There is a remarkable change of philosophy moving into ascendancy in Canada and around the world. Its basis was described by Robert Southey in the early days of the last century:
” ‘Tis myself, quoth he, I must mind most; So the Devil may take the hindmost.”
Rural Canada has amenities it never would have had if the current mindset had always prevailed. Can you feature the debate that would ensue if we only now were contemplating old-age pensions, unemployment insurance, Crow rates, medicare, utility charges based on higher rates for urban and industrial users and a central marketing agency for grain?
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The fact that we still have some of these advantages speaks louder about the bureaucratic and political difficulties in making changes than any widespread regard for fellow humans.
The one hopeful factor is that pendulums have a way of swinging only so far in one direction before the weight of the bob on the end dictates a swing in the opposite direction.
However, unless some outside force is exerted, the swing to the fro will be shorter than the swing to the to.
Unless someone gives the bob a push, the swings will get shorter and shorter until there is no movement at all and dust starts to collect on our society.
The danger is that when we all discover that where we are now does not make any kind of sense, the bob will get pushed so violently we will find ourselves with a new kind of nightmare.
Any craftsmen clockmakers around our national capital who can design cogs and springs to keep our society’s pendulum within a sensible range?
