How America Really Won the Vietnam War
I’m Canadian. Yet, I’m one of the few Canadians who understand and appreciate the idea of the Republic. I understand that the electoral system is actually designed to bring equality within the voting system relative to the overall populace.
I understand that the Second Amendment is a minor safety net in case the government becomes dystopian. The private possession of arms, which in absolute terms are rarely used, poses to the central government the possibility of balance.
I’m a student of Hayek’s views on economics, that force us to confront elements of human nature for the purposes of market feedback loops, as opposed to central planners who will intervene and control markets, leading to a series of unintended consequences.
It is the willingness to endure the depths of a market bottom, which can feel endless and painful, that is the root cause of ascension or resurrection, something I speak about a lot. Less volatility implies fewer capital gains and less leadership. This is why U.S. large-cap inequality leads the world. It is the one that receives the most commentary and criticism, while reflecting the scale of its business model and economics.
The social discourse made possible by free speech incites the battle and confrontation of ideas, guided by wisdom, to work towards corrections over time. This process determines whether the actions taken were correct or incorrect and can be seen in the market.
The battle of ideas inevitably forces the hierarchy to sprout, which makes many more detached from the foundational wisdom uncomfortable to face.
Short: Ho King’s
I often reflect on Ho Chi Minh’s journeys around the world and what compels one to be a revolutionary. I think of his life as a man of small stature, working in kitchens, and getting rejected by the notorious hard-ass Eisenhower.
He eventually ends up in Harlem and, due to being low in the social hierarchy, clings to speeches from the likes of Marcus Garvey, which incite the dynamics of race as the root cause to why he was treated in the manner he was and why he got rejected by Eisenhower.
When you know you have no chance of being at the top of the social hierarchy, you inevitably want to change society, and that is what he did to effectively close the economy.
This is analogous to the migrant experience, which is mentally for most migrants very difficult to refute and is the root cause of their socioeconomic standings. It is the ideas of the atypical WASP that are so far from grasp and reach that they would rather deconstruct under the premise of equality.
What compels men to seek global arbitrages worldwide is reflected in remittances...
With Great Power Comes Great Responsibility
As we head towards Memorial Day, some will say they don’t want to celebrate linkages to the Military-Industrial Complex, and on the surface, that may sound correct. The issue that many people don’t understand is that when you are looking at a behemoth of power, the key measure is the extent of its restraint relative to its power. This means assessing whether you are willing to refrain from using power even if you have it.
The world is not perfect, and it was never meant to be. If one does a back-of-the-envelope tally of total lives impacted by U.S. armed conflicts throughout its 250-year history, relative to growing populations and advancements in arms technology and weapons, it does not even match one Soviet or Chinese social experiment of democide.
Going back to Ho Chi Minh, the appointed ‘enlightened one’ sacrificed 2 million lives, relative to the 50,000 Americans, just to close a society based on a false flag war. That would eventually necessitate the US to reopen trade to prop up or double down on the closed society ideas akin to that of China. Yet, today these countries are celebrated for their draconian lockdowns relative to the social experiments leading to famine and economic inequality - that is no win.
Consider the showcase of nuclear arms by North Korea, the technology by Iran, and the weapons on display by Russia or China. They flaunt and use what they have. It is their willingness to exert that power and force that exemplifies how power corrupts.
One day, at the end of America’s power due to the Central Limit Theorem and overzealous exertion of power, America will also experience greater propensities to how power corrupts.
Are we fully there yet? The answer is no.
The idea of God has truly blessed America.