“My eldest serves as a Nuke on the USS Ohio so I well know the qualities of a minority of our young.”
Your son is among the ranks of a rare bread of warrior. I have known many of his predecessors, mostly USS SEAHORSE SSN-669 era, and am well aware of their honor, dedication to duty, and the courage that instills (even when they occasionally put out the lights in a city block with a Dodge Charger). Courage, after all, is not the lack of fear, but the conquest of fear (even when your stomach feels like you have swallowed an anvil and your chest feels like someone is standing on it), that allows one to perform a necessary dangerous task. Blind Man’s Bluff, you may be familiar with it, gives a glimpse of the exploits of the Cold War Submarine sailor.
I agree with your assessment of our government leaders and many of our fellow citizens. There is still hope, however, as long as there are people like your son, that we can turn the tide. If that fails, and we slip into tyranny, I do not want us to quietly let it happen. My prayer is a renewal of Reagan’s morning in America.
My fear is that tyranny has never had the weapons of social indoctrination that it does now. When similiar levels were reached the rulers were generally religiously based which moderated their savagery. Except maybe for the Aztecs.
With nihilists in control of such power I become very concerned.