{"id":17005,"date":"2019-02-24T09:12:39","date_gmt":"2019-02-24T15:12:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mhmarketingsalesmanagement.com\/blogs\/tonykovach\/?p=15480"},"modified":"2019-04-23T17:52:01","modified_gmt":"2019-04-23T22:52:01","slug":"radically-aspirational-black-history-affordable-housing-social-justice-and-manufactured-homes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/radically-aspirational-black-history-affordable-housing-social-justice-and-manufactured-homes\/","title":{"rendered":"Radically Aspirational, Black History, Affordable Housing, Social Justice, and Manufactured Homes"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_16956\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16956\" style=\"width: 575px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-16956 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/RadicallyAspirationalBlackHistoryAffordableHousingSocialJusticeManufacturedHomeDrMartinLutherKingJrMastheadLATonyKovachMHProNews-575x303.jpg\" alt=\"RadicallyAspirationalBlackHistoryAffordableHousingSocialJusticeManufacturedHomeDrMartinLutherKingJrMastheadLATonyKovachMHProNews\" width=\"575\" height=\"303\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/RadicallyAspirationalBlackHistoryAffordableHousingSocialJusticeManufacturedHomeDrMartinLutherKingJrMastheadLATonyKovachMHProNews-575x303.jpg 575w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/RadicallyAspirationalBlackHistoryAffordableHousingSocialJusticeManufacturedHomeDrMartinLutherKingJrMastheadLATonyKovachMHProNews-150x79.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/RadicallyAspirationalBlackHistoryAffordableHousingSocialJusticeManufacturedHomeDrMartinLutherKingJrMastheadLATonyKovachMHProNews.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 575px) 100vw, 575px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-16956\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><i> Only those who are willing to struggle against the status quo ever change it. <\/i><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>To be radical, at its core, means to get to the heart of an issue.<\/p><div id=\"manuf-3767931772\" class=\"manuf-content manuf-entity-placement\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3870480136270376\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3870480136270376\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"\" \ndata-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p>Aspirational means a hope that is sought, hopefully one worthy of achievement.<\/p>\n<p>Black history month here in the U.S. inexorably leads us to ponder the words, deeds, and examples of the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.\u00a0 That black Baptist preacher didn\u2019t use bullets, he used the power of inspirational ideals, organization, and words. It bears mention that King was by all accounts a flawed person, but nevertheless one who helped change this nation for the better. He is a fitting reminder of many principles. One must be willing to overlook certain weaknesses that each of us has, if we are to discover the good that each of us has to offer.<\/p>\n<p>Which brings us to back to radical solutions and first principles.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Radix, Justice, and Affordable Manufactured Homes<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Google\u2019s dictionary definition of the word Radix includes this: a source or origin of something. &#8220;<span style=\"color: #993300;\"><strong>Judaism is the radix of Christianity<\/strong><\/span>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Merriam-Webster gives these slang means to the word, radical: \u201c&#8230;<span style=\"color: #993300;\"><strong>slang: excellent, cool. radical. noun. Definition of radical (Entry 2 of 2) 1a : a root part<\/strong><\/span>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Radical<\/strong> and <strong>Radix<\/strong> are both Latin in origin, and their meaning includes the <strong>notion of getting to the root, origin, or the heart of an issue<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>In the <em>7 Habits or Highly Successful People, <\/em>Dr. Stephen Covey, did something that Dr. King also did. Covey was Mormon, but he like King cited the work of the Catholic thinker, Thomas Aquinas, one of the great minds from the misunderstood Middle Ages.<\/p>\n<p>One must return to first principles if one is to find common ground, and solutions to often vexing problems. Why reinvent the wheel, when the solutions should be obvious?