We stopped practicing capitalism

It must be energy in, energy out.

I'm grateful for the conversations I have with people I don't always agree with. They sharpen my thinking. But I believe that we must use discernment. And as I write in my book Debunked by Nature: Nature never lies.

If an idea is being presented and it never appears in the natural world, we can safely assume that it has been manipulated, manufactured, and rooted in emotion rather than reality. These ideas are often set in motion for ideological or political purposes.

But creation's perfection, nature, itself never tells a fib.

What we blame as capitalism is often not capitalism at all. It's the result of government overreach, unchecked money printing, massive deficit spending, and collusion between the state and mega-corporations.

That's not a free market. That's not the organic exchange of value. It's a distorted system propped up by artificial flows of capital and centralized control. It's feudalism in a new suit, rigged in favor of the powerful, but falsely blamed on capitalism itself.

I've experienced real capitalism. When I ran my restaurant, we were thriving. We fed the community. The community fed us. It was mutual, honest, and beautiful.

Then Covid hit. And overnight, the government changed the rules. Small businesses like mine were shut down. Big-box stores stayed open.

That wasn't capitalism. That was manufactured collapse under the illusion of fairness and safety. People now point to capitalism and blame it for everything from inequality to burnout. But we haven't had true capitalism in decades.

And socialism, the supposed alternative, is being romanticized. But it doesn't show up in nature. You don't see cows collecting hay for other cows. You don't see goats paying for the healthcare of other goats. You don't see lions building housing for rival prides.

Nature is not socialist. It's cooperative but only when cooperation benefits the whole. It's not about forced redistribution. It's about contribution to the ecosystem.

Even a tree gives back: oxygen, shade, shelter, beauty. And in return, it receives what it needs to thrive. Maybe that's what true capitalism really is: