Wisdom: Freedom is a Country’s Source of Success and Wealth

I believe that the country is in long-term secular decline. There is no natural “cycle of civilization” that causes this decline. Historical declines are the result of poor policies implemented over many years. These can be modified, however history provides almost no examples of such reversals.

“Every step which leads from capitalism toward planning is necessarily a step nearer to absolutism and dictatorship.” Ludwig von Mises

“A Constitution of Government once changed from Freedom, can never be restored. Liberty, once lost, is lost forever.” John Adams

“Our country is now taking so steady a course as to show by what road it will pass to destruction, to wit: by consolidation of power first, and then corruption, its necessary consequence.” Thomas Jefferson