In today’s day and age, with the modern economic woes of Americans seen nightly on the news, it excites the passions of many a young man in New York to begin their own “American Autumn.” In such a case where we find a large portion of the elderly scrambling for jobs with no prospect of a promised retirement because they put their trust in the Wall Street 401K system while the youth are overly educated for their new roles as short order cooks at the local drive-thru, it is a melancholy site that would not fail to excite the pity of many of America’s more affluent citizens.
It is a quietly accepted point that many in our nation, and even our world are quickly degenerating to a state that is a deplorable condition. While children in foreign lands toil and moil for pennies on the U.S. dollar, even the American citizen is not immune. Daily, each American is able to buy less and less with their paychecks and are found to be begging the corporate owners for any pay raise that they can get, just so they can afford food for their families and heat for the winter. It is a slippery slope indeed that we have come across and few have been able to provide an equitable solution that allows the corporate boss to keep his lawfully earned money, the bank to continue lending so that the poor may get a leg up, and the politician an opportunity to continue selflessly legislating for the good of all concerned (particularly the corporations and banks). Many have enjoined the common American to embrace the idea that the Grand Republic’s great experiment of a government for the people and by the people is a failed one and that we should look toward Socialism as our next system. This is urged while other Americans, particularly those of the Tea Party, are very fond of the ancient documents and would surely raise a revolt against anyone that would attempt to deny them their cherished images of Franklin, Jefferson, and Washington. Others have offered that we “stay the course” and “continue to go out, make our purchases, and help the economy back on its feet” as though more debt is the answer to getting us out of our debt. The common response to this point is less than accommodating as most can’t afford to do their part in helping Walmart or Chase Bank back on their feet when they have children that need nourishment.
As for my own thoughts on the subject, having revolved the problem around in my brain for many years now and deliberately considering all of the manifold crises that our country currently finds itself in, I have found the answers of the political parties and revolutionaries to be untenable and lacking in making all parties happy. It is true that Socialism might begin to answer the inequality of our people, yet it would not do for the money makers of our nation. It is true that capitalism would answer for the bankers and the politicians but a grand political ideal cannot feed the starving or give medicine to the elderly.
I have been fortunate enough to hit upon an answer to our dilemma that will answer both sides equally. The poor shall be provided for, the top ten percent of our nation shall be able to continue to hold the lion’s share of wealth and may continue to provide this money to our politicians and banks, while the great history of our nation will not be rewritten one iota from its original purpose. At the time of writing this proposal, the number of American stands at 312,434,046 according to the U.S. Census Bureau. According to the Huffington Post, a national news source of impeccable reliability that has shown over and over again its lack of bias, equal only to CNN, Fox News, and the Drudge Report for its accuracy, the top ten percent of wealthiest Americans held 71.5% of the wealth in our nation as of 2001 while the bottom 60% held 4.2% of the nation’s wealth. (Strachan) Considering the expenses that are taken into account for the wealthy when they create jobs for the common man, begin new factories in foreign nations that employ questionable labor practices, and further must provide for the health benefits of individuals that spend much of their time playing Solitaire or spending time on Facebook during their eight hour work day, and further taking into account the necessary accommodations of a prized pet with pedigree, separate traveling arrangements, and grooming needs for a poodle, we find that the average billionaire, or even millionaire struggling to become a billionaire, is in a tight situation indeed. When you compound this with the necessary expenses of employing illegal aliens in the upkeep of their estate, than their plight becomes one that any American could not abide without shedding a tear.
We have watched while China’s golden star has risen due to their disregard of common Western ideals on what constitutes a reasonable salary or acceptable living conditions. They have proven to the world that the lower ninety percent of a nation’s citizenry are willing to accept a much lower quality of life than we have previously supposed as long as they are assured a bare minimum of food and shelter. Indeed, in other nations within Africa that are now willingly selling themselves into slavery for a chance to produce on behalf of China or pick cocoa for corporations like Nestle, we also find the the lower ninety percent can survive on even less. It is even estimated by the U.S. State Department that as many as 12.3 million adults and children currently hold this status.
