Some Maxims

Some Maxims

1. Meditation can make you a better and healthier person, but you're not going to become "enlightened", whatever that means. (Substituting "prayer" for meditation and "go to heaven" for attaining enlightenment yields an equally valid maxim.)
   1A Corollary: Claims that enlightenment is a reasonable goal should be fair game.
2. "Government can't do anything right" is a self-fulfilling prophecy when government is bought and paid for by those who don't want the government to do much.
3. Capitalism's main strength is also its greatest weakness.  Our world has been totally transformed by capitalism, and this shows no sign of stopping short of the destruction of human civilization.
4. "Racism" is often used to describe things that have little to do with race, therefore needlessly provoking backlash.  (Or are those people who voted for Nikki Haley and Bobby Jindal absolved of bigotry?)