\u00a0 <strong>First principles are excellent, cool and they are practical &#8211; they work<\/strong>. Ignore first principles at your own peril. Covey said that one must seek first to understand, then to be understood.<\/p>\n<p>Understanding implies to be under something in order to grasp it more fully. The mechanic under the car understands it better than the person who merely drives it but doesn\u2019t understand the many intricate working parts.\u00a0 That service writer at a car repair shop is a communicator, a negotiator. But does he understand that car the way the mechanic does? In most cases, no.\u00a0 But each role is necessary, that is why they both exist.<\/p>\n<p>Social media is popular because we each want to be heard and understood. We don\u2019t want a mere 15 minutes or fame, we want a life that is appreciated.<\/p>\n<p>But all too often posturing messes up clarity of understanding. Is something that a person claims really who they are, or is it a mere costume meant to fool others?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_14227\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14227\" style=\"width: 575px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-14227\" src=\"https:\/\/manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/IfYoureWillingtoAbandonPrinciplesConveincesocialAcceptabilityNotPrinciplesCostumeJoeConchaTheHilInspirationlMHProNews874-575x316.jpg\" alt=\"IfYoureWillingtoAbandonPrinciplesConveincesocialAcceptabilityNotPrinciplesCostumeJoeConchaTheHilInspirationlMHProNews874-575x316\" width=\"575\" height=\"316\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-14227\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><em>http:\/\/www.mhpronews.com\/blogs\/INspiration\/principles-social-acceptance-and-posturing\/<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>With the above in mind, let\u2019s turn to justice of all kinds, affordable housing, public policy, and manufactured homes.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-16876\" src=\"https:\/\/manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/WhatIsWrongIsThatWedontAskWhatIsRightGKChestertonMHProNews-573x430.jpg\" alt=\"WhatIsWrongIsThatWedontAskWhatIsRightGKChestertonMHProNews\" width=\"573\" height=\"430\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/WhatIsWrongIsThatWedontAskWhatIsRightGKChestertonMHProNews-573x430.jpg 573w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/WhatIsWrongIsThatWedontAskWhatIsRightGKChestertonMHProNews-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/WhatIsWrongIsThatWedontAskWhatIsRightGKChestertonMHProNews-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/WhatIsWrongIsThatWedontAskWhatIsRightGKChestertonMHProNews.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 573px) 100vw, 573px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>What\u2019s Wrong? What\u2019s Right?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In an era when tolerance is preached, but not really understood or practiced &#8211; save most commonly as a cudgel &#8211; one ought to get to the radical heart of each and every issue.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/grasping-true-value-of-the-green-new-deal-for-america-affordable-housing-professionals-and-advocates\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Green New Deal<\/a>, for instance, is useful because it boldly states what their own followers claim to believe. Examine that proposal, and you begin to see that socialism and the extremes of the environmental movement are cousins.\u00a0 Yet <strong>conservation<\/strong> &#8211; a root meaning of the word, conservative &#8211; is good. One should seek to conserve or save the good, and using the principle of <em>wheat and chaff<\/em>, ignore or toss the rest.<\/p>\n<p>Socialism is sold on the premise of taking from others so that someone else can have. That\u2019s also called a redistribution of wealth. That requires governmental power. So at its core, socialism is a dictatorial system, not a Democratic or a Republican one.\u00a0 Here we don\u2019t mean those 2 party labels, but the principles that those respective party names are supposed to stand for in the first place.<\/p>\n<p>Carefully examined, socialism can\u2019t work in practice. Nor has it every worked in practice. It is contrary to the human work ethic. If you or I honestly earned X, but someone else can just take part or all of X &#8216;for free,&#8217; then what protects the incentive for honest work?