I have had some wonderfully thoughtful debates on Facebook in recent days. I have had a number of thoughts that I wanted to capture. I don't have the time elucidate, but I wanted to capture the thoughts for a future post...
The dichotomy between the tea-party conservatives and socialist leaning liberals. The extremists emerging from both camps leave little room for compromise or thoughtful discussion.
The world views America as an oddity. We are highly religious, technological advanced, fiercely independent, and incredibly nationalistic. They have criticized that culture incessantly for the past 50 years and it seems in recent to the point that some Americans have begun to think these points are valid.
Universal literacy and shared Christain values among the founding fathers. I believe this was a prerequisite condition for the democratic republic made up of citizen legislators they founded. The fact that this does not exist in many areas of the world today and we are losing this in today's America put our system at peril.
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