I’m NOT saying that we should do the same (I appreciate that I can vote while not owning land, and am glad all adults can vote, including women). One of the reasons our fathers were wise is: people who are self-reliant (i.e. independent, truly free) can’t be bought, and will usually not vote for bigger government. I suppose this would be like limiting the vote to small business owners today (not saying we should do that).
I think of this in the wake of the Texas storm. Some people want to punish the power companies for high bills, or have government stop price gouging. News flash: a business’ purpose is to make money, not give away free or cheap power. If you limit prices supply will run out very, very quickly. See fuel shortages of 40-50 years ago. If that doesn’t make sense to you please study basic economics, free markets, and supply and demand. Price gouging hurts, but it’s better than giving the government power. We are not, thank God, a (wholly) socialist or communist country. By empowering the government we doom our great-grandchildren. That’s how we got in this mess - people that came before allowed government to take steps towards socialism.
The solution is for ALL of us to become more self-reliant, less dependent on government and big businesses - at least for life’s necessities. The other half to this is for ALL of us to be more charitable. I think we’ve seen that Texans are pretty good at rallying during a disaster and helping each other. Welfare programs are like inefficient, corrupt charities that empower government, not people. Charity is something that happens at the individual level.
That is the power of Western Civilization and Judeo-Christian values: each individual has personal freedom/sovereignty - and personal responsibility for our choices. The two are inextricably linked. If you remove responsibility you remove freedom. Become self-reliant (i.e. free). We win when we don’t need the globalists for necessities - or for their shiny toys (chains). That’s when we can tell them to pound sand.
Free Market is the ideal solution. Where there’s a demand for a product or service, the market will provide it at whatever market price it takes. More people could also go off grid with their own power generation.
It's impractical and uneconomical to have multiple electrical grids owned by multiple companies serving the exact same properties... which is why there's only one public utility company.
Electricity is already a free market when it comes to power generation (look at energy markets such as PJM). Wholesale power prices change in real time every 10 minutes or so based on supply/demand (which is why the price can spike to $7000/Mwh in Texas last week). It's just the transmission and distribution part that's publicly owned.
Tell that to the multiple overlapping television, internet, and cell phone providers, which are limited due to government regulations.
That's different. But even cell carriers need a central source of regulation to make sure frequencies don't overlap and interfere with each other.
Obviously we still need some government, even if 90% of government agencies can be abolished. I think the level of government back in the late 1800's (when America was growing the fastest) is best.
Watch YOUR water!
The thing about individual charity is it requires the receiver to be like-able, or they get told to fuck off
With government welfare the receiver is entitled and can be as big of an asshole and non contributor as they want, the check is coming anyway.
I agree - I am watching my property value sink and businesses go under while liberals with no skin in the game are moving away from what they voted for
I agree with this completely.
I am working towards the very goals you advocate.
Big business, corporate jobs, are the means the Mask of the Beast ( control, slave mask ) was enforced.
Many will not reject the comforts the system provides and that IS our "chains" - not just the shiny toys but the comfort of a paycheck, a 9-5 job ( job security ) instead of working our own land or being your own boss.
Basically, by giving up self- sufficiency we have given up self-reliance and self-worth. Give up autonomy and one is no longer self-governing. One is owned. Not only do we not own land, we don't own ourselves ( owning land nowadays is not really owning, imo, because of property taxes and county codes ).
I agree with the forefathers also and I am a woman.
Not saying we should not vote in this modern era but according to the Christian model of a household, my husband's vote would be to the best interest of our family and my "vote" would be secure in his choice.
It shouldn’t matter who is allowed to vote (women, children property owners, etc.), if we’re only voting on justifiable things to begin with. The problem is we support this unjust system of government that is based on theft/taxation and coercion and dictates how to squander what they steal from us.
I highly recommend everyone read or listen to “The Law” by Frederick Bastiat. It’s a speech he gave to French Parliament a long time ago and explains what a justified law is.
Text:
http://bastiat.org/en/the_law.html
Audio:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g1glR0LRT-M
Also, I completely believe the Free Market is the solution going forward.
https://greatawakening.win/p/11S0NdBSpn/heres-the-solution-going-forward/