BARBERO

TO BARBERO

WHEN DOES ILLOGIC ATTACK?
WHERE WILL A FRAGILE LEG CRACK?
WHEN SHOULD RESOLVE BE TOUGH?
WHEN IS PAIN DEEMED ENOUGH?
WHEN END EIGHT MONTHS OF PAIN?
WHERE WILL MEDICINE GAIN?
WHEN IS HUMANENESS CROWNED?
WHEN IS A BRAVE HORSE DOWNED?
WHO WRITES WITH FATE-FORGED PEN?
WHO KNOWS WHERE OR WHEN?





CAPITALIST, SOCIALIST OR LIBERAL. WHAT WILL IT BE? LEVEL THE PLAYING FIELD - AS IN SOCIALISM? LET THE GAMES BEGIN - AS IN CAPITALISM? REGULATE THE OUTCOME OF THE CONTEST - AS IN LIBERALISM? I QUOTE FROM A LETTER TO THE EDITOR OF A NEWSPAPER. "CONSUMERS SHOULD PAY A PREMIUM TO BUY ORGANIC SO THAT THE EARTH AND OTHER HUMANS AREN'T HARMED BY DIRECT EXPOSURE TO THESE DANGEROUS PESTICIDES, NOT JUST OUT OF CONCERN FOR THEIR PERSONAL HEALTH." FORCING PERSONS TO PAY HIGHER PRICES AT ONE END OF THE PLAYING FIELD NEVER GUARANTEES A BETTER LIFE OR HIGHER INCOMES AT THE OTHER. ORGANIC FOODS OFFER NO BOOST TO PERSONAL HEALTH. PESTICIDES LIKE DDT COULD CONTROL MALARIA, THE SCOURGE OF THE WORLD’S POOR, AROUND THE WORLD IF IT WERE NOT FOR LIBERAL, POLITICAL CORRECTNESS. THE POOR CAN INCREASE THEIR WEALTH ONLY IF NOT REPRESSED IN THE FREE EXCHANGE OF GOODS AND SERVICES. SO MUCH FOR LIBERALS.

SECOND, FROM A HUNGARIAN ECONOMIST. "RATIONING SYSTEMS THAT SPREAD MISERY EQUALLY MAY ASSUAGE FEELINGS OF INJUSTICE FOR A WHILE BUT THEY WILL NOT SOLVE ANYTHING." LEVELING THE PLAYING FIELD BY REDISTRIBUTING GOODS AND MONEY SOUNDS EQUITABLE, BUT THE GAME PLAYS OUT AS A DRAW IN UNIVERSAL MISERY. SOCIALISM'S SOLUTIONS IMPRISON HUMAN CREATIVITY. IT IS NOT GOOD THAT ALL MEN LIVE EQUAL. SO MUCH FOR SOCIALISTS.

AT THE CENTER OF CAPITALISM LIES ENTREPRENEURSHIP. AT ITS BEST, FREE, GLOBAL MARKETS LEAD TO FREEDOM FOR ALL BECAUSE THEY ENCOURAGE NEW PRODUCTS, CHANGE AND INNOVATION. SOMETIMES CAUTION IS NOT EXERCISED AND CAPITALISM IS ABUSED BY STATIC COMPETITION THAT LEADS TO MONOPOLIES AND CORPORATE CORRUPTION. NEVERTHELESS, IT IS GOOD THAT ALL MEN LIVE UNEQUAL IN POTENTIAL AND ABILITIES BUT EQUAL IN OPPORTUNITY. SO MUCH FOR CAPITALISTS.

HINT: WHAT WILL IT BE? ME FIRST OR ME AS THE PUTTY OF OTHERS?