The Coming of Age
During this period in the world, people wanted to see change. Men had to sacrifice everything to see new things come to light. The people gave up everything to produce new things for the world. They feared nothing, and had nothing holding them back from trying. There were no rules when it came to inventing things. These people did everything in their power to make things work. They wanted to see a new age of the world, they couldn't fear the unknown. They had competition from every corner of the world. Competition was not an issue unless they let it get to their heads. It was urgent to figure out the new things because you did not want your enemy figuring it out before you did. Bastiat (1850) stated that he wanted to make sure the men knew that this was no laughing matter, this situation was serious and he depended on these men (p.228). The men would think about all the supplies they would need to make these new objects. They went through lists of what they could make with these supplies. They talked about if they had more growth within certain groups they could make more of an impact on the economy. They explain how with time they will gain more important supplies that will help them come up with different things to produce in the world. Doing this hard tasks you have to make sacrifices in order to make things come to life. It is a scary thing to go through but the people that have the most impact on the world are the people that take risks in life. They are wanting to make a light and in order to do this you need all the supplies to make this light work. They have to find the correct price of an object by looking at their competitor's prices. When making choices for our country we have to use logic and no emotion. If we use emotion we will make irrational decisions.
The Government
Many people of America have questions about what the Government is and what they specifically do. The government basically runs the whole show. The government makes all the decisions and basically makes America sane. Being apart of the government is a huge deal and you have a huge amount of person because you are the face of the country.The government has an enormous list of to do's so that they can keep America happy and healthy. People of America rely on the government to keep them calm in stressful situations. Bastiat (1850) states that the government knows the truth but does not want to fully express how scary a certain situation can really be (pg. 96). The government will prepare plans and then get these plans out to the public so that the American people can get the news as soon as possible. The government has to go through all the taxes, so tax season takes awhile for the government because it's so detailed oriented. The government knows how the human mind works so they know how to keep the important stuff out of our heads by distracting us. Throughout the years the American people have made so many requests to the government. The government obviously takes these notes into consideration but they have to do what is best for America. Many people think that the Government is trying to take all their money but the government is trying to equally give out the right amount of money to the people. The higher end class usually does not agree with the government's decisions because the tend to give all the upper classes money to the lower class. Most of the public is blind to the truth so they sometimes only like to see what they want to see and what is not actually happening. The government wants to give good morals to the public but sadly the people have so may different opinions that it is hard for them to look towards the truth. The government will never be perfect that is why they have a lot of people against them. The government is welcome to do all things so that is why most people don not find it fair that they get so many advantages. Us as Americans have to chose between systems to trust and we do this by going with our beliefs and what we think is overall right.
The Law of it All
The law is a cold hard set rule. We can not betray it and if we do there are consequences.
Existence, faculties, assimilation—in other words, personality,
liberty, property—this is man.
It is of these three things that it may be said, apart from all
demagogic subtlety, that they are anterior and superior to all
human legislation.
It is not because men have made laws, that personality, liberty,
and property exist. On the contrary, it is because personality, liberty, and property exist beforehand, that men make laws. What,
then, is law? As I have said elsewhere, it is the collective organization of the individual right to lawful defense.
This quote explains how to be a person in America you need these specific traits that make you an American. You can become superior person if you follow these rules and overall become successful in America if you just follow the law. Just because men made the law it does not mean that we are not capable of following them. We have just as much power to follow them because it is the words we follow. An organization is what made these laws not just a specific person. When think about the right laws to follow we should go with the ones we have been given. Most of these laws are for our safety and what the government thinks will keep us Americans safe. These laws are meant to protect us and not take us away from the bad things.
