Nature doesn’t lie. If a system isn’t found in the natural world, we should question why we’re trying to build it.
In a time when growing numbers of Americans are turning against capitalism and romanticizing socialism, I find myself wondering: Have we chosen the wrong villain?
The Organic Free Market
Picture a small community. Someone opens a bakery, a farm stand, a café. That business provides real value—fresh food, nourishment, a gathering place.In return, the community supports it. That business sustains the family who runs it, and that family pours value back into the community—supporting other businesses, hiring local, and creating a healthy feedback loop of service and trust.
If the business no longer meets the community’s needs, it fails. People stop coming. Nature works the same way: What no longer serves the ecosystem is broken down and composted, making room for something else to grow.
In nature, the weak aren’t artificially sustained; they are transformed. The strong don’t dominate; they contribute.
Capitalism, at its best, mirrors that.
Contribution Is Not Coercion
I was in a conversation recently when someone said, “One’s ability to contribute shouldn’t be tied to their financial worth.”And I asked, “Why not?”
What we bring to the table should be connected—not to our worth as human beings, which is inherent—but to what we contribute to the mission, the business, the whole.
We can’t force businesses to pay more in the name of fairness if it bankrupts them or shifts costs onto customers who are also struggling.
Every person has innate worth as a child of God. But that doesn’t mean everyone must be paid the same regardless of their impact. That’s not how ecosystems work. That’s not how any functional system works.
Nature Never Lies
I’m grateful for the conversations I have with people I don’t always agree with. They sharpen my thinking. But we must also use discernment.“Nature never lies. If an idea is being presented—and it never appears in the natural world—we 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 creation’s perfection—nature itself—never tells a fib.”
What we label as capitalism is often not capitalism at all. It’s the result of government overreach, unchecked money printing, massive deficit spending, and collusion between the state and mega-corporations.
I’ve Lived It
I’ve 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-19 hit. And overnight, the government changed the rules.
Small businesses like mine were shut down. Big-box stores stayed open. That wasn’t capitalism. That was a manufactured collapse, executed under the illusion of fairness and safety.
Socialism Isn’t in Nature
And socialism—the supposed alternative—is being romanticized. But it doesn’t show up in nature.You don’t see cows collecting hay for other cows.
You don’t see goats paying for the health care of other goats.
You don’t see lions building housing for rival prides.
Nature is not socialist. It is cooperative, but only when cooperation benefits the whole. It’s not about forced redistribution. It’s about contribution to the ecosystem. Even a tree gives back: oxygen, shade, shelter, beauty. And in return, it receives what it needs to thrive.
The Mirror We Ignore
We must ask ourselves honestly: Are we still mirroring nature? Or have we begun to mimic a machine—a 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.
We ignore that mirror at our peril.