\u00a0 My parents, who grew up in the shadow of the Soviet Union, would remind us kids that on Russia&#8217;s socialistic collective farms, the small plot of land that the farmers were allowed to keep the produce from was the most productive by far.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, that&#8217;s human nature.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Justice and The Rule of Law<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Law and social media are in a sense both neutral. \u00a0 But in fact, much of each have been weaponized in recent years.\u00a0 Law is necessary. Social media, kept as free as possible from manipulation and what amounts to mega-corporate spying, is useful. But once potentially good things are tainted, often only radical solutions are the only solution.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. King did compromise on some items, <strong>but he did not begin with compromise<\/strong>. The savvy negotiator at some point asks for all that is still just.\u00a0 That need not be the initial ask.\u00a0 The Rev. King pushed for a wide agenda, as well as for maximum justice, in order to get real reform accomplished. He brought many together, but that also meant that divisions occurred too. He was controversial.\u00a0 King was revered by some, feared and despised by others.\u00a0 C&#8217;est la vie.<\/p>\n<p>At the heart of King\u2019s work was religious and morally founded teachings and beliefs. Dr. Alveda King, his niece, has noted the same, and applies that principle herself in her contemporary work.<\/p>\n<p>Martin Luther King, Jr&#8217;s opponents wanted to demonize him and his work. It\u2019s an ancient trick. King\u2019s opponents spied on him. They learned of his human weaknesses. They wanted to turn those weaknesses into the issue, in order to destroy the chance for King to accomplish his end goal.\u00a0 That goal ML King had was for a more just society.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. ML King didn\u2019t ask for reparations for slavery. King didn\u2019t want socialism. He wanted equality, and for him character counted more than skin color. Rephrased, King wanted biblical principles applied.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-16836\" src=\"https:\/\/manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/TheFunctionofEducationIsTeachOnThinkIntensivelyThinkCriticallyIntelligencePlusCharaterThatstheGoalofTrueEudcationMartinLutherKingJrMHProNEws-575x277.jpg\" alt=\"TheFunctionofEducationIsTeachOnThinkIntensivelyThinkCriticallyIntelligencePlusCharaterThatstheGoalofTrueEudcationMartinLutherKingJrMHProNEws\" width=\"575\" height=\"277\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/TheFunctionofEducationIsTeachOnThinkIntensivelyThinkCriticallyIntelligencePlusCharaterThatstheGoalofTrueEudcationMartinLutherKingJrMHProNEws-575x277.jpg 575w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/TheFunctionofEducationIsTeachOnThinkIntensivelyThinkCriticallyIntelligencePlusCharaterThatstheGoalofTrueEudcationMartinLutherKingJrMHProNEws-150x72.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/TheFunctionofEducationIsTeachOnThinkIntensivelyThinkCriticallyIntelligencePlusCharaterThatstheGoalofTrueEudcationMartinLutherKingJrMHProNEws.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 575px) 100vw, 575px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>What is true justice?<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-16952\" src=\"https:\/\/manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/HumanitiesValueBusinessCriticismWhenGoingAlongGetAlongWhereWhistleblowersDiscouragedBadThingsHappenBusinssesImplodeMarthaNussbaumQuote-575x344.jpg\" alt=\"HumanitiesValueBusinessCriticismWhenGoingAlongGetAlongWhereWhistleblowersDiscouragedBadThingsHappenBusinssesImplodeMarthaNussbaumQuote\" width=\"575\" height=\"344\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/HumanitiesValueBusinessCriticismWhenGoingAlongGetAlongWhereWhistleblowersDiscouragedBadThingsHappenBusinssesImplodeMarthaNussbaumQuote-575x344.jpg 575w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/HumanitiesValueBusinessCriticismWhenGoingAlongGetAlongWhereWhistleblowersDiscouragedBadThingsHappenBusinssesImplodeMarthaNussbaumQuote-150x90.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/HumanitiesValueBusinessCriticismWhenGoingAlongGetAlongWhereWhistleblowersDiscouragedBadThingsHappenBusinssesImplodeMarthaNussbaumQuote.jpg 598w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 575px) 100vw, 575px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Who can better answer that question than God who created all?