepreneurs" is the agenda of the retrogressive
forces. That agenda, as we can clearly see, fosters the centralization of power in the hands of a
special class.
I see a very long list of other Brothers and Sisters from
all walks of life, many of whom gave their lives to further the Common Good as
rugged individuals, individuals precisely because they knew that they were part
of the One Humanity.
With few exceptions, entrepreneurs that I am aware of are not
individuals. For the most part, again with a few genuine exceptions, while not "bad
people", they are self centered, ego driven, and usually very smart brothers
and sisters who are not even remotely aware of the Common Good or Democracy or in
many cases, environmental sanity.
Most of our brothers and sisters who have a decent home life.
adequate income, and an adequate education including a strong immersion in the Liberal
Arts would make great citizens.
Lots of love
-tom
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