I found a very interesting article by Perry Marshall. This article will help us understand WHAT exactly we are looking for to effect positive change in ourselves, in South Dakota and throughout our great country.
Here it is:
"100 years ago, in 1903, the Wright Brothers achieved their monumental goal of flight at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina.
Most people don't know that there were quite a few other people trying to build an airplane at the same time. One was Alexander Graham Bell; another was the President of the Smithsonian Institution.
All of these guys were much better funded than a pair of bicycle shop mechanics from Ohio with a wind tunnel in their garage.
But there's a key difference that led to the Wright Brothers' success.
The other guys focused on making a more powerful engine.
Orville and Wilbur Wright focused on the plane.
Specifically, the Wright Brothers built their airplane as a glider without an engine - then mounted the engine later, almost as an afterthought.
They flew it in the breeze first, then added power later. That was the key to their success. They discovered that when you're building an airplane, the wings are more important than the engine."
http://perrymarshall.com/google/day5.htm
The whole paradigm is the powerful engine versus the plane.
More powerful engines were created before December 17, 2003. But they didn't fly!
The Wright Brothers worked on the plane!
How does this apply to the Libertarian Party?
The Democrats and Republicans have powerful engines: lots of money, lots of power, lots of voters, and they pass lots of laws.
We Libertarians have what the Wright Brothers have: we are looking for a plane (actually, a political set up that is unified with the principles of the Constitution and the best libertarian principles) that will fly (fly for us means that the system that we develop or design will sustain itself harmoniously for a long time!).
Now, it looks like the two parties have the advantage--they run Congress and the 50 legislatures.
But appearances can be very deceiving.
Has their current political system lifted off the sands of Kitty Hawk this year, in 2005? Has their system harmonized very closely to the Constitution and a political and economic system that can solve many problems?
No.
They keep on building bigger engines, thinking that the power of the engines is the answer. Iraq is invaded, the Patriot Act is passed, power is used and flexed by whichever of the 2 Parties is in power.
We have walked away from that. We have said: Wait! There is a better way! We are like the Wright Brothers! We have discovered the Constitution and principles that we know will work not only in the USA, but probably in other countries, too.
We are happy to work the way the Wright Brothers did--college isn't necessary, just having a High School Diploma or a GED and having a strong desire to read, listen, understand, and DESIGN a new reality. A reality that includes the most cherished principles of our democratic republic, that includes the best ideas, and what's most important is that we are willing to ALLOW these ideas to work!
And these ideas will work in amazing ways!
Whether we are in the Black Hills, Rapid City or in East River South Dakota, we are on the sands of our own Kitty Hawks, discovering and designing a better today, a prosperous today, and an amazing, prosperous and freer tomorrow!
We read about and discuss ideas from Jefferson, Washington, Madison, Thoreau, Ayn Rand, Lysander Spooner and others. While we may disagree on a number of ideas, I think we can find one HUGE area of agreement:
This 21st Century can be the Libertarian Century.
It can be a century of economic expansion, an expansion of freedom, and a time when people choose to expand their power of choice, and consequently, the powers of the States and the Federal government will decrease.
Our highest visions begin NOW, the moment that we think of them.
We don't have to wait two years.
We don't have top wait for the next election.
We don't have to wait for the laws to change.
We simply clothe ourselves with the greatest ideas that have ever been spoken or written down.
With these ideas, we ARE designing and living in a Libertarian Society, a society of expanding prosperity and freedom.
If we look at the huge engines that the Democrats and Republicans have, we are looking at the wrong thing.
We need to look at what we designing and building, and feel GREAT JOY that we are doing this NOW!
When we look at how MAGNIFICIENT the ideas are from libertarian thinkers, we will be so happy and grateful that these ideas were put down on paper!
The truth is: we are the partners of Jefferson, Spooner, Rand, Thoreau and other thinkers.
They thought so we can expand their ideas, and make their (and our) ideas REAL every day of our lives! And very very REAL in the lives of our children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren, loved ones, and pets!
America has been a Proving Grounds of Liberty for a long time.
Let us be GLAD that we can be in a Kitty Hawk state of mind, and we'll be exited and thrilled as our libertarian ideas develop, grow and create a wonderful new reality.
It starts NOW.
Now is the only moment we can create this.
It is created with joy, because that's what we feel.
Every day is a celebration of our victories. We celebrate often, because like the Wright Brothers, we are working on what counts.
That is why our new reality lifts off the sands of our own Kitty Hawks.
Frankly, we will be amazed and surprised as this happens!
The destiny of great ideas is that they are lived every day. As we live and breathe these ideas, the change within ourselves and others is huge, and will
produce results that will astonish and delight us for a long, long time!
Alex Martin
Posted by sd2/libertarian
at 10:41 PM CST
Updated: March 23, 2005 11:13 PM CST
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