<\/p>\n<p>My 12 year old son can simply explain why we can know with confidence that a Creator of all exists. Historically, we know that the oldest faith is the Jewish faith, and from that religion sprang others like Christianity or later still, Islam. All three of those faiths claim historical roots to God through Divine revelations made to the person of Abraham.<\/p>\n<p>What does this have to do with housing, justice, or public policy? Ask the founding fathers, and they would tell you, <strong>it has everything to do with it, because housing is private property<\/strong>.\u00a0 For the founders, faith and a just society were inseparable.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_11818\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11818\" style=\"width: 575px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11818\" src=\"https:\/\/manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/OfAllDispositionsHabitsPoloticalProspertityReligionMoralityIndispensable-GeorgeWashington-picWikiCommons-postedMHProNews--575x339.png\" alt=\"OfAllDispositionsHabitsPoloticalProspertityReligionMoralityIndispensable-GeorgeWashington-pic=WikiCommons-postedMHProNews-\" width=\"575\" height=\"339\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/OfAllDispositionsHabitsPoloticalProspertityReligionMoralityIndispensable-GeorgeWashington-picWikiCommons-postedMHProNews--575x339.png 575w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/OfAllDispositionsHabitsPoloticalProspertityReligionMoralityIndispensable-GeorgeWashington-picWikiCommons-postedMHProNews--150x89.png 150w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/OfAllDispositionsHabitsPoloticalProspertityReligionMoralityIndispensable-GeorgeWashington-picWikiCommons-postedMHProNews-.png 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 575px) 100vw, 575px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-11818\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The founders weren&#8217;t perfect either, but their genius was a clearer sense of history, morality, God and reason.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>King did not disparage the founders of America. Slavery has sadly long existed for thousands of years, and still does in many parts of the modern world. Slavery today has merely changed its name and forms. King viewed the founders as aspirational, inspirational, and saw that they began a work toward freedom that he and his colleagues wanted to complete.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-16948\" src=\"https:\/\/manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/BookerTWashingtonQuoteNothingEverComesToOneThatIsWorthHavingExceptAsAResultofHardWordBookerTWashingtonQuoteMastheadTonyKovachMHProNews-575x342.jpg\" alt=\"BookerTWashingtonQuoteNothingEverComesToOneThatIsWorthHavingExceptAsAResultofHardWordBookerTWashingtonQuoteMastheadTonyKovachMHProNews\" width=\"575\" height=\"342\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/BookerTWashingtonQuoteNothingEverComesToOneThatIsWorthHavingExceptAsAResultofHardWordBookerTWashingtonQuoteMastheadTonyKovachMHProNews-575x342.jpg 575w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/BookerTWashingtonQuoteNothingEverComesToOneThatIsWorthHavingExceptAsAResultofHardWordBookerTWashingtonQuoteMastheadTonyKovachMHProNews-150x89.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/BookerTWashingtonQuoteNothingEverComesToOneThatIsWorthHavingExceptAsAResultofHardWordBookerTWashingtonQuoteMastheadTonyKovachMHProNews.jpg 712w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 575px) 100vw, 575px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The battle today isn\u2019t a false choice between capitalism and socialism. Both, properly understood, are problematic. On this <em>Masthead<\/em> blog &#8211; the editorial platform for <em>MHProNews &#8211;<\/em> we believe in free enterprise, because God did so first.<\/p>\n<p>Free enterprise is in a cool sense \u2018pure capitalism,\u2019 not tainted crony capitalism, <a href=\"https:\/\/manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/conquest-capitalism-thoughts-of-chairman-warren-buffett-billionaires-campaign-to-control-trillion-dollar-affordable-housing-market\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">conquest capitalism<\/a>, vulture capitalism, or monopolistic capitalism. The later &#8211; once understood &#8211; are to be strongly rejected.