Recently we were asked to go to the polls and vote. Who could we vote for without violating one or more of our principles? No one; if you voted for a third party candidate that didn’t have a chance of winning you voted for the principle of non sanction of evil, but you voted against your own short term self-interest. You may be well served in the long run if a collapse occurs and lessons are learned, but that is speculation. Some would say you voted against your self-interest if you voted for Romney. This is probable, but to what degree? It is beyond dispute a vote for Obama was a vote against your self-interest as a producer since he was the biggest collectivist, statist we have seen on the ticket in a lifetime. So perhaps Romney was to a lesser degree a vote against your self-interest, but only in a short term way since it seemed possible to survive/ tolerate and perhaps moderate him. This is not the case for Obama. He has no incentive to moderate his views, especially now without further election annoyances to concern himself with. Who believes he will now become more moderate?

So to recap, the choices were limited. First, you could vote for Obama. This would be a betrayal of all that is objective. Second, you could have voted for Romney which was a vote for the lesser of two evils, not satisfying, but likely to be less harmful and recoverable. Third, you could have voted for a third party and uphold all of your principles except to jeopardize your own self-interest by not helping to dislodge the greatest offender. Fourth, you could have decided you couldn’t in clear conscience vote for anyone and by your inaction aid the worst offender. There was no good option…

So here we are now with the worst possible outcome. The takers out-voting the makers and leaving us with the same miserable paradigm have won. Can we survive and recover, or is a full blown strike the only way to open the eyes of the electorate? It doesn’t matter if a declaration of, or an organized strike occurs. Unless something significant changes the economic circumstances combined with reactions of producers are likely to create the same conditions. I will not be alone as a business owner who would have liked to expand my operation but will now be forced to subsist. The strike is on! What else can be done? We need better options, but if this is what it takes so be it! It is contrary to my nature, but I will do all I can to get by without further feeding the beast!

Respectfully,
O.A.