I think our country is experiencing one of the most critical
periods in its history since the Civil
War. Our country has experienced
and has grown out of the hot foundries of disagreement but most generally it
has involved separation of our populace by one or two subjects. Not so today.
Our country and our society is being torn apart by the fragmentation
caused by the rule of minority* thought and purpose. (* groups of sync-think)
Through the megaphone of social media, entertainment, and
political agenda we are being changed from the one strong nation woven as a
strong rope, into a weak and vulnerable handful of individual threads. We are no longer standing alongside our fellow
citizens we are now excluding those who do not think, look or act in accordance
with our choices of right and wrong, good and bad, beneficial and evil. Somewhere along the line of time some of
those in our society have chosen to pick and choose what part of our historical
norms and mores should be passed on to those who will inherit the residual of
what we once were. We have been
bombarded by factions striving for a hearing for acceptance of their particular
activity or proclivity by the rest of us.
Right and wrong are being compressed, by each small group, into small
boxes of acceptance rather than looking for a way to allow people to live and
let live.
Patriotism, religion, family, law enforcement, military,
international protectionism, traditional marriage, capitalism, fidelity,
honesty, and the differentiation of the sexes are a few of the societal systems
under the attack. Some are pursuing
their goals with a single voice and some find ways to yell out their demands
within a larger alliance of groups. The
power of collective dissatisfaction is now able to be voiced in the language of
political correctness, a tool being effectively used to silence any form of
discussion. One of the most important
books in my life is “As a man thinketh”.
The premise is simply that we are each what we believe at our core. Unfortunately our national society is no
longer united which has resulted in a nation that no longer defines its greater
purpose on our planet through agreement.
What the people think is no longer predicated on the “we” but the “me”. Where we once prized difference of opinion,
as a tool of growth and invention, our ingenuity is now stifled by political correctness. The fact of the matter is this: The control
of our future as a country lies in the hands of those shaping the belief
systems of our children. Those educating
these young minds have an obligation to teach the facts, teach the ability to
choose direction through discernment not through ideology and indoctrination.
The current state of our divided beliefs has resulted in an
election process that is no longer for the good of all of us in our country but
is not focused on those groups of “sync-think” that will help one or another
get elected to office. Elections are no
longer about service to the whole but rather the benefits to the individuals as
a means to obtaining votes. In effect
this is sort of a bribe system. This has
weakened our country economically, militarily, educationally, and morally. Most certainly our interactions with one
another individually and collectively have been damaged.
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