Plato and his conception of the Republic and Theory of Forms A lesson from the School of Athens Our democracy functions best when we have everyone in the national development game. The old paradigms of one's superiority based on genetic background has been debunked ( There are differences in families but not these are not race specific .). We are moving toward a new world where the distorted values of the past no longer function well in a modern democracy. While Good Old Boy networks will likely continue forward in many ways, to the detriment of society if overly exclusive, we as a society are learning based out of necessity to be open to the diversity of life and "being". We know we need those differences to be adaptive to our environmental challenges ( physically, economically, philosophically, morally ). Hate is a detractor to society and our nation as it robs us of our ability to move forward at full pace and full health. Because hate is often related to mental health
There are some signs of life in our economy and people are unsure of what that means. In a somewhat rare instance the economy added many more jobs than initially expected at a time when inflation is high. Most of the analysts are a little confused on why this happened when there are mixed signs the economy may be slowing. We would need to look at a bunch of different numbers to more specifically point out the causes. I'm interested in what the analysts think. ( I have a few ideas as they relate to assumptions of the economy being challenged. Broad growth is a good sign of broader economic pick up. What would be a fantastic situation is if the unemployment rate stays the same, productivity goes up, and inflation comes down. A type of growth of U.S. production capacity both physical and digital. If a new homeostasis comes about due to a national adaptation we would be on slightly higher but significant economic platform. It would have to be sustained for a long period of time based