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EPISODE · Apr 27, 2022 · 42 MIN

What is a Capitalist Democrat and a Socialist Republican?

from The American Enterprise Manifesto: My America's Vision of Peace and Nonviolence for Humanism · host Jerry Rhoads

What is a Capitalist Democrat and a Socialist Republican? The answer is the majority of Americans who need prosperity and and want common sense leadership.  Capitalist Democrat is someone born before 1960 who voted for JFK.  A Socialist Republican is some one else who was reborn after 1960 who voted for Clinton.   A Capitalist Democrat is someone who voted for Reagan A Socialist Republican that voted for Obama.  Who is this? It describes me the author and political atavist daring to come out swinging for a swing vote for the middle.  Who are the middle of the road and carrying the load, Americans like myself? I call myself an enterprising American by being an entrepreneur and a believer in teams are better then institutions.  What does that mean? If you read my poem "My America" and then read my other poem 'Their America" included with this podcast you will understand where my head is and where my heart is.  Okay, if you listened to the three poems you will get the gist of what a Capitalist Democrat is in "My America" who has my head thinking about pursuing freedom and opportunity and the prosperous results of those constitutional rights. On the other hand reading the poem "Their America" should get the gist of what a Socialist Republican who has my heart realizing that there are those who may never have "My America."  In the middle is "Our America" the third poem.  The point is any American can be a Capitalist Democrat and a Socialist Republican when your priorities are fair and equal opportunity to pursue their American Dream.  That is why I coined the phrase in "Our America" where it takes the desire to "learn to earn" and determination to have a "skill to bill" to get an education to prepare for a career in some aspect of free enterprise.  In doing so you personally have committed yourself to applying those qualities in whatever it takes to attain the American Dream.   What is the American Dream.  Effectively you choose. Are You a Socialist or Capitalist? Or neither or both? Ask yourself ... do I believe that top-down answers to society's issues are superior to bottom-up problem solving created by the free market? This will determine whether it is the good of the community that takes priority over that of the individual. Then ask will I give up my freedoms to get that. If you say neither meets you needs, maybe you’re looking for a more acceptable definition for your choice. In free market enterprise can you have both problems solving for the individua and the good of the company? The common-sense answer is yes. As an individual you are a team member in a capitalistic endeavor called enterprise. The pursuit of profit is for you as well as the investors of capital. You are free to pick and choose the enterprise for employment or it picks you as an individual. Your share is the what you earn as an individual that results from your choice for a career and/or job. It's for the good of yourself and your family. In America this marriage is the best of both worlds with that sharing otherwise you're asked to pledge allegiance to profit or your family. If you choose money, you're a capitalist and if you choose for the sake of your family, you're by choice a socialist. If you serve both masters, you're an entrepreneur ... in the market place called America you're living the American Dream. On the other hand, if you choose to sacrifice your freedoms for the greater good of the community regardless of your freedom to choose, you're a pure socialist. If you choose to serve and secure your family, you're a capitalist first and a socialist second. In an American enterprise you are both in pursuing what makes American Great for the attaining of the American Dream. This is a marriage of profit sharing with the good of the family supporting your choice in an American Enterprise. My interpretation is in "Our America."

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