It is with this in mind that I propose that America return to its roots immediately by re-instituting slavery on a mass scale. I do not mean to confuse chattel slavery with economic slavery for, if we are to simply use economic slavery than we shall not be much better off than we are now. We live in a world of limited resources that most rightly belong to the top ten percent that are smart enough to ensure its concentration. Economic slavery cannot provide for the current amount of people in this nation that have not availed themselves of grants, loans, or government subsidies that would allow them to rise out of their poverty, having a chance to pursue a degree and thereby move up the economic ladder. If they have availed themselves of such an opportunity, more often than not it has been to pursue a degree in a community college for such lackluster degrees as paralegal, medical assistant, or much worse, using up four years of expenses to immerse themselves in the Humanities such as English. Such individuals come out none the wiser, making a bare minimum for skills that are either thoroughly useless to modern corporations, or are such low paying positions as to ensure that they will continue to burden Wall Street with their protests. Many of these vain pursuits of the bottom 90 percent (some even call it the lower 99 percent) can be either outright eliminated (such as English) or can be taught through on the job training through other slaves.
By re-instituting chattel slavery, we are no longer burdened with the horrific images of the homeless on street corners asking for a handout or the elderly asking for appropriate medicines to alleviate their ailments. The lower ninety percent may no longer complain for lack of housing or food. It will be provided for by the benevolent top ten percent, just as Socialism asks. They will further not be bothered by images of Karl Marx as they can proudly retain the original Constitution. Not only does this provide for the common American citizen and bring us back to our original Constitution, it will have the added benefit of more directly controlling the population of our nation while ensuring a better outcome for political elections. As the original intent of slavery will be brought back, the slave may no longer vote or have any say over how many children they are allowed to have. Over the time of a few generations we may thus reduce our population to a more sustainable level while ensuring that the status quo stays in effect.
Some may complain that such a proposal would not work as the common slave would be treated like an animal. I respond to such criticism by asking the protester of such a plan to speak to the common day laborer and ask them how they are currently treated. It may also be said that it would remove the hope of a better future for the slave. What hope does he now have when he has spent the first eighteen years of his life in schooling, continuing on for another six to eight more in order to earn a Masters degree so that he may be hopelessly in debt and employed in the same manner as the day laborer?
Discounting such vain objections, the bonuses to such a system are manifold. American jobs would once again go to Americans. The crippling effects of poverty would be reduced or eliminated as each person in the lower ninety percent would be taken care of by a master whose best interest would be to ensure that each slave is treated well so as to get the most out of this human resource. The housewives of such glorious American areas as Orange County, New Jersey, and New York, could spend their idle time and their affections in dressing up the house slaves and treating the brightest and the most attractive to a level of refinement that they could never hope to achieve in this current economic system. Just as the modern billionaire’s poodle is left millions in a will, an especially good slave could eventually earn their freedom with a large stipend besides to last them the rest of their lives. Such an incentive would surely cause them to labor to the great benefit of their master.
With such enticements to adopt this system I can see no reason why it should not be started immediately. Therefore, let no man raise an objection to such a system unless he is willing to first offer up an equitable plan that will allow for a reasonable amount of food, shelter, and a degree of hope for each person involved.
As for my own part in this solution, I am tired of seeing the dissolution of the American Dream dredged through the nightly news over my meal. Despairing for my nation, I decided upon this course as one that would benefit all without having to worry about changing how men are currently treated.
I offer this plan, not out of any material benefit for my own person, but rather through the eyes of a true patriot of our nation. I do not hope to gain my own plantation or manufacturing plant by this offer, but would rather simply be happy to see so many millionss of people with hope once again in their daily life; and that being more hope than any politician can promise at this point.
