The Westerner
by Badger Clark (1919) — a poem which Ayn Rand quoted.
Build new countries. Break old chains. Let free minds flourish, free of claims. No throne, no taxman, no command, But liberty secured by law and land.
Let capital conquer, create, compete; Let enterprise make freedom complete. No collectivist creed, no coercive scheme, But independent minds pursuing the dream.
Founders, forge frontiers, fearless and free, Where trade and talent set people free. New states for reason, rights, and choice, Where voluntary enterprise finds its voice.
No guilt for greatness. No shame for gain. Let freedom flourish, let markets reign. Start countries boldly. Stand, build, defend.
I will be in Hong Kong in Shanghai in the upcoming days — if anyone is around, let me know.
What’s happening there?
My presence there is not related to Anthemism interests.
It is easier to destroy than to create. It takes days to assemble a puzzle, but it takes only seconds to take the tiles apart. It takes months to fix a lawn, but it only takes weeks to let it get overgrown by weeds, or the grass to dry up and die. It is harder to create a better political system, than it is to destroy. Therefore, I’m not surprised to see the whole country, with all of its millions of people falling prey to bad ideas in short time. For every 1 year of going bad, it would take 10 years of reversing it to the good side, if that. That is why I say that it would take hunderds of years to see a country (e.g US) natrually turn towards egoism and capitalism, while we have seen a quick turn to statism in the last decade (in US). That is why I advocate that it’s faster to start from scratch, as crazy as it sounds.
I have revamped anthemliberty.org site to make it look more like a research site. Hopefully, it will make it better qualified to get various grants.