By R.C. Seely
AFTER HAVING THE FIRST BLACK president in the United States, the identity politics Progressives wanted to break the next milestone–the first female president. They threw everything behind Hillary Clinton, in an effort to demonstrate to the world that America is all about change.
The campaign made it sound like Clinton was the only option for this, despite the GOP offering Carly Fiorina and Michelle Bachman. Or green candidate Jill Stein, who would have also satisfied another first being the first third-party president. This is by no means an endorsement of any of these former candidates and I didn’t support any of them because of their stances on the issues.
Even before 2016 there were female presidential candidates but they were all third-party candidates. The first was Victoria Woodhull, running under the Equal Rights Party in 1872. The first to receive an electorial vote was Libertarian Party Vice Presidential candidate Toni Nathan in 1972. The first to be on the ballot was Lenora Fulani in 1988, under the New Alliance Party. She would have been not only the first third party female president but the first black president, where were the progressives then? Cynthia McKinney was the first female candidate from the Green Party, beating Stein in that honor.
That was third-party and many don’t care about them anyways, Clinton was the first duopoly candidate right? No, to that as well. The first there was encouraged by Dwight Eisenhower in 1960, but Oveta Hobby declined to run. In 1964, the Republican Party nominated Magaret Chase Smith. Smith qualified in six state primaries and got 25% of the vote. Not bad for the “victim” candidate.
The Democratic Party doesn’t really care about advancing women in any way. It’s about maintaining control in the political climate. Its agenda is to keep the country in a coin toss decision of which party rules, heads or tails, and nothing else. Yes, they support their women Senators and touted that up, but would turn on the in an instant if they didn’t stick strictly to party lines. Gender, race, sexual preference, still comes second to that no matter what they claim.
Minorities got the “right to vote” before women, since Obama beat out Clinton, apparently race still beats out gender.
R.C. Seely is the founder of americanuslibertae.com and ALTV. He has also written books on pop culture the most recent Victims of White Male: How Victim Culture Victimizes Society is available at Amazon.
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The Quintessential Virtue of Greed
Posted: December 2, 2017 in Social CommentaryTags: americanus libertae, capitalism, communism, entrepreneur, greed, innovations, progressivism, r.c.seely, self interest, selfishness, Socialism, the quintessential virtue of greed
By R.C. Seely
CRITICS OF CAPITALISM ARE eager to point out the hypocrisy of us capitalists statement of “Communism (or Socialism, or Progressivism, or any other isms) has killed X number of people.” They point out that many have died from capitalism. Since capitalism doesn’t make the promises of perfection that the other mentioned isms do, that’s a false comparison but it’s not the only problem. It also discounts the lives that have been improved or saved because of capitalism.
The instinct to assist perfect strangers in disasters in one such example. Charity is a free market concept, the isms are by force, hence not true charity.
Now take that and multiply it and you have the potential for good that a company is capable of. During the natural disasters–the hurricanes Harvey and Irma, for example–one of the first organizations to help out is also one of the largest, The Home Depot. Volunteerism is a large part of the core culture of the company and it’s not by government force but free market forces. At the end of the day, it’s charity and because of their name recognition that to they act. Two concepts of the free market.
It’s not only because of the need from natural disasters that innovations are born. One such innovation was mentioned in CanadianBusiness.com:
The ways that such an aircraft could save lives isn’t difficult to imagine.
From Cambridge Massachusetts, a startup has developed a form of wearable technology with numerous health implications–the Biostamp. The practically invisible sticker stretches with the skin and is mostly used for monitoring body temperature and hydration of the wearer. But the future innovations planned are for digestible and surgically applied tech. One specific development is that of contact lenses for monitoring diabetics blood sugar levels.
According to a Pew Research study the number of people lifted from poverty–living on $2.00 or less a day–between 2001-2011 was 700 million. Poverty is and has been a global killer. GMOs help since they can be grown anywhere but are there other options as well. Yes, there’s an app for that. SokoText, is tackling that problem.
The for-profit is handling the issues by buying below and selling low, buying at 30% below retail and selling at 20% below to vendors. “By aggregating individual purchasing orders, SokoTech can obtain produce on behalf of local fruit and vegetables vendors at wholesale prices,” reports Canadian Business.com. Just like so many other tech company this text-message-based firm generates it funding through mobile phone ads.
These are all fairly recent companies, so the true scope of their impact is yet to be felt. But they are following in the footsteps of many others who have offered us more options, which make our lives better if not saving them entirely. From amber alerts that make children’s lives safer, to the innovation of lamp oil that cut back on whaling for whale oil.
Medical tech, communications, entertainment, food and everything else was brought to you by the “selfish” self-interest of its inventor. Whether for profit, notoriety, or charity the motive was some form of gain for the actor. That is the Quintessential Virtue of Greed.
R.C. Seely is the founder of americanuslibertae.com and ALTV. He has also written books on pop culture the most recent Victims of White Male: How Victim Culture Victimizes Society is available at Amazon.