<\/p>\n<p>Look again at God\u2019s simple-yet-profound Ten Commandments, because the founders did, and so did Booker T Washington, Abraham Lincoln, or ML King &#8211; among millions of others. All good Law should be based upon those ten principles. That\u2019s simple, radical, and it is always what\u2019s right.\u00a0 No one knows humanity better than our Designer and Creator.\u00a0 Those 10 exist not as constraints, but as principles of love that bind all together in a just society of peace.<\/p>\n<p>Moses elaborated to an extent in explaining how those Ten Commandments were to be lived out. Centuries later, the Jewish rabbi Jesus took the ten, and simplified them to just two. Love God, love your neighbor.<\/p>\n<p>ML King said love alone conquers hate.<\/p>\n<p>Love is not mere passion or emotion. Love <em>wills the good of the other<\/em>.\u00a0 So love embraces pure passion, but true love isn\u2019t about mere self-gratification.\u00a0 Love doesn&#8217;t mean you must like the other.\u00a0 They are distinctive principles.<\/p>\n<p>There are those in public service and in the mega-corporate world &#8211; as opposed to small-to-mid-sized businesses and professionals \u2013 that want to impose their will on others. They may not call it slavery, but that is what control is ultimately about.\u00a0 Those who can&#8217;t accept honest dissent and debate are at some subtle level, dictatorial and self-absorbed too.<\/p>\n<p>Good law wills the good of all, not only the good of a select and favored few.<\/p>\n<p>Today, monopolistic forces are at work in business, and in government.\u00a0 That is routinely true of government at all levels, not only the federal one.\u00a0 Those who won\u2019t read the <em>New York Times<\/em> \u2013 only because it is the <em>NY Times<\/em> &#8211; are as prone to missing the truth as those who won\u2019t consider what\u2019s on <em>Fox News<\/em>, just because it is on <em>Fox.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/new-york-times-david-leonhardt-the-monopolization-of-america-manufactured-housing-slant\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>New York Times<\/em> carried a thoughtful column<\/a>\u00a0that explained how numbers of industries are being monopolized.\u00a0 That column by David Leonhardt didn\u2019t mention manufactured housing, but monopolization is occurring in manufactured housing too. Arguably the primary one doing so has shrunk the industry, in order to increase his firm&#8217;s market share at a discount.<\/p>\n<p>Those who monopolize are power seekers.<\/p>\n<p>It is noteworthy that those <a href=\"https:\/\/manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/warren-buffetts-moat-understanding-manufactured-housing-requires-grasping-strategic-economic-moats\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">monopolists who build their \u201cMoat<\/a>\u201d \u00a0violate the Ten Commandments on several levels, which are not the focus of this column.\u00a0 Some of those uber-billionaires are happy to promote socialists. Why?\u00a0 Not because they want to give away their own wealth, because if billionaires wanted to do that, they could do so at any time without government intervention.<\/p>\n<p>Rather, socialist promises of the \u2018give away\u2019 of \u2018free stuff\u2019 taken by \u2018progressive taxation\u2019 or \u2018redistribution of wealth\u2019 are mere masks.\u00a0 They are the ultimate con game.\u00a0 Just ask the starving and suffering Venezuelans of today. Or the Russian who bought that same lie in the pre-Soviet Union. Ask the Chinese who bought the lies spread by Mao.\u00a0 Or ask the Cubans who bought the lies of Fidel Castro and his cronies. Or ask the Germans who bought that lie from Adolf Hitler.\u00a0 Never forget that the fascists of Italy and the Nazis were just different nationalistic brands of socialism. The name Nazi was a contraction \u2013 National Socialists.\u00a0 Note that none of the above were faith-filled people seeking to live out the 10 Commandments, rather, they were power-hungry people.<\/p>\n<p>The loss of private property, a kind of slavery, police states, and death were the results of each of those experiments in socialism and communism. The report linked below from the text\/image box that follows demonstrates university level research into those movements. Their wars and murder of their own people make the conflicts over religion seem like a picnic.\u00a0 Hundreds of millions of souls died at the hands of those who practiced various branches of socialistic thinking.