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The Free Market Competition Doctrine I grew up knowing, during the 60’s, 70’s, of the last century, was taught by my peers and by the social contacts experienced by me, my four brothers, one sister, two double cousins, 5 girls cousins from Aunt Jean’s family on my mother’s side, two boy cousins from Aunt Teenie (also on my mother’s side), 4 step brothers, and one step sister. We operated a Free Market Competition society based upon a specific doctrine of truth. In other words; it was wrong to lie.
Everyone knew how lying, deception, and falsification worked as a means of taking power from us as power went to the lying scum bag. When ever one of us endeavored to accomplish a power transfer with a lie the rest of us defended against that ‘take-over’ with vociferous anger. The word of the lie by the lying one spread like wild fire and before the next lie could be uttered from the same source the lie lost all power. This is how it was in our Free Market Competition.
It may be hard to understand the next claim that I make concerning our Free Market Competition, and you can remain confused as you see fit. In our Free Market Competition nearly everyone won. There are a few who lost the competition; one was my step brother who is now dead. He was winning until he died.
No one led our group and by this statement I include the parents. The parents led their own lives. That is how our Free Market Competition worked. The enforcement of ideology, such as it was, limited itself to two areas or two lines in the sand. You do not use violence or deception as a means of gaining ground in the competition.
Having mapped out where I came from it is now my inspired effort to move the story through a time when I became aware of another form of ideology that presumes to describe Free Market Competition. I will then propose a third ideology that exists and the second and third form have their own proponents, agents, enforcers, propagandists, apologists, enforcers, and ideologues.
Being exposed to church, public, and private schools while our Free Market Competition Society (with its ideological defense against violence and deception) exposed us to the first competitive example of a Free Market Competition and this competitive example was almost the same as our Free Market Competition with one well hidden exception.
Hidden within the competitions ideology is a lie. The lie pretends to abhor lying just like our Free Market Competition abhors lying. Actually the competition loves to lie. Lying, according to the competition, is wonderful, useful, constructive, encouraged, rewarded, favored, and held in great esteem with one catch. The catch, of course, is that the lie has to have power. If the lie has no power the lie becomes public enemy number one – just like our Free Market Competition. Therein lies the deceptive nature of the competition’s ideology. On the surface the competition is the same as ours; both appear to abhor lies. One actually abhors lies. The other one loves powerful lies. The complexity of this lie can be viewed very simply. Don’t get caught. Lies are fine, even very rewarding, just don’t get caught. That is how the competition defines its ideology and the discovery of the difference between our Free Market Competition and the competition's Free Market Competition was earth shattering to me since I grew up as a naïve believer in some strange hypnotic ideology that could be called “Nationalism”.
That may work to label the competitions ideology. I can retain, with a qualifier, my version of Free Market Competition as such:
Free Market Competition (free from deception and violence as a means of gaining at the expense of other competitors).
I can also separate my version of Free Market Competition with the competition described above as such:
Nationalism (Free Market Competition based upon powerful lies as a means of gaining at the expense of other competitors).
I can describe this world of ours in these terms because these terms describe the world of ours from my perspective. I cannot describe this world of ours from someone else’s perspective since I am me and I am not someone else. My ability to describe what happens in a world where Nationalism empowers the process of Free Market Competition (as its principle ideology where lies are utilized as a means of gaining at the expense of other competitors) is limited, however I have read works that describe how things work out in great detail and with more than a little artistry.
Example:
Gulag
That is the means and the ends desired by proponents of the Free Market Competition whereby lies are utilized as a means to an end. The means is explained in detail. The ends are described in detail. Have fun with it if you have an interest in it. That version is one of the best versions I’ve ever read. I haven’t read all the versions of that form of Free Market Competition. I’ve read many version and many versions lie. That is true; they lie.
That one is factual. The author is an authority on the subject. He was awarded his license to be an authority on the subject during his stay in the Gulag.
The Gulag is the end desired. Those who love to lie love to create victims or so the story goes. Read it if you please.