Progressive Principle #4
September 30, 2009 in By Their Fruits, Progressive Philosophy by cvlambson
In order to understand why the progressives want an energy bill that loses 1.12 million jobs in 2012 http://www.heritage.org/Research/EnergyandEnvironment/cda0904.cfm and can say straight faced it is good for America you have to understand the foundational philosophy they hold. If a person feels that Capitalism is an evil that has caused the woes of the western civilization , then it follows that the individual has little concern when the economy contracts. You have to go and read the Harvard report that Mr. Holdren was a part of to see why they would put forth policy that would harm America while saying that it what we need. http://belfercenter.ksg.harvard.edu/project/56/harvard_project_on_international_climate_agreements.html
It is what we need, according tho the philosophy of people of his ilk. Look at the SDC Sustainable Development Corporation of the UK It is the body that oversees any development and makes sure it is sustainable. What does that really mean, “sustainable” Is that a buzzword for an appearance of progress, but really no progress? Think about it.
Another important part of the philosophy is the attitude that we have a population problem in this world. This mindset goes perectly well for sustainable growth, because what it really means is that you can’t have sustainable growth unless you do something about the population problem. Thus you have people like Holdren who are in favor of forced population control if necessary; Only after they have deincentivized families and children and if that doesn’t create “voluntary” population control out of a necessity, in order to survive financially. The idea then is to de-develop the industrialization of the world to the point of acceptable green-house gas emissions and then control the population so the amount of industry is sufficient to support the controlled population.
It all fits in a nice little package, until you add an outdated notion like God and his plan for the human family. Then you realize the folly, yea the vain, foolishness of man. Man looks at the problems of the world and tries to find a villain to blame. God looks at the world and sees opportunities to serve. Sadly it is true that the greed inherently un-germinated within the structure of capitalism has germinated and been fruitful; however, that does not make the system bad; It makes the users of the system susceptible to the temptings of greed
Development has brought untold good to the earth. But it has been woefully misused and abused. Do we then throw out the baby with the bath-water, as they used to say, like Goldsmith preached his whole life or do we reward and incentivize good, charitable uses of development, and punish ruthlessly the cheaters. We should not covet what the haves obtain, but rather the business knowledge the haves used to obtain their wealth.
There will always be evil possibilities in Capitalism. Just as there will always be two sides of humanity-our carnal or worldly side and our spiritual or Godly side
There is good news according to the heritage Foundation, THERE IS A BILL WE CAN SUPPORT ON ENERGY. Here’s the address: http://www.heritage.org/Research/EnergyandEnvironment/wm2627.cfm