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/death-by-government-fascism-communism-socialism-big-brother-per-williams-rummel-and-owens\/<\/p>\n<p>So, when the uber-rich posture supporting some candidate for president \u2013 or any other elected office \u2013 that claims to want to implement socialism, don\u2019t buy what they are selling. Every con promises something that someone wants.\u00a0 Every seduction begins with the promise of pleasure, but that fleeting feeling often quickly yields to pain for the many harmed once seduced.\u00a0 Socialism is often voted in, but it has also often required armed conflict to have it removed.<\/p>\n<p>In manufactured housing, there are some who are aware of the monopolization of the industry. Some are aware of the harm that moat-building has caused to the proper understanding of manufactured housing, and how it can help solve the affordable housing crisis. But some smaller-to-midsized players are not necessarily fighting the dominate ones who are building their moats.\u00a0 Why?\u00a0 There are many reasons.\u00a0 But <em>one of them<\/em> can be summed up like this.<\/p>\n<p>They too\u00a0want to benefit from the work of the moat-builders. The rest are details and commentary.<\/p>\n<p>What all those who get it but have not yet acted fail to consider are painful lessons of history, which Warren Buffett &#8211; a self-proclaimed student of history\u00a0himself &#8211; has observed.<\/p>\n<p>In Communist Cuba, Russia, China, or in Nazi Germany, some who stood by or who aided those who sought to take power themselves were later ousted, stripped of their property, and in numerous cases, killed.\u00a0 Play with fire, and you may get burned.<\/p>\n<p>You don\u2019t have to understand his every tweet or agree with his methods.\u00a0 But let\u2019s give President Donald J. Trump his due.\u00a0 He was right in saying that socialism is about power.\u00a0 Socialism depends on what Hitler and his propaganda minister called the notion of the Big Lie. Repeat a lie often enough, said Hitler, and numbers of people will come to believe it.<\/p>\n<p>The best antidote to a lie is the truth.\u00a0 That\u2019s why at its core, much of what is vexing America is a struggle between lies often told, or truth that is at times\u00a0ignored or suppressed, vs. the pure truth of any given subject.<\/p>\n<p>The best argument, it\u2019s been said, against Christianity (or any other religion) are the believers of that faith.\u00a0 We are all hypocrites to some degree. Dr. King was a womanizer, and his enemies wanted to use that against him. To that point and others \u2013 much like you, me, or anyone else \u2013 there are times that we fail or are hypocritical.<\/p>\n<p>But the inspiration of God is that eternal call from the fall back up toward redemption.<\/p>\n<p>In affordable housing, public policies have caused or contributed to the problems that exist. Barring people from owning manufactured homes \u2013 especially given how proven they are to serve millions well \u2013 is just one of many examples of the broader issues that plague our great nation.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_16830\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16830\" style=\"width: 558px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-16830\" src=\"https:\/\/manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/MostMenAppearnNeverConsideredWhatHouseIsNeedlesslyPoorAllTheirLivesHenryDavidThoreauManufacturedHomeLivingNews-558x430.jpg\" alt=\"MostMenAppearnNeverConsideredWhatHouseIsNeedlesslyPoorAllTheirLivesHenryDavidThoreauManufacturedHomeLivingNews\" width=\"558\" height=\"430\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/MostMenAppearnNeverConsideredWhatHouseIsNeedlesslyPoorAllTheirLivesHenryDavidThoreauManufacturedHomeLivingNews-558x430.jpg 558w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/MostMenAppearnNeverConsideredWhatHouseIsNeedlesslyPoorAllTheirLivesHenryDavidThoreauManufacturedHomeLivingNews-150x115.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/MostMenAppearnNeverConsideredWhatHouseIsNeedlesslyPoorAllTheirLivesHenryDavidThoreauManufacturedHomeLivingNews.jpg 639w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 558px) 100vw, 558px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-16830\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><i> Each photo is of a modern manufactured home, which can be 2400 sq ft or more in size, 1 or 2 levels, set over a basement, or can be as modest as 320 sq ft. These homes are all built to federal construction and safety standards that went into effect on June 15, 29176, administered by HUD, and are thus known as &#8220;HUD Code Manufactured Homes.