Related Topics: Abolish Aristocracies; Human Society; More Human Rights For More Human Beings
This time I want to talk about aristocracies.
We have got to abolish aristocracies in America.
Why? Because they are anti-American. Because the very idea of the United States of America is fundamentally anti-aristocratic.
Most of the early settlers came here to escape the aristocracies of their home countries.
Our revolutionary leaders who founded this nation and wrote our Constitution were absolute anti-aristocrats. Even though some of them actually belonged to aristocracies that had been formed here.
Don't believe me?!! listen to this: “All men are created equal”.
Well putting aside for the moment the obvious sexism, you can't get any more anti-aristocratic than that.
The subsequent history of America is the story of immigrants escaping aristocracy. This nation was built not only by the founding fathers and mothers but by succeeding waves of immigrants.
Each was following the myth of an egalitarian land where everyone could succeed.
Now, like all myths, it was never completely true.
But it is the ideal, the inspiration that is intrinsically embedded in the founding of this nation.
And it inspires brave, ambitious, creative people leave behind their countries and families to come to land where the content of their character will matter more than social status of their parents.
It is the American dream.
America is fundamentally, at the core of its very being, anti-aristocracy.
I am an American and I am imbued with the spirit of the Declaration of Independence.
But even if I were not, I am personally anti-aristocracy.
Why?
Because aristocracies are a threat to democracy.
Because they are an obsolete institution within human society.
And Because they are inefficient.
Among other things, aristocracies discourage entrepreneurial capitalism.
They limit the creation of entrepreneurs.
And They limit human rights (which are the supercharger of civilization).
Okay, so what are aristocracies. Specifically what do I mean by the word.
Well, aristocracies are usually defined as "families which hoard wealth and/or power passing it on, un-earned, to subsequent generations".
That's the traditional definition.
But I would like to suggest a broader definition.
Any institution or entity within society which bestows unearned privilege on its members.
Because wealth and power are one kind of privilege but there are others.
And families are one kind of aristocracy, but there are others.
Any institution or entity within society which bestows unearned privilege on its members.
Although America is based on the abolition of aristocracies,
today we have a whole lot of them.
There are many wealthy American aristocratic families.
They have proliferated over the last 40 years.
(And there's a reason for that.)
And they've grown richer and more powerful.
But we have also political aristocracies.
The owners and leaders of both political parties certainly qualify.
The Cult of Celebrity has become an aristocracy.
Some professions are aristocracies.
Certainly lawyers; many would say doctors; and others.
In America corporate executives form an aristocracy.
Any institution or entity within society which bestows unearned privilege on its members.
Not just wealthy families.
And they are all bad.
Where did aristocracies come from?
Well, they have been with us through most of human history.
They are closely related to a couple of other institutions of inequality – slavery and warfare.
Slavery made aristocracy possible.
And warfare was the ultimate method of deciding who would be the aristocrats and who would be the slaves.
Like warfare and slavery,
aristocracy may have served a purpose in earlier human culture.
Though often doing more harm than good.
But now it is obsolete!
Like warfare and slavery, aristocracy is bad for the development of geniuses and entrepreneurs.
We need all human beings to have the opportunity to reach their full potential.
By misappropriating resources, aristocracies stunt the development of those humans who are not privileged.
So what can we do to abolish aristocracies in America?
Let me make a few suggestions.
First we must recognize the evil.
We need to talk about the fact that aristocracies are not good for society.
And we need to stop celebrating aristocrats.
Recognize them as anti-American parasites.
In addition to recognizing the evil we can use the tax laws to abolish aristocracy. You might want to check out my videos on the anti-aristocracy tax and the pro-investment tax.
We also need to fix our educational system. I have a lot more to say about that in other videos as well.
Recognize the evil.
Use tax laws to abolish aristocracies.
Fix the educational system.
That'll give us a good start.
We need to take action!
Because aristocracies are anti-American.
Today they are expanding.
And we need to reverse that trend.
We need to abolish aristocracies in America.