Capitalism is not the enemy we’re just not practicing it anymore.

Nature doesnt lie. If a system isnt found in the natural world, we should question why were trying to build it.

In a world where more and more people seem to hate capitalism and clamor for socialism, I find myself

wondering if weve chosen the wrong villain.

Maybe capitalism isnt the problem.

Maybe its the closest thing we have to nature.

Imagine a small community. Someone opens a businessa bakery, a farm stand, a cafe. That business provides

real value to the community. In return, the community supports it. That business supports the family who runs

it, and that family pours back into the communitysupporting other businesses, hiring local, building a healthy

feedback loop of value and care.

But if that business doesnt meet the communitys needs, it fails. People stop coming. Nature works the same

way: what no longer serves the ecosystem is broken down and composted so something else can grow. In

nature, the weak isnt artificially sustainedits transformed. The strong doesnt dominateit contributes.

Capitalism, at its best, mirrors that.

Its not about exploitation. Its about exchange: energy for energy, value for value. Systems that serve the whole

survive. Those that dont, fade away. Thats not crueltyits natural law.

I was having a conversation the other day when someone said, Ones ability to contribute shouldnt be tied to

their financial worth.

And I asked, Why not?What we bring to the table should be connectednot to our worth as human beings, which is inherentbut to what

we contribute to the mission, the business, the whole.

We cant force businesses to pay more in the name of fairness if it bankrupts them or shifts costs to customers

who are also struggling.

Every person has innate worth as a child of God, but that doesnt mean everyone must be paid the same

regardless of their impact. Thats not how ecosystems work. Thats not how any functional system works.

It must be energy in, energy out.

Im grateful for the conversations I have with people I dont always agree with. They sharpen my thinking. But I

believe we must use discernment. And as I write in my book Debunked by Nature:

Nature never lies.

If an idea is being presentedand it never appears in the natural worldwe can safely assume 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 creations perfectionnature itselfnever tells a fib.

What we blame as capitalism is often not capitalism at all. Its the result of government overreach, unchecked

money printing, massive deficit spending, and collusion between the state and mega-corporations.

Thats not a free market. Thats not the organic exchange of value.

Its a distorted system propped up by artificial flows of capital and centralized control.

Its feudalism in a new suitrigged in favor of the powerful, but falsely blamed on capitalism itself.

Ive 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 wasnt capitalism. That was manufactured collapseunder the illusion of fairness and safety.

People now point to capitalism and blame it for everything from inequality to burnout. But we havent had true

capitalism in decades.

And socialismthe supposed alternativeis being romanticized.

But it doesnt show up in nature.

You dont see cows collecting hay for other cows.

You dont see goats paying for the healthcare of other goats.

You dont see lions building housing for rival prides.

Nature is not socialist. Its cooperativebut only when cooperation benefits the whole.

Its not about forced redistribution. Its 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 thats what true capitalism really is:

Earning your place through contributionnot coercion.

We must ask ourselves honestly: Are we still mirroring nature?Or have we started mimicking a machinea top-down system built on control, not connection?

Because what we mirror shapes what we become.

And I believe that divine intelligence expressed through nature is far wiser than any centralized human plan.

And I believe we ignore that mirror at our peril.