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This is technically our two, but I'm still talking to our friend, Dr. Lewis Marcos, of Houston Baptist University.

You were just saying, Lou, about how Solon in classical Greece had the wisdom, and it's an extraordinary thing, that

25 centuries ago, he had the wisdom to govern in a way that we still marvel at today. We're

still trying to get this right today. Tell us more about that.

It's amazing. Basically what So long did is he declared what the Old Testament calls a Jubilee.

He released the debts, but he did not redistribute wealth. He wasn't a Marxist, right? He tried to

bring true justice, but preserve a balance. And people might think he's an elitist because he kept most of the political power in the hands of landowners. But that's because the people that own land have much more at stake in a government being stable. And so he just understood human nature.

And Eric, let me tell you what he did.

Okay, here is, I'm going to tell you the reason why Rome was great

and why America used to be great.

And it's the same thing that Solon did.

What Solon did is he actually increased immigration, but he wanted skilled workers from other parts of

Greece to come to Athens, and at the same time he opened up immigration, he increased

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