&#8221; <\/i><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-16863 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/InfographicMobileManufacturedHomeManufacturedHousingIndustryFactsDataResearchMobileManufacturedHomeLivingNews-445x768.jpg\" alt=\"InfographicMobileManufacturedHomeManufacturedHousingIndustryFactsDataResearchMobileManufacturedHomeLivingNews-445x768\" width=\"445\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/InfographicMobileManufacturedHomeManufacturedHousingIndustryFactsDataResearchMobileManufacturedHomeLivingNews-445x768.jpg 445w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/InfographicMobileManufacturedHomeManufacturedHousingIndustryFactsDataResearchMobileManufacturedHomeLivingNews-445x768-87x150.jpg 87w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/InfographicMobileManufacturedHomeManufacturedHousingIndustryFactsDataResearchMobileManufacturedHomeLivingNews-445x768-249x430.jpg 249w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 445px) 100vw, 445px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Yes, America is a great nation, not because it is perfect.\u00a0 We are not yet under the tyranny of socialism.\u00a0 Our American ancestors\u00a0fought to end slavery.\u00a0 We fought to establish greater civil rights. We fought to end the tyranny of the Nazis, and so much more.<\/p>\n<p>We Americans &#8211; a melting pot &#8211;\u00a0arguably ought to fight to <em>end the monopolization<\/em> of our society by the FAANG brands, or Berkshire Hathaway, and Microsoft. We ought to #DeFaangBM. \u00a0We ought to break up the monopolies, as the conservationist president Teddy Roosevelt did.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-16958\" src=\"https:\/\/manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/TeddyRooseveltMastheadBlogTonyKovachDailyBusinessNewsMHPronews-575x174.png\" alt=\"TeddyRooseveltMastheadBlogTonyKovachDailyBusinessNewsMHPronews\" width=\"575\" height=\"174\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/TeddyRooseveltMastheadBlogTonyKovachDailyBusinessNewsMHPronews-575x174.png 575w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/TeddyRooseveltMastheadBlogTonyKovachDailyBusinessNewsMHPronews-150x45.png 150w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/TeddyRooseveltMastheadBlogTonyKovachDailyBusinessNewsMHPronews.png 760w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 575px) 100vw, 575px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Because in the end, the moat-building monopolists are the hidden-in-plain-sight drivers of much of the social, economic, and political ills that our times endures.\u00a0 That\u2019s not to say that others besides the FAANGs or BM\u00a0shouldn\u2019t be broken up \u2013 legally \u2013 under antitrust laws.\u00a0 There are no doubt more that should be considered for a\u00a0break up under anti-monopoly laws\u00a0too.<\/p>\n<p>At the root of it all is the problem of sin \u2013 a violation of those Ten Commandments.\u00a0 That\u2019s old fashioned, which is why it should be more trusted. \u00a0Everything else will fail, but following those 10 principles as faithfully as one can would lead us to a more just world.<\/p>\n<p>In that more just world, we would not try to stop someone from having an affordable, safe home.<\/p>\n<p>In a just world, we would not stop someone from peacefully practicing their beliefs, or even allowing them to proclaim it in non-violent ways.<\/p>\n<p>There is truth and there are falsehoods.\u00a0 There is protecting the rights to private property, which was part of our founding, and which Martin Luther King, Jr. wanted for his fellow humans of all colors. There are rights to religious liberty, and all of those goods that the Bill of Rights established under our system of constitutionally limited government.<\/p>\n<p>Protecting individual\u00a0rights is what is at the heart of the American Way.\u00a0 Breaking up monopolists has long been a part of our American\u00a0legal tradition.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s the struggle.\u00a0 Freedom vs slavery.\u00a0 Justice vs. injustice. Right vs. wrong.\u00a0 God\u2019s way vs. the way of those who oppose what is Godly. In that context, we support the struggle for manufactured homes, and all other rights that are in keeping with the will of the God who created us.<\/p>\n<p>I asked my 12 year old son, before finishing this article, how can we know that God exists? Many doubt or deny God exists.