Last post of 2023!
Since 2020, life has been a rollercoaster, and I suspect 2024 is looking at the last four years and saying, 'hold my beer…' However, it’s not all bad. ?? As I reflect on 2023 and prepare for 2024, the concept of uncertainty weighs heavily on my mind. Consider how much life has changed—just since 2020: As we watch war and atrocities unfold in Ukraine and Israel, we brace for the ever increasing likelihood of being drawn into larger global conflicts. We’ve experienced economic contraction, swelling inflation, and the breakdown of border security. An unprecedented rise in crime, drug addiction, and homelessness has coincided with a significant drop in mental health, employment participation rates, and birth rates. Years of agency capture, corruption, conspiracy, corporatism, lawfare, and gaslighting have left us unable to trust our leadership or our most critical institutions. News has been replaced by narratives, and trendy ideologies overshadow incontrovertible truth. As we reject the fundamental pillars of social order such as marriage, work ethic, and faith, we stand in disbelief watching younger generations embrace historical evils like segregation, censorship, authoritarianism, and antisemitism. ?? ??This. All this is why I consider 2024 a critical year for our work at Müllerhaus Legacy. The opportunity for our children and grandchildren to grow, create wealth, and build a better life comes through this moral imperative: We must preserve and share our history to keep the American Dream alive. At Müllerhaus, we tell the stories by which future generations thrive—especially for family businesses. As multi-generational family businesses successfully pass wealth and opportunity from generation to generation, they become archetypes of the American Dream. And as their prosperity overflows into the lives of their employees and communities, their stories stand as indisputable evidence that forms a bulwark against the critical theory pedagogies that are now prevalent in academia and the media. But there’s reason to have hope. More and more young people are choosing to 'take the red pill’ by embracing heterodox thinking, rejecting Newspeak, and turning towards traditions that have provided stability, prosperity, and happiness for generations—returning to church, both figuratively and literally. I’m honored to play a role in helping our family & business clients create 'red pills' that awaken younger generations to the enduring power of the American Dream. Not because red pills are easy to take, but because the blue pill's effects are only temporary. If you’re still on the blue pill, be cautious—it may not survive 2024. Happy New Year, my friends. Let's keep the dream alive.