So here I am, with my first ever blog post. I am going to start the 'wave' of thinking. If you haven't read my welcome post, there I have written the idea behind starting this blog. But I will just brush it all down in the following paragraph because it is important.
I am a learner. I like to explore the world of old and new ideas and thoughts and as I explore them I come across so many of them which make we want explore them even deep. No one in this world have perfect thoughts. We all are evolved to think according to the environment in which we were raised up. The truth is most of us doesn't even recognize it. As Dr. Jordan Peterson said, "Dialogue is the pathway to truth. Humility is recognition of personal insufficiency and the willingness to learn. To learn is to die voluntarily and to be born again, in great ways and small." This is what motivated me to be humble and to open my mind for learning. And that is only possible with having a civil dialogue with people from all around the world. So here I go.
I have been following the American politics since the ever famous 2016 Presidential Elections. Some people call it a 'historic moment' while others the 'death of America'. Whatever it may be, one thing that made me wonder is what really made Americans choose their political side- Democrats or Republicans. As I started to learn about it, it didn't take me much time to realize that the vast majority of Americans choose their political side without giving a proper thought or research. They chose it simply because their friends, family or their race supported that particular party. That's it. It was as simple as that. Is it dangerous? I think it is. So what's really the difference between the Democratic and Republican ideologies. And as I researched more into it, I realized that the two key words that summarized the differences between them are '
Liberty' and '
Sovereignty'. So what are they? Why is it important to learn the true meaning of both of these words? A simple Google search can give me it's dictionary meaning but what exactly they mean for a living human being. I tried to search for books related to it. But to my surprise, the book I found was not a political book. Rather it was about the economics of nation. But whats the relationship between liberty, sovereignty and the economy of a nation? Well, according to many pundits, they are very closely related.
So here I am, about to explore the true meaning of 'liberty' and 'sovereignty' by reading the book 'The Wealth of Nations' written by the famous Scottish economist and philosopher, Adam Smith. I haven't read the book yet. I am going to start it. The reason I am writing this post is to find someone who is interested to join my journey into this. If you have already read the book, please feel free to give me your thoughts about it so that we all can learn together. I have got the book downloaded in the PDF format. If you want to download it, the link will be at the end of this post. So let's start the journey!
Click Here to download 'The Wealth of Nations' PDF.
