That is, has been, a hard-pushed rationale for multiple generations, now & I see it tossed off & around without thought, as if "of course!" rather than & instead of the divide/conquer inculcation it is.
Which is not to say that prior to the full court press inculcations we are all, mostly, familiar with fa…
That is, has been, a hard-pushed rationale for multiple generations, now & I see it tossed off & around without thought, as if "of course!" rather than & instead of the divide/conquer inculcation it is.
Which is not to say that prior to the full court press inculcations we are all, mostly, familiar with family was golden. Weak & mediocre families have always been … & so therefore have weak & mediocre institutional replacements of, substitutions for, family always been.
I came to your musings by way of your fathers by way of Doug Casey … & I don’t think its controversial to say your parents’ actions on their family’s behalf can be denied or discounted. Or that those blessings shouldn’t be counted first & counted often.
Fun, but not so much “a show about nothing,” from before your time, & maybe before your parents time, too:
Come and listen to my story about a man named Jed
A poor mountaineer, barely kept his family fed,
And then one day he was shootin at some food,
And up through the ground come a bubblin crude.
Oil that is, black gold, Texas tea.
Well the first thing you know ol Jed's a millionaire,
The kinfolk said "Jed move away from there"
Said "Californy is the place you ought to be"
So they loaded up the truck and they moved to Beverly
Hills, that is. Swimmin pools, movie stars.
Old Jed bought a mansion, lordy it was swank
Next door neighbor's the president of the bank.
Lotta folks complaining but the banker found no fault
'Cause all Jed's millions, was a-sitting in the vault!
Redemption funds. Stocks and bonds.
Well now it's time to say good bye to Jed and all his kin.
And they would like to thank you folks fer kindly droppin in.
You're all invited back next week to this locality
To have a heapin helpin of their hospitality
Hillbilly that is. Set a spell, Take your shoes off.
Y'all come back now, y'hear?
And here’s a hillbilly less fictional whose refrain speaks too to family - & weak institutions:
"...bigger goals..." than family?
That is, has been, a hard-pushed rationale for multiple generations, now & I see it tossed off & around without thought, as if "of course!" rather than & instead of the divide/conquer inculcation it is.
Which is not to say that prior to the full court press inculcations we are all, mostly, familiar with family was golden. Weak & mediocre families have always been … & so therefore have weak & mediocre institutional replacements of, substitutions for, family always been.
I came to your musings by way of your fathers by way of Doug Casey … & I don’t think its controversial to say your parents’ actions on their family’s behalf can be denied or discounted. Or that those blessings shouldn’t be counted first & counted often.
Fun, but not so much “a show about nothing,” from before your time, & maybe before your parents time, too:
Come and listen to my story about a man named Jed
A poor mountaineer, barely kept his family fed,
And then one day he was shootin at some food,
And up through the ground come a bubblin crude.
Oil that is, black gold, Texas tea.
Well the first thing you know ol Jed's a millionaire,
The kinfolk said "Jed move away from there"
Said "Californy is the place you ought to be"
So they loaded up the truck and they moved to Beverly
Hills, that is. Swimmin pools, movie stars.
Old Jed bought a mansion, lordy it was swank
Next door neighbor's the president of the bank.
Lotta folks complaining but the banker found no fault
'Cause all Jed's millions, was a-sitting in the vault!
Redemption funds. Stocks and bonds.
Well now it's time to say good bye to Jed and all his kin.
And they would like to thank you folks fer kindly droppin in.
You're all invited back next week to this locality
To have a heapin helpin of their hospitality
Hillbilly that is. Set a spell, Take your shoes off.
Y'all come back now, y'hear?
And here’s a hillbilly less fictional whose refrain speaks too to family - & weak institutions:
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