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Does/should a conservative Republican look at Scrooge as a man whose
attitudes should be emulated? Let's analyze:
1. Scrooge was a money man. He embodied the true spirit of Capitalism: take
no prisoners, it's them or you, and accumulate the most amount of wealth in
the most efficient way possible, but is well known as an honest businessman
with professional ethics.
2. Scrooge was thrifty. He knew the value of a Pound and avoided frivolous
spending. He saved his money, apparently in a bank, since, although his
actual profession was never revealed, as a banker or a money lender, he knew
the value of savings. That money was then redistributed through loans to the
population, encouraging civic growth.
3. He views the social aspect of Christmas to be one of materialism and
unchecked welfare. The concept of "something for nothing" is against his
every fibre. He apparently has nothing against the rememberance of the birth
of Jesus Christ, but believes that it's spiraled into a bastardization of
the true spirit of what Christ stood for.
4. Scrooge DOES give to charitable organizations: he donates funds to the
local workhouses, where the poor of Victorian-era England are expected to go
for housing and food, in exchange for work (although brutal, but the world
is a harsh place, and you should be expected to work for your survival). He
refuses to support nor give credence to organizations that simply provide
food and shelter to the poor, as they are setting a poor precedent to the
people that they are helping that, if you hold your hand out long enough,
someone will give you what you need.
5. Regardless of his upbringing, with a neglectful father and apparently no
mother, he still went on to forge himself to be a success in the business
world, proving that your background and environment in youth years should
not and cannot be used as an excuse for not excelling in whatever profession
you choose in adult life. Those that do are simply lying to themselves and
are a burden to society.
In conclusion, it's clear that today's conservative should look upon Scrooge
as a man with integrity and moral convictions, who believed in pulling
oneself up by the bootstraps to make it in this world, and to look down upon
anyone without the same drive and convictions.
attitudes should be emulated? Let's analyze:
1. Scrooge was a money man. He embodied the true spirit of Capitalism: take
no prisoners, it's them or you, and accumulate the most amount of wealth in
the most efficient way possible, but is well known as an honest businessman
with professional ethics.
2. Scrooge was thrifty. He knew the value of a Pound and avoided frivolous
spending. He saved his money, apparently in a bank, since, although his
actual profession was never revealed, as a banker or a money lender, he knew
the value of savings. That money was then redistributed through loans to the
population, encouraging civic growth.
3. He views the social aspect of Christmas to be one of materialism and
unchecked welfare. The concept of "something for nothing" is against his
every fibre. He apparently has nothing against the rememberance of the birth
of Jesus Christ, but believes that it's spiraled into a bastardization of
the true spirit of what Christ stood for.
4. Scrooge DOES give to charitable organizations: he donates funds to the
local workhouses, where the poor of Victorian-era England are expected to go
for housing and food, in exchange for work (although brutal, but the world
is a harsh place, and you should be expected to work for your survival). He
refuses to support nor give credence to organizations that simply provide
food and shelter to the poor, as they are setting a poor precedent to the
people that they are helping that, if you hold your hand out long enough,
someone will give you what you need.
5. Regardless of his upbringing, with a neglectful father and apparently no
mother, he still went on to forge himself to be a success in the business
world, proving that your background and environment in youth years should
not and cannot be used as an excuse for not excelling in whatever profession
you choose in adult life. Those that do are simply lying to themselves and
are a burden to society.
In conclusion, it's clear that today's conservative should look upon Scrooge
as a man with integrity and moral convictions, who believed in pulling
oneself up by the bootstraps to make it in this world, and to look down upon
anyone without the same drive and convictions.
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