A manifesto ... in the face of irreversible economic disaster

Time to get serious about this economic stuff ... now that our leaders have put us (the good ol' USA) on an irreversible path to disaster.

I mean, does anyone really believe that we will get out of this national financial mess of losing our manufacturing base and becoming a debtor nation without suffering a gigantic upheaval? While our leaders assure us there will be some structures left standing after the earthquake ... like in standing on their sides, standing while leaning precipitously, standing on the second floor as opposed to the foundation ... they have put the pedal to the metal in their drive for imperial status, still pursuing their Manifest Destiny.

How can anyone say globalization is working—or even God's plan like in the Invisible Hand—when babies are starving in the villages on the frontier of the adjusting regional and national and local economies? If the market is so efficient then why does it not account for those costs?

And no, the solution is not communism ... let's get that canard out of the way up front.

The solution is rational realism and public honesty in the face of our problem of pending financial ruin.

First, there is no such thing as a "free" market. On the other hand, the "open" market in a democratic society as a means for sorting out "isness" from our diverse imaginings of "oughtness" has produced a heretofore unimaginable good life for the "lumpenites" of that society.

I intend to explore these concepts in the days ahead ... "open market", "democratic society", "rational realism", "public honesty" ... as the most powerful person-type the world has ever known: the free citizen who exercises his or her inalienable rights.