What can we learn from one tin soldier?

ONE TIN SOLDIER-IS THE ZERO SUM GAME WINNER TAKE ALL OR. A LOSE-LOSE?

Look the  fans of  StoneTemple Pilots or Nirvana  would probably  claim this song is not “Rock & Roll.  If this blog has to enter a “definitional war about “what is Rock?” It will be boring quick and contentious  forever.  Thjat’s not the purpose here, so I’m simply saying that if I say it’s  included—then it’s  included.  Yes this might fit into the “folk” genre, but if you think I’m going to spend time. Typing the word genre very often well you are  sadly mistaken.  As far as I am concerned (The Stones) it’s only Rock and Roll , but I like it” so I’m offering to. The reader along with  its philosophical meaning for me.  So without much further ado”another one bites the dust.’ 

The Lyrics

One tin Soldier

Listen people to a story

That was written long ago

‘’Bout a kingdom on a mountain

And the valley folks below

On the mountain  was a treasure

Hidden deep beneath the stone

And the valley people swore

They’d have it for their very own

Go ahead and hate your neighbor

Go ahead and cheat a friend

Do it in the name of Heaven 

You can justify it in the end

There won’t be any trumpets blowing

Come the judgment day

On the bloody morning after

One Tin Soldier rides Away

So the people of the valley

Sent a message up the hill

Asking for the buried treasure 

Tons of gold for which they’d kill

Came the answer from the kingdom

With our brothers we will share

All the riches of the mountain

All the treasure buried there. 

Now the valley cried with anger 

Mount your horses draw your sword

And they killed the mountain people

So they wond their just reward

Now they stood before the treasure

On the mountain dark and red

Turned the stone and looked beneath it

“Peace on Earth” was all it said

Repeat Chorus

Go ahead and and hate your neighbor

Go ahead and cheat a friend....

Written by. Brian Potter and Dennis  Earl Lambert

—Philosophy—

first, there are  riches to be shared through sharing and many people are very willing to explore with others to see how creative and productive  life can be.  However, other folks would rather. Compete and eliminate all competing ideas as quickly  as possible so that they can monopolize  the market benefits regardless if that maximizes them.  The reason the internet is such a dynamic resource is that no one entity  has, as of now, monopolized every facet fo the netw2orking capacity of the internet.  Some entities have made  great strides in becoming a monopoly in parts of the social media, retail, and search/marketing realms, but no one has captured or controlled it all yet.  The key way to guard against. This is to continue to share and listen to new ideas and find new solutions to old problems and new problems to conquer.  

Next—Will the valley people understand that they hurt themselves and did not  gain their intended. Goal or reach their target by destroying the  mountain kingdom?  In the song they did not learn that a zero sum idea “in order for me to win someone else has to lose” perspective has incredible flaws?

This is bullying at its  core and private3 sectors capitalism (not  free market capitalism)  and several areas of political  thinking are  currently infected with the zero sum mindset.  

Let me put it  another way.  

Let’s say I only have one bucket and one well that containseveral hundreds of bucket loads of water.  If I  only fill the bucket once then the well may as well only have one buckt’s worth of water in it.  However if Ishare  the water before the water in the well evaporates I can  fill the cups a of many and  get far more than a single bucket of water myself.  No water will be wasted. And no one will go thirsty.  Or I can. Drink a whole bucket of water and say “I’m good.”  The water left in the well will  disappear and everything. And everyone you thought you might control by owning the water...will disappear too.,  

Among the people who died of thirst was  a little girl who. Knew.how to turn the sera into drinking water ten years from now or would have learned how...but No!!! 

So my philosophy Is work together when possible and even sometimes when it seems impossible.  Share your best gifts freely in part and in whole.  Your bucket  will always be full.  

Peace on Earth was ALL? It said

What  would any of us give for a little more peace most of the time?  Speaking of time... It ias time  to wrap this up 

“Keep on Rockin’ in the Free World”—thanks Neil.