\u00a0 He smiled and said, \u201c<span style=\"color: #993300;\"><strong>Which came first, the chicken or the egg<\/strong><\/span>?&#8221; And, \u201c<span style=\"color: #993300;\"><strong>Which came first, the acorn or the oak tree<\/strong><\/span>?\u201d Simple.<\/p>\n<p>God created the chicken, who laid eggs, said my son, Tamas (sounds like \u201ctah mash,\u201d Hungarian for Thomas or Tom).\u00a0 God created the oak tree, which drops its acorns to reproduce.<\/p>\n<p>Only radical solutions \u2013 those that get to the simple\u00a0heart of an issue \u2013 are cool and excellent enough to work. To learn more, see the related reports, linked below the byline and disclosures. \u201c<span style=\"color: #993300;\"><strong>We Provide, You Decide<\/strong><\/span>.\u201d \u00a9 ## (News, commentary, and analysis.)<\/p>\n<p>(<strong>See <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Related Reports<\/span>, further below<\/strong>. Text\/image boxes often are hot-linked to other reports that can be access by clicking on them. Third-party images and content are provided under fair use guidelines.)<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-17019\" src=\"https:\/\/manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/LATonyKovachQuoteManufacturedHousingIndustryWontReachPotentialAddresscoreIssuesArtificallyholdingitback466-375x430.png\" alt=\"LATonyKovachQuoteManufacturedHousingIndustryWontReachPotentialAddresscoreIssuesArtificallyholdingitback466\" width=\"375\" height=\"430\" \/>By<a href=\"http:\/\/www.83degreesmedia.com\/features\/mhnews072115.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> L.A. &#8220;Tony&#8221; Kovach<\/a> &#8211; for <em>MHProNews<\/em>.com.<\/p>\n<p>Tony is the multiple award-winning managing member of LifeStyle Factory Homes, LLC, the parent company to <em>MHProNews,<\/em> and <a href=\"http:\/\/MHLivingNews.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>MHLivingNews.com<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">Office <b>863-213-4090<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span lang=\"en-US\"> |<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">Connect on <\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span lang=\"en-US\"><b>LinkedIn<\/b><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">:<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #1155cc;\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><u><a href=\"http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/latonykovach\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span lang=\"en-US\">http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/latonykovach<\/span><\/a><\/u><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Sign Up Today<\/span>!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Click<strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/eepurl.com\/daiyGn\">here to sign up in 5 seconds for the<\/a> <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">manufactured<\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"> home industry&#8217;s leading<\/span> &#8211; and still growing &#8211; <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-17020\" src=\"https:\/\/manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/EmailedMHProNewsHeadlineNewsDailyBusinessNews.png\" alt=\"EmailedMHProNewsHeadlineNewsDailyBusinessNews\" width=\"419\" height=\"377\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/EmailedMHProNewsHeadlineNewsDailyBusinessNews.png 419w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/EmailedMHProNewsHeadlineNewsDailyBusinessNews-150x135.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 419px) 100vw, 419px\" \/>emailed headline news updates<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Related References<\/strong><\/span>:<\/h2>\n<h3>The text\/image boxes below are linked to other reports, which an be accessed by clicking on them.<\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"oeyDR8hiIo\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/warren-buffetts-moat-understanding-manufactured-housing-requires-grasping-strategic-economic-moats\/\">Warren Buffett\u2019s Moat, Understanding Manufactured Housing Requires Grasping Strategic  Economic Moats<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;Warren Buffett\u2019s Moat, Understanding Manufactured Housing Requires Grasping Strategic  Economic Moats&#8221; &#8212; Masthead L. 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