Posted by
MICHAEL HERNANDEZ on Saturday, November 22, 2008 7:00:00 PM
The election is now over, and it is easy to reflect on the changes america will go through over the next 4 years. Although I believe america is still a center right nation, as shown even in california, with Prop 8 passing california by a comfortable margin, the ignorance in this country is frightening. Having spoken to many of are young people, it's quite alarming how uninformed they about the simplest of things. For example, who is the controlling party in congress, who is the governor of your state, who is the vice president of the United States, and so on, and so on. Our nation has gone through some incredible changes. Quite honestly, not for the best.
Alexander Fraser Tytler has been credited for pointing out the all great nations have a cycle of life:
From bondage to spiritual faith
From spiritual faith to great courage
From courage to liberty
From Liberty to abundance
From abundance to complacency
From complacency to apathy
From apathy to dependence
From dependence back to bondage
Now, take a good look at our history as a nation, and determine for yourself where we are as a nation. I think you would agree that we are on the downside as a nation. I here most often, I don't know and I don't care. Sounds like we are definitely somewhere between apathy and dependence. Apathy because people don't care and just don't know, dependence because we are in so much debt, we need the chinese help to pay our bills. Not good. We have done it to ourselves, Sleep well america.