The biggest political error in American history was America's decision to adopt Alexander Hamilton's industrialization motif and
abandon Mr. Jefferson's agrarian policy. Mr. Jefferson thought that the farming culture and family way of life was the best way to maintain family centered morality. He thought that the city life was immoral and that it promoted degeneration of morals. He knew that if you allow the city lifestyle to predominate in America it will degradate the morals and the government will use that; the people are going to become so degenerate and criminal that they're going to strip you of the bill of rights and that's exactly what happened. If you read basic textbooks on American law they'll tell you that the reason we live in a totally different system than when we did in the 19th century is because of the Industrial Revolution. The Industrial Revolution is what changed our whole law system here. Most of our substandard rights don't exist anymore because of this. You have people being thrown in jail for possessing plants and going 5-6 miles an hour over the speed limit down the road. The nannying that has taken place is ridiculous. The vast overreach of government was because of the decision to become industrialized.
The amish and mennonites have been living free from industrial society for hundreds of years. Have you ever gone to an amish or mennonite community? They're very wealthy, they still have their family structure, they don't have hardly any of our health problems, they have none of our psychological problems. They've done fine.
People think that this is ridiculous, but what is the trade off here? Have industrial technology and the constitution and bill of rights completely scrapped. I mean, the constitution says that only congress can declare war. The congress hasn't declared war in decades. We have a completely rogue government and don't even get me started on the income tax. So, a completely tyrannical government with industrial technology or a legitimate government with the agrarian way of life and actually having rights and freedom in society.
The amish and mennonites have been living free from industrial society for hundreds of years. Have you ever gone to an amish or mennonite community? They're very wealthy, they still have their family structure, they don't have hardly any of our health problems, they have none of our psychological problems. They've done fine.
People think that this is ridiculous, but what is the trade off here? Have industrial technology and the constitution and bill of rights completely scrapped. I mean, the constitution says that only congress can declare war. The congress hasn't declared war in decades. We have a completely rogue government and don't even get me started on the income tax. So, a completely tyrannical government with industrial technology or a legitimate government with the agrarian way of life and actually having rights and freedom in society.
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