Nope. But my line is different. I intend to defend the Republic to the best of my ability.
“I intend to defend the Republic to the best of my ability.“
Me too, but exactly how to do that it is a lot clearer when the threat is external.
For example a military or economic threat from Russia, China, Islam, etc... There is denial and lack of preparedness, but there comes a point where the threat becomes obvious.
The political and ideological movements that attack via our education, media and political institutions, using propaganda and brainwashing to infect our young with Marxist and Globalist ideas - that is a completely different fight.
Our Republic was founded around the concept of individual Liberty - freedom of thought - limited government. That is both our strength and our vulnerability.
It makes us vulnerable because if we value freedom, we can’t force our children to think like we do - we even have to defend their freedom to disagree with us! And sadly, that is exactly what I see happening.
Our children’s heads are filled with Marxist ideas of “social justice”, “wealth redistribution”, “equality”, “diversity“ - they don’t seem to share the Founders’ passion for freedom and their suspicion of an overreaching government.
The younger generations seem to agree that the Founders were a bunch of white racists, and that statues need to be knocked down, police are all racist and need to be defunded, Americans do not deserve to have a higher standard of living “privilege” than the rest of the world - or superior military and economic might for that matter.
The Founders believed that individual Liberty was the cornerstone of our self-governing Republic. Power and authority must flow from individuals - not a central government. All of our social goals and aspirations - fairness, income equality, compassion, generosity - they must all flow from free individuals - not from government mandates. As soon as government is empowered to mandate “fairness“ and regulate “compassion” and “income equality”, then that government has become too powerful and unaccountable, and tyranny and corruption abound.
But the youth do not share that core belief. Or if they do, it seems they share it less and less with each generation.
In my conversations with them, I really get the feeling they think I am the one that’s wrong. They seem to think Liberty is over-rated. Liberty is just a right wing “talking point”. They believe “social justice” is the core priority - and if more government authority is needed to enforce it, then so be it. Even at the expense of individual Liberty.
They seem to think Liberty and Limited Government are just excuses that rich white males use to justify taking more than their fair share.
You can lead a horse to water, but you can’t make them drink.