I heard a relative say MAGA is stupid. When was America ever great? This relative is not stupid about most things. About this we will have to disagree. Lack of knowledge must be the problem. I hear others question if America was great; why the homelessness?; why the poor educational standing among western nations?.
This is NOT a treatise on the greatness of the U.S.A. and certainly not one on its perfection. To have perfect nations everyone in them must be perfect. Good luck with that. In a free country you will see a wide spectrum of human character and activity.
The U.S. is a one of a kind experiment in freedom. It has and will be as imperfect as its people. But to say America is totally evil or that it has never been great is foolishness. It comes from cherry picking only certain things in our history and defining us with this incomplete data. It is like going to a buffet that has a great selection of meats, vegetables, salads, desserts, etc. At that buffet you get salad and crackers and complain that there is no meat. Only because it is not on your plate.
If all you focus on are America’s imperfections you will be blind the its greatness. EVERY country is imperfect but the U.S. was founded out of a dream and a promises of freedom and opportunity. Its tragectory over history continues towards those goals.
Some say the greatness in America is in its military, and it is great. Some believe the politicians, generals, and the ultra rich made America great. Some helped. Some had the opposite effect. The blessing of God and the numbers of great “regular” people have been the prime movers for American greatness.
sLet us look at just some of those people. And just for fun lets look at a variety of people. First, our war heroes are a diverse group. From the hills of Tennessee came Alvin York. From a poverty ridden part of Texas came Audie Murphy. From a rough childhood because of his Yaqui/Mexican heritage came Roy Benavidez. From the internment camps came the Japanese American heroes of the 442nd combat group of World War Two. Let us not forget the Tuskegee airmen fighting for freedoms not yet seen.
There are so many more. (If those names mean nothing to you. LOOK THEM UP.) But the regular folks from all over the world came here for opportunity and freedom. They still do. I truly believe the regular people with their faith in God and faith in themselves are the heroes of America.
Outside forces have not been able to destroy us. If we are destroyed it will be because our people wish it so. What do you want? What do you think?
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