A century and a half ago, nine out of every ten Americans worked in agriculture. Others worked in mining and manufacturing, which at the time, was so small-scale it was called “smithing”. A person could learn to be a blacksmith, silversmith, goldsmith, or tinsmith and support himself and his family.
There weren’t a lot of idlers. Each time a job was amalgamated or automated, people were put out of work. Each factory eliminated thousands of jobs.
Henry Ford put lots of smaller automakers out of business, along with all the wagon-makers. At the same time, tractors and combines put small farmers out of work. People moved to cities, and worked in factories.
As factories got bigger and more efficient, fewer people made more things. More people found jobs that didn’t exist a few years before.
Some of the new jobs were in government. Some government positions do nothing useful. Now, there are more government jobs than ever. Some are worse than useless. They are designed to be intentionally harmful. That provides excuses to hire even more to pretend to solve the problems created by earlier groups.
This country, like Rome, grows top-heavy. It will either collapse or we will have a “National Leader”, like Augustus or Tiberius. This is dangerous. For every Tiberius, there is a Nero.
Catholic Fundamentalists think we should have a King, like we do in Heaven. The best way to select our King is to find the person with the most Davidic genetic material. Shouldn’t be hard.
A King who relies on the power of The Church to stay in office has, at least, one reason to be kind, forgiving, and loving.
