The Right Stuff – Representing American Policy
Deborah Venable
09/28/06
One
thought consistently surfaces as we sift through the analysis of American
policy – foreign and domestic. No one
can reasonably attempt to explain the evolution of modern American policy
decisions without asking, where is the sanity?
As we bury or ignore more and more of our history and culture, America
seems destined to become just one more failed experiment in the quest for truth
and virtue in human society. We managed
to become the most powerful nation on the face of the planet in a relatively
short span of time – not through any accident.
But if we stay powerful at all it will require more of the “right stuff”
than we ever had to use before.
Modern
policy decisions in this country are the stuff of futuristic sci-fi from days
gone by. The thought that it would ever
be necessary to track the personal movements and activities of American
citizens to the extent that they are increasingly being tracked would have
seemed an abomination to the American generations that fought the first and
second World Wars – right up through the internment of Japanese-Americans after
the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. At
least some sanity existed to support even that questionable policy decision –
more so than many of the decisions to handle non-citizen interlopers, who have
no allegiance to America, with kid gloves at the expense of well-deserving,
innocent citizens with multi-generational American lineage.
On
the domestic front, too many Americans aren’t interested enough in running
their own affairs, taking care of their own families, being responsible for
their own health and financial well-being to bother with bulldogging the policy
decisions that take more and more of our freedoms to do these things away from
us. Government, in all its entities,
does not see itself as a servant of the people any more, let alone a service to
the people and controlled by the people.
Government
sees itself as the answer to all human problems, as long as no one actually has
to get his hands dirty to attend to those problems. Government sees itself as the clearinghouse for all human
endeavors, the “parent” through which all permissions must be granted, the
brain from which all communications must pass.
I’ve
often said that we, the people, are the problem with our government. Unlike any other on earth, our government
still exists to do our bidding – not the other way around – but too many do not
see it that way. Perhaps, too many have
opted in for all these things, so that our government IS simply just doing our
bidding.
How
many folks do you know who actually want individual responsibility for their
outcomes?
How
many folks would rather go through life with no scapegoats to hang their every
failure on?
After
all, policy decisions are supposed to be driven by what the people want. Politicians are careful to watch the “polls”
and back up their actions with the results of those polls. Now, don’t make the mistake of thinking that
politicians actually CARE what you think – they don’t. There are a few who are only trying to keep
America afloat in a cesspool of moral decline and previous bad policy decisions
– but they can’t possibly cancel out the great majority, ensconced by our
choices, who are only interested in collecting from the public coffers as they
go about their self-serving power trips.
How
can a nation stand whose government is constantly ready to war against the
opposing party with more vigor than it employs with outside agitators? Democrats vs. Republicans (and vice versa) -
that’s the real game in town. Those in
charge of government policy run out on the field proudly wearing their red and
blue jerseys and screaming the usual fight songs – and the fans go wild! Hey, teams – remember what your parents
always told you? “It’s not whether you
win or lose, it’s how you play the game.”
Good sportsmanship and all that.
Everybody wins in a common cause against those who would ruin the game
then.
When
does the “uniting under one flag” happen any more?
Election
season now runs all year round, every year.
American policy decisions – foreign and domestic are based on how they
would play out in the “next” election – not on what the people want or what
would be better for the country as a whole.
That’s what makes it so tough to fight a war, so tough to fix problems
caused from previous bad policy, so tough to remain at the top of the stack,
and so tough to find the right stuff needed to insure a bright future for
America and more of the world.
Policy
decisions are more likely to be made based on what the lowest common
denominator in human society insists on.
That would be those who are only interested in satisfying their own
interests in the here and now. Look up
our history and heritage and then tell me that is how this country was built.
Now
take a look at another form of government that admittedly is designed to
satisfy that lowest common denominator I mentioned.
Communism
- Marxism & The Communist
Manifesto
Communism, which is also described as "Revolutionary Proletarian
Socialism" or "Marxism," is both a political and economic
philosophy. The abridgment of Communism is enclosed in two primary writings:
(1) The Communist Manifesto,
which was first published in 1848 by Karl Marx, and (2) Principles of Communism, by Friedrich Engels. At the request of
the Communist League, an activist group they were members of, Marx and Engels
together authored The Communist
Manifesto. The main goal of The
Communist Manifesto was to focus on class struggle and motivate the
common people to riot. Even more so, it was designed to envision a model
government, whose economics would destroy the upper class - freeing the lower
class from tyranny. According to The
Communist Manifesto, Communism has ten essential planks:
·
Abolition of Private Property.
·
Heavy Progressive Income Tax.
·
Abolition of Rights of Inheritance.
·
Confiscation of Property Rights.
·
Central Bank.
·
Government Ownership of Communication and
Transportation.
·
Government Ownership of Factories and
Agriculture.
·
Government Control of Labor.
·
Corporate Farms and Regional Planning.
·
Government Control of Education.
Fundamentally, The Communist Manifesto was a
rebellion against the extreme poverty of the lower class.
Communism - Atheism and Amorality
Communism doesn't end with economic and political reform. By definition, it
further demands the abolition of both Religion and the Absolute Morality
founded upon Religion. The irony is that Communism supposedly attempts to
enhance civility within society, but removes all notions of Absolute Morality, the
very cornerstone of civility. Furthermore, after Communism is instituted by the
people, the system becomes Totalitarian, resulting in greater oppression of the
people it was designed to "serve." This fact is well documented
throughout the history of Communist nations.
For
further reading, continue from original
source.
You will find that those original planks are already filled in through past and present policy decisions. That may not scare the devil out of you, but it should if you have any sense of truth and virtue in American heritage. Did a majority of Americans actually wish to institute a communist government model within our own country or did these things come about because too many refused to take their responsibility for insuring the success of our Constitutional Republic far into the future? The ONLY thing that hasn’t been done to fully transpose America into a communist government is the overthrow via a violent rebellion.
Not
that there aren’t plenty who try to stir up enough discontent to make it
happen.
Every
election cycle we get a little closer to “selecting” a government without
allegiance to us. WE do this. Then we spend all the time till the next
election cycle complaining about what we installed. Then we do it all over again with few changes because, for some
reason or another, we refuse to take the time to “clean house” when it needs
it. I’m not talking about just shifting
“power”, if you want to call it that, from one party to the other. I’m talking about finding and promoting
individuals who deserve to be called “statesmen” and shunning those who only
wish to wield power to satisfy self-interest year after year.
Unhappy
with American policy decisions?
Shoulder your share of the blame and dare to look for more of the right
stuff. God knows we need it!