America is still worth fighting for
| December 23rd, 2009There is a lot of negative talk going on lately about how America is that cause of all the world’s problems. I disagree with this statement 100%. America is the solution to the world’s problems. The American experiment that started more than 200 years ago has worked and will continue to work if the citizens of this great country continue to get involved.
Since the creation of the United States Constitution, America has had one constitution. Other countries around the world have had many different constitutions over the same period. Doesn’t that sound like a good thing? The American style of government works and will continue to work if people wake up to this fact.
America is all about individual freedom. Individuals drive this country to greatness. Everyone working in their own interest is in the interest in the entire American population. That is how the government was set up over 200 years ago. The Founders knew that letting the individual make decisions about his well being was in the best interest of the whole. If you want to talk about a Utopia I believe that this is the Utopia everyone is looking for. It may not be the Utopia most people think about when they hear the word, but if you really think about it America is the world’s Utopia.
If capitalist America is the cause of all the problems in the world, why does everyone beg the United States for help? If capitalism is so bad, why do we pledge billions of dollars to help the world’s poor? Why is roughly 5% of the world’s population the greatest superpower that the world has every seen? When other countries have failed, America has stepped up to help.
The government of America was set to allow the individual to choose what is best for him/her. The Founders knew what happens when the government has complete control over the individual, which is why they built into the constitution restrictions on how much power the federal government could have.
Freedom has been handed to most Americans. Most of us have never had to fight in the name of freedom; we were born with it and we take advantage of it. We, for the longest time, have been ignorant to what it is like to live without freedom. Freedom is defined as exemption from external control, interference, regulation, etc. Now the government is in a position to start interfering with the lives of its citizens. The government that was set up to protect freedom is now taking freedom away in the name of equality, security, and compassion. Nothing is compassionate about taking away the freedom of individuals.
The American government has been infiltrated by ideologies that do not agree with the tradition of America. These ideologies take away freedom rather than give it. These ideologies do not believe in the individual.
Some people have a problem for every solution. This is what is going on in the government today. The solution has been in place for over 200 years and the people now in power create problems to combat the solution. What is going on today does not make any sense at all.
Even with everything that is happening today, America is still worth fighting for. America has always been and always will be worth fighting for. No matter what happens in the next three years with this radical, out of control administration, America will still be here ready to lead the world. Do not get depressed with what is going on in the government, get involved instead. Get excited about working to fix these problems. Get excited about getting involved. Get your family and friends to speak out and use the tools of democracy and freedom to take action.
America will always be worth fighting for!!
