Posted on 11/28/2005 5:39:36 AM PST by beaureguard
The Drudge Report is reporting this morning that several broadcast television networks are considering a series loosely based on the concept of the end of America. Details on the various programs aren't yet available, but my bet is that the fictional end will come through either terrorism or some sort of a natural disaster.
The networks have part of this right. The end of America as we know it could well be on the horizon. The networks just wouldn't dare present the end as it very well may happen. The death of America will more likely come from the advancement of the American welfare state.
Empires have life expectancies. The history of civilization would tell us that a country based on freedom and economic liberty generally last just a bit over 200 years. If you know of such a society that has lasted well beyond the 200-year mark, let me know. I haven't been able to find one. Our Constitution was ratified on December 15th, 1791. In just a few weeks the United States of America will be 214 years old. That, for those of you who went to government schools, is just a bit over 200 years.
You can trace the decline of American to several different and varied beginning point. Among them:
1. The adoption of a graduated and progressive income tax, as envisioned by Karl Marx.
2. The adoption of a system of government education of our children, again as envisioned by Karl Marx.
3. The movement away from a rule of law to a rule of the majority (Democracy) which really took hold during the days of Franklin Roosevelt.
America, the welfare state, is growing steadily. In the last few weeks we started George Bush's Medicare prescription drug program. The original estimates for this welfare boondoggle ran at about $300 billion for the next ten years. Those estimates doubled before the program even began. The actual tab will probably be closer to one trillion dollars for the first ten years .. and growing after that. Baby boomers will be retiring over the next decade. As they retire they will start drawing down Social Security and Medicare dollars by the bucketful. The cost will be enormous. As presently structured, these income transfer programs can't handle it, but all attempts at reform, at least insofar as Social Security is concerned, have failed.
Back to the main point. Americans are no longer in love with freedom. In fact, the case can be made that Americans are afraid of freedom. Oh, they want to be free to go on vacation and to chose where to live, who to marry and what to wear each day, but that just about covers it. Americans want the government to educate their children, guarantee their jobs, determine their wages, provide them with medical care, pay for their prescriptions, insure their comfort in retirement, regulate their business competitors, and control the actions of their neighbors. If you suggest that the responsibility for any of these factors be placed back into the hands of the individual the screams and howls of outrage and indignation will be heard across the country.
If the networks want to do a series on the end of America, their script has already been written ... .by some Russian named Ayn Rand.
Thanks Libs
Certainly!
But I think Boortz is right. The TV shows will focus on disaster as bringing about the end, when the reality of it is that the welfare state combined with the enivronmental/communist whacko leftists combined with our increasingly lax morals are all contributing to weaken our nation. It may take decades or even a couple of generations, but the tide must be turned or the United States will be remembered in history books as a once-great nation.
We'll be the Europe of the 21st Century.
Seems like Rome lasted a while...despite its turn towards the imperial.
Liberal defeatists that can't get their stupid political agenda to take...will destroy America in Hollywood as sour grapes.
Similar to West Wing and all the other stupid liberal shows.
And the decline has been so steady you can easily surmise someone has been orchestrating it for 50 years, one step at a time.
Thomas Sewell isn't very optimistic about America's future, btw.
Last night, Fred Barnes interviewed him; though I didn't see the entire interview, he mentioned some of his concerns for this country: 1) honesty and 2) values and 3) entitlement mentality. He was asked what a Sowell's America would look like, he said that the liberals shipped out....he also mentioned enviromental groups, which are causing great harm to our economy. Personally, I am seeing the end of America also occurring with the invasion of illegal aliens, their drain on our economy, through "free" benefits through schooling, housing, jails, increased law enforcement needs in communities, medical care, college programs, loss of tax revenues, etc. (not free of course, but paid for by tax paying citizens of the U.S.).
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, of course (ABC, CBS, NBC and CNN).
U shur bout dat?........;^)
If you know of such a society that has lasted well beyond the 200-year mark, let me know.
"Press #4 to get the show in English"
People also like not having to make decisions or work for themselves. It's easier to let the government take care of you.
I'd seen a commercial for that last week and was looking forward to watching it, but then I forgot about it until I read your post. I wonder if they'll air it again?
The supposition is not the "end" of a country's esistance, but rather the end of it's dominance in the economic, social, cultural and influential sense on the world stage. It does not surprise me. The less informed American's are, the less history they know, the more likely we are to repeat it. I would like to argue against the probability of our fading into world order but cannot fathom change without a national uprising. Since most American's don't care, I don't see most American's grasping obvious solutions. We have corrupted a constitution that was as perfect as it could be. Even today, we reinterpret the words to fit agendas we expect out forefathers coud not have foreseen. Sadly, the founders of this country would not approve of where we are today regardless of past and present success and status in the world.
Would anyone dissagree?
The letter "A".
It's worse than that. We're all gonna have to watch Oprah.
Therein lies the rub---what constitutes "free"? Is England more free than Ethiopia? Is she less free than Camaroon? Is she about as free as Canada?
Methinks Boortz is stretching to make a point . . .
I bet it won't be Muslim terrorists.
None of them has the guts to tell the truth!
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