So many have lost faith in the American people and lost trust in government, that I can’t see much in the form of recovery.
There’s been such a tectonic shift towards collectivism. I doubt we can ever recover from this. My German mother recounts earlier times in pre-Nazi Germany. They sound eerily familiar to todays scenario.
Is this simply natural human direction towards feudalism? We know that the American brand of freedom, individual responsibility and economic liberty are not the normal. To quote Merle Haggard, ‘Are the good times really over for good?’
(Been reading ‘The Second Machine Age’, and I don’t see here the type of innovation and ambition that it would take to thrive and prosper in the future.)
Amen...
I have begun a study of the French Revolution. The powers that be, the King, his court, the nobility and the church were kicked out by the people.
There were but a few strong voices like Ted Cruz and Sarah Palin, and Dr Ben Carson and Rush, and Levin that accomplished the revolution. The result was terrible, extremist overkill that eliminated the original voices.
They had no internet but they had pamphlets and hand bills printed up instantly from many many small presses. The message got out, around the strong central control.
In America, today, the quality of life is much better than in France. We do not go hungry. Women don’t stand in line forever for bread. We have a long way to go down before those conditions are present here.