This country allows another country’s language to take over in front of its eyes. Seymour Lipset, the renowned historian, said, “The histories of bilingual and bi-cultural societies that do not assimilate are histories of turmoil, tension and tragedy. Current day France stands as a formidable precursor for America.”
All the while, Americans recline dumb and apathetic on their sofas while gazing at inane NFL games, drinking beer and gobbling pizzas.
With continued lack of participation, America’s best days fade in her rearview mirrors. With 460,000 military personnel in 120 countries, America resembles an empire. Every empire in history decayed from within. In the early 21st century, America hobbles off the world stage--overrun by the hordes at the gates, indolent world conquests and bankrupted economically with power that no longer enjoys relevance.
It’s been said that, “Dying empires cling until the very end to the outward trappings of power. They mask their weakness behind a costly and technologically advanced military. They pursue increasingly unrealistic imperial ambitions. They stifle dissent with efficient and often ruthless mechanisms of control. The creeds and noble ideals of the nation become empty clichés used to justify acts of greater plunder, corruption and violence. By the end, there is only a raw lust for power and few willing to confront it.”
Bush’s war proves such plunder. The “War on Drugs” manifests unending meaninglessness. This nation’s debt spirals into the dungeons of despair.
The most damning signs of this degrading republic manifest faster if Hillary Rodham Clinton becomes president. We will see the presidency controlled by two families in the last 24 years. In that time, the middle class vanished while the top one percent amassed more wealth than the bottom 90 percent. That renders signs of an oligarchy in power.
Common citizens stagger daily under massive debt while funding hundreds of military bases worldwide while one president declares wars on nations 10,000 miles away. In the meantime, democratic freedoms diminish (Patriot Act) in the name of national security. U.S. infrastructure erodes as millions of illegal foreign men, women and children fracture education systems, health care, prisons and public housing.
Job wise, congressional leaders outsourced, insourced and offshored three million American jobs in the past 10 years. Detroit lost 60,000 manufacturing jobs in the past 24 months. Congress didn’t blink!
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