Sometimes I ponder “why America?” This country is unique in its combination of free-market capitalism, individual self reliance, entrepreneurial spirit, democratic republicanism, battlefield courage, guaranteed freedoms, conservative values, and patriotism. Our Declaration of Independence and Constitution provide a backbone to our exceptional ethos that has managed to propel the United States to a pre-eminant position in the world ... and kept us there for over two hundred years.
Yes, there are other countries that have some of these ingredients ... but none that I can name that have them all. Even our original sin, slavery, is disappearing in the rear view mirror ... to the disappointment of those who prosper by milking this racism cow.
Which bring us, dear readers, to a perplexing question: why do so many short-sighted politicians want to fundamentally change this successful formula?
4 comments:
No one wants to change our succesful formula. Name one. But your "conservative values" is more precisely "progressive values." This country was founded on revolution.
I thought MAGA was a desire to get back to the 1960 edicts to curtail the military-industrial complex, maintain high 70% top-earner taxes, and create a thriving middle class. It worked! And you might recall that health insurance as a for-profit business started in 1973. So be careful how far back you go to define fundamentals.
Sanders, Harris, Beto, Buttigieg, Warren, etc. Biden might be the only Dem. candidate that doesn’t want to change fundamentally this country ... maybe why he is 32 points ahead.
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