06/27/2024
Read this. You will be wiser for it. My own thoughts, not copied, not borrowed. Like Nate Ross in 2032
As we enter debate season tonight, let's stay civil, love our neighbors, and try to obtain understanding. The reason we have found so many things to argue about is largely because we have so many things to begin with. We have so many things that it is truly impossible for every person to like every thing we have at our disposal. Our options in every segment of American life are a blessing that much of the world envy and strives for. If we all had nothing, no resources, no rights, no options, no freedoms, we would all get along much better, sadly, as there would be no difference among us. There would be nothing to work for, nothing to obtain, