Romney’s vision blurred
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Editor,
During last Sunday’s edition of “60 Minutes,” Mitt Romney spoke of his grandiose vision for America – an America where people are again free to become the greatest inventors and entrepreneurs the world has ever seen. You do this by getting the government out of your lives and government regulations off your backs. You do this by electing like-minded Republicans and “oh-la,” it happens just like that.
What Mitt Romney and his colleagues won’t talk about is that all great economies are built on availability of natural resources and functioning, healthy ecosystems. They won’t talk about the fact that there are now more than 7 billion people on this planet competing for those same resources, wanting the same standard of living as us. They won’t talk about the fact that the “have nations” can no longer go into the “have-not nations,” extrapolate their resources for their own use, and not expect to create ill feelings, hatred and wars. They won’t talk about the selfish nature of capitalism and the fact its very definition flies in the face of teachings of all major religions and goes against the natural laws that govern the planet’s systems. We can’t even extrapolate resources in this state without creating major conflicts between agricultural and mining interests — for water in southeastern Montana, or on the Flathead Reservation.
Unbridled and under-regulated capitalism is not the answer in a world of 7 billion people and growing; it is a major part of the problem. I am no advocate of outright socialism, but socialism in a democratic setting, or perhaps socialism with a strongly regulated capitalism, is the only hope we have for living in harmony with our fellow humans and the earth. We indeed have a choice to make on Nov. 6.
Kirwin Werner
Ronan
