The national anthem of Poland
is Mazurek Dąbrowskiego, which translates
as “Poland is Not Yet Lost.” This is
appropriate, for the country currently has the opportunity to implement a
program of expanded capital ownership that will put it out far ahead of any
competition in Europe.
The bad news for
Polish-Americans (all Americans, actually) is that by implementing such a
program, it will put the country ahead of the U.S., too — unless America’s
leaders catch on and follow the leadership of Poland. Poland, after all, when joined with Lithuania
was once one of the most powerful countries in the world.
The Commonwealth bore the
brunt of the invasions from the east, however, which fatally weakened the
country during the critical 16th century. Faced with the necessity of a military
buildup, the country was unable to capitalize on the productive strength it had
developed in the previous two centuries after the union with Lithuania.
Of course, the U.S. carried
out a similar task (and with a similar degree of gratitude from the rest of the
world) during the 20th century.
Both countries now have the opportunity to become strong again and
provide a bulwark of democracy and freedom for the rest of the world. It only requires some leadership with
vision. The capacity for renewal exists
in both countries.
This particular opportunity resulted from an “editorial error” on the
part of a magazine, Generic Giornal,
that recently interviewed John Smith, a prominent Polish journalist. (Names have been changed to protect the
innocent and the guilty.) John had given
Louis Kelso, CESJ and the Just Third Way some prominence in the interview,
every word of which was cut out “for space reasons.” On the internet version of the magazine. Which does not have to worry about word
length.
This led to a discussion with John, and he mentioned he might be able
to get some information about the Just Third Way, especially as applied in
Capital Homesteading, to people with
connections in Poland.
Naturally we got to work and put together a letter to give John some
background information to interest his contacts enough to spend some of their
political chips. Next week we’ll begin
posting the letter and the questions John raised to clarify a few points.
