Traditionally, American Democracy has been thought of as innovative because the founding principles of this union of states laid the foundation and security that birthed a unique middle class and insured it’s existence.
We are no longer considered innovative.
While noticing the disappearance of the American middle class, I have casually recorded the evolution of the “Self Help” industry and with it’s ever increasing success I can’t help but notice how lost the average individual feels.
Without stability we will continue to feel lost.
I have long thought of America in terms of adolescence. When compared to the lengthy history of other cultures, America is still a teenager.
Like many young adults, we value instant gratification over viable long term solutions, we view ourselves at the center of every world situation, we believe that we are invincible, we act out when we don’t get our way, and we lie so that we may represent ourselves as something other than who we are rather than embracing our true selves.
We are White, Black, Brown, Hispanic, Asian, Middle Eastern, European, and Other. We come from everywhere. We are gay, straight, and bi. We are cross-dressers and people who just like to be spanked. We are fat and skinny. We are every size in between. We are Muslim, Christian, Buddhist, Jewish, Catholic, Atheist, and Agnostic. We are greedy, kind, glutinous, and compassionate, and we live together. We live together.
My wish for America is that we will transcend this chapter in our evolution and strive to mature as a country—by doing so we will earn the renewed respect of the world we live in.
We must begin the arduous process of evaluating who we have become as a society and then we must decide who we want to be so that we may move forward together as a nation unified.
In order to better care for our society—in order to make positive changes in our society, we must accept our society.
It’s time we turn the page to begin a new chapter in American Democracy by recognizing who we are NOW, then begin adjusting our lives and our laws to better represent the best version of who we are—so that we may present that image to the rest of the world and maintain that image so that we are consistently who we say we are from this day forward. The world must trust us once again. Our future is dependent upon it.
Perhaps, I should be writing about the good things in America—right now is not that time.
In the following pages I will ask for numerous programs to be created and or reformed. The programs and or the reforms I discuss in this letter are suggestions for how you might begin to light the way toward a better life for ALL of America.
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