Okay, okay, so a good bit of what I write sounds negative. You may see it as negative but I see it more as being critical, as being vigilant and being wary of what lies ahead. Not nearly so much for me, though I would be lying if I said that worries for me and my wife do not figure into these myriad concerns, but much more so for my kids…and as well for their friends and their generation.
We aren’t headed in a good direction folks. Period.
We have a mountain of debt and, worse still, no plan to deal with that. Have you had any relatives or friends who were in that same situation? How did it work out? Maybe they filed bankruptcy and laid the problem elsewhere, escaping responsibility yet again. Think an entire country can do the same? Hah.
Our culture continues to slide away from fundamentally solid virtues. True dat. Music, movies, social mores and manners, video games, internet content, and more still. Yes, some of that opinion comes with age. But, still, even if I were still just out of my teens, I would feel that a lot of what confronts us on a daily basis is or should be very concerning. Many societies have unraveled right along with their moral and social fabrics. It’s true, you can look it up.
Our politicians, all of them, grow seemingly more and more distant and separated from the rest of us. What is good for us is seldom, if ever, good for them as well. That also has historical equivalents that you can research if you care to do so. Ever heard of Chicago? Or, wait, ever heard of Detroit?
Gaps continue to grow- between rich and poor, black and white, young and old, Democrat and Republican, city and state, state and federal, men and women, citizen and immigrant (illegal or not)… Why are there so many dividers and so few uniters out there these days?
We get more and more lazy and ambivalent with each passing year.
Our schools continue to underperform and blame it on a lack of funds that even when given, which they really have been and in an enormous amount, do not wind up going directly toward actual teaching and learning, not into helping our kids and schools to improve and our country as a final result.
Our churches grow more empty as their call or demand for money to worship grows. If it just takes tithing to get to heaven just let me know the final bill and I will pay it directly to the Lord. I can pay by card, check or cash. Not sure if He takes PayPal but the churches probably do.
Our youth seem to be less informed as to the real problems and the real truths than ever before but, again, maybe that is just age speaking. Ever talk to them?
We enjoy safety and privacy less and less as our societies crumble and our government and its supervisory power grows. Each and every day. Deny that as well?
I could go on. You could as well.
On the whole are we better off? Those who want to continue to change things in a very left or liberal, if you will, direction say no and use that as an excuse to continue to drive for change in that very direction. They do this because they do not realize what they are doing- this has been said. Those of us on the other side may realize but then do nothing.
We are Americans, we live in America, and so many out there have never been exposed to anything less than a safe and insulated existence. Perhaps locked forever at university or maybe in the basement of the house where they grew up- and never plan to leave.
Security blankets. Once they are provided they are extremely difficult to take away. And those who have them will not slowly feel their removal but more likely will one day face total shock and disbelief when they are abruptly yanked away. Ever had a kid with a blankey?
Wake up America. Wake up and rise up and stand for what is good and pure and right. We were not formed to come to this point. I will never believe that. We were formed for far better things. Things got a bit hijacked along the way.
Do you disagree? Are we in a good place or headed in the right direction? Yes? Really? You really believe that? Wow.
Guess it’s hard to see with that blanket pulled over your head.