Thursday, August 1, 2013

Down the Governmental road




Many of us hear the "but who will build the roads" argument, and many of us languish to explain that innovation and progress doesn't cease to exist when the government ceases to exist. 

On the contrary, many of the greatest human accomplishments have been made in the void of government rule. Marie Curie did not seek the cures because government asked or forced her to. The Wright brothers did not innovate a new means of transport for the governments wish, Galileo did not map the stars and study the universe for the governments want. Maps were drawn, bridges constructed and economies created by the need of some and the innovation of others. With the steep incline of regulations and restrictions we see that this innovation, this spark, this yearn for next breakthrough is slipping farther and farther away. 

It is not because the government demands or wishes these things, products, services, economies to be, it is because the people demand it, the people want it, the people fuel the fire. 

Who will build the roads? The people will, the same people who have always built roads, the same people who have always been there to supply the demand of the people, the capitalists, the engineers, architects, scientists, artists and entrepreneurs.

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