Jim Hlavac
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All of Central and Southern America is likewise in the same sinking boat as
Mexico. All the governments are vehemently opposed to United State
Imperialism and Hegemony over this hemisphere. They are all quick to blame
the United States for all their problems. But from whence do their problems flow?
First of all, since the entire hemisphere was settled at the same rate by
Europeans, and the entire hemisphere has about the same distribution of
natural resources, and the entire hemisphere was protected by vast oceans
from the conflicts of the Old World, logic dictates that we should all have
progressed roughly uniformly to a similar level of prosperity.
Instead, what we have is the United States and Canada as prosperous, free
countries and all the rest in various conditions of decrepitude and despair.
Why?
The difference is that the colonizers of the South brought the Divine Right of
Kings with them. The French, Spanish and Portuguese, with their Catholic kings
brought the idea that all was for the Glory of the State and God. Despite the
revolutions that threw out the Old World rule, the idea stayed. The new leaders
were just as absolutely despotic as the old ones were because they not only
learned from them, but they believed they were right.
The United States and Canada on the other hand were settled by the
British, who brought with them some semblence of individual rights. And seeing
how well it worked without the King nearby worked even harder at perfecting the
system. Until finally we had our own revolution to get rid of even the King. We
settled on the idea of Individualism. The rest of the hemisphere settled on the
Divine Right of the State. They have suffered mightily for their mistake.
Chile, after decades of tossing and turning, finally settled on the idea of
Individual Rights and lo, now they are fast moving up the economic ladder and a
sense of freedom that exists nowhere else in South America.
So what were the recent solutions in Brazil, Argentina, Venezuela and other
countries? To elect more of the same. Seeing the vast differences in
prosperity and peace and freedom between their countries and the United
States they have chosen to institute still more failed policies at direct
contravention to all that has proven to work.
If you were building stairs, and they kept collapsing, and the man next to you
was building stairs ever bigger and higher and stronger, wouldn't you try to
learn his methods so that you might build your own stairs?
The United States has shown the world the best way to organize a society,
and the world continues on a misbegotten course to do nearly the opposite. So
their best and brightest, who see the reality, hightail it out of their native
countries and come to America.
Mexico. All the governments are vehemently opposed to United State
Imperialism and Hegemony over this hemisphere. They are all quick to blame
the United States for all their problems. But from whence do their problems flow?
First of all, since the entire hemisphere was settled at the same rate by
Europeans, and the entire hemisphere has about the same distribution of
natural resources, and the entire hemisphere was protected by vast oceans
from the conflicts of the Old World, logic dictates that we should all have
progressed roughly uniformly to a similar level of prosperity.
Instead, what we have is the United States and Canada as prosperous, free
countries and all the rest in various conditions of decrepitude and despair.
Why?
The difference is that the colonizers of the South brought the Divine Right of
Kings with them. The French, Spanish and Portuguese, with their Catholic kings
brought the idea that all was for the Glory of the State and God. Despite the
revolutions that threw out the Old World rule, the idea stayed. The new leaders
were just as absolutely despotic as the old ones were because they not only
learned from them, but they believed they were right.
The United States and Canada on the other hand were settled by the
British, who brought with them some semblence of individual rights. And seeing
how well it worked without the King nearby worked even harder at perfecting the
system. Until finally we had our own revolution to get rid of even the King. We
settled on the idea of Individualism. The rest of the hemisphere settled on the
Divine Right of the State. They have suffered mightily for their mistake.
Chile, after decades of tossing and turning, finally settled on the idea of
Individual Rights and lo, now they are fast moving up the economic ladder and a
sense of freedom that exists nowhere else in South America.
So what were the recent solutions in Brazil, Argentina, Venezuela and other
countries? To elect more of the same. Seeing the vast differences in
prosperity and peace and freedom between their countries and the United
States they have chosen to institute still more failed policies at direct
contravention to all that has proven to work.
If you were building stairs, and they kept collapsing, and the man next to you
was building stairs ever bigger and higher and stronger, wouldn't you try to
learn his methods so that you might build your own stairs?
The United States has shown the world the best way to organize a society,
and the world continues on a misbegotten course to do nearly the opposite. So
their best and brightest, who see the reality, hightail it out of their native
countries and come to America.