I heard a news story in which a Harvard class protested that the economics class that they were taking was not liberal enough. I was appalled. My hope in American humanity sunk about ten fathoms further... ...students, who are attending one of the most prestigious "universities" where intelligence was once centered around facts and figures, is now subjected to the students' protests about the subject matter being not politically left enough? (originally, the name, University, reflected a single focus to study truth - but now, perhaps better called diversities, which disseminate many "truths" formerly known as fictions...)
Then I heard another news story in which a professor started his economics class with a question to the students - would they rather be a 14th century king, or who they are right now, today? Of course, the answer is resoundingly the latter - for all the right reasons, right?
Let's consider this for a moment though. A king of past centuries enjoyed the opulence of his era, all the servants, food and entertainment that he wanted. Dissidents were dispatched with as little as a word from his mouth. Protests might be quelled with brutish efficiency. The world of the king had its privileges... ...he was accountable to no one... ...or was he?
The founding fathers recognized this accountability. It is the cornerstone of our Constitution, the first thought in the Declaration of Independence, because "Creator" is also judge. Men are created and therefore they are not ultimately sovereign - even if their title is King.
So, why is this important today? Replace the idea of the King with that of any kind of government... ...unassailable, unimpeachable, unaccountable? Some today, feel that the government has lost its accountability. Others contend that large corporations have lost accountability. They refuse to pay obeisance to either side, king or corporation, submissive only to themselves - I think they call it "direct democracy" - which is rebellion, or anarchy. Both sides have lost perspective on where accountability really exists - and they have now fully engaged in the policy of "exchanging tyrants and tyrannies" as John Adams famously pointed out.
The only foundation of a free Constitution is pure Virtue, and if this cannot be inspired into our People in a greater Measure than they have it now, They may change their Rulers and the forms of Government, but they will not obtain a lasting Liberty. They will only exchange Tyrants and Tyrannies.No government is perfect, but ours was intended to strive for a more perfect - certainly accountability to the people, to other branches of government and judiciary, but inextricably accountable to God. Our government is designed to be weak enough to fear accounting. Its success is gained or lost entirely in its people's adherence to biblical principles. In fact, prior to the emancipation following the Civil War, there was a Frenchman, Alexis de Tocqueville, who made astounding observations about the United States and wrote of it. (Democracy in America)
America is great because she is good. If America ceases to be good, America will cease to be great.(America at the time was terribly less than perfect - surprised? In his writings, de Tocqueville discussed a broad range of subjects, including slavery and its inherent evils and disadvantages in comparison to the free North. Volumes of books were written by these and other men of that time. These are just a couple of the famous quotes... ...yet we hardly talk about these.)
Finally for now... No amount of economic equality will produce prosperity, morality or content. I might want to think more about this another day, but only Biblical morality and conscience can offer real hope and satisfaction. Nothing else will work.
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