There have always been those individuals who would put making money and/or attaining power above all else. Even going so far as to sell their souls.
The difference between then and now, is that now it is considered the right thing to do. “Greed is good”, the underlying philosophy expounded by Gorden Gekko in the 1987 film “Wall Street” has never had so many adherents as it does today.
In the land of the Department of Homeland Insecurity, The Department of Misinformation, and the Department of Trump Justice, one’s personal values override societies collective values. In a land where a megalomaniac leader has laid out the north star for all to follow, the leader’s values must be protected at all costs.
Fighting the sway of power and greed at all costs has become the moral imperative of our times. Returning to a governing philosophy where decency, truthfullness, compassion and respect are ideals that should rule alongside capitalism, is the righteous and unwavering direction that we must endeavor to achieve. RJB
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