Opus 2024-313: The Proliferation of Bananas

I’m sure that by this time you have heard people indicate that the United States is sinking into being a Banana Republic.  This is because our political leaders, the ones who are in control, are doing away with the rule of law, property rights, freedom of speech, and any other so-called guaranteed right that we had.

You may not be feeling it yet.  You may wonder what they’re talking about.  Banana republics are established by tyrannical despots.  It may start small and local.  As they limit your options, they begin to gather all the riches into their own coffers, and leave you sitting in a house with a leaky roof, no electricity, and if you have water, it’s polluted.  Of course they don’t live that way.  In a free economy it is not necessary for anyone to live that way.  But they’re quite happy to allow you to live that way so that you will know your place.

It starts with a banana republic government.  It moves to a banana republic economy.  Eventually it will reach you and you will pay the price.  Be careful about the tendency to allow other people to pay for your benefits.  Eventually, as Margaret Thatcher, said, the socialist will run out of other peoples money.  When that happens, you will either be forced into public transportation, pedaling a bike, or walking.  I don’t know if you’ve ever been forced to use any of those modes of transportation, but they are certainly far below your own personal automobile in convenience and comfort.

Again, the elites won’t care.  They will live in very comfortable states protected by armed guards and never running out of bonbons.  You on the other hand will be lucky to get bananas.  They are working on that too.  I understand one of the things that will be in short supply during the freight disruption is bananas.  

As bananas go, so goes the republic.

homo unius libri