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Roamer, on the mark.
Yet for that transformation to occur, the Republicans (and all parties) would have to
abandon politics and embrace principles; which sadly is a bridge way too far for them.
Since the Enlightenment and the rise of Capitalism, Man been engulfed in material
betterment; his consuming interest being a fat wallet.
The consequences of this focus has been on full display for the last century, most
prominently in the so called "ART" we produce!!!!!
I think it has gone beyond mere capitalism, and the hardy sort of materialism that used to describe the American market... I was just using a little cast iron apple processor today... Shove the apple on, and it peels, cores, and circular-slices the apple to where a few vertical cuts through the finish product make it ready for the mason jar.
It comes to mind as yesterday, for the first time I can recall, I took it completely apart, giving some care to the moving parts and sharpening the cutting parts...
I am telling you
@Absalom , it may not be a work of art in the Grecian sense, but that thing has been going since the 30s or 40s I'd reckon, and I would imagine it will still be processing apples long after I am dead and buried. What a marvelous, magnificent tool.
It is now back to something resembling its original specs... all cleaned and shined, with a spanky new coat of bright red paint on the cast iron base and arm. A whole nother thing from the temporary satisfaction of the chunked and formed Big Mac market we live in today.
In that aspect, I have every respect for early American products and markets. A good thing made right, that lasts a lifetime is nothing to sneeze at.