“We **earned** it, and we **worked** for it.”
No, we didn't.
Those who came before us earned it and worked for it, starting even before the Revolution.
We live off their sweat and efforts. We enjoy the fruits of their labor. This is the social capital of our society that has been built up over the centuries.
Our duty is to continue this project, to do what is right and decent and honest to maintain the culture of trust that permits economic flourishing.
But I look around and honestly, I don't think that the folks who comprise our society today are doing a good job of that. Although many of us as individuals try to keep faith with the generations that have preceded us, to me it appears that we're spending our social capital faster than we're replenishing it.
I hope that something happens to turn it around.
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There is still enough moral capital for our nation to keep limping along, but I fear you are right. The Marxists are doing all they can to destroy the moral foundation and moral culture that make our prosperity possible.
This is why I hammer so hard at our Marxist government schools. They understand that if they can indoctrinate children they can win elections in just one or two generations.
The only solution that I see is for conservatives to set up a system of private conservative schools ( tuition free) and to do all that they can to permanently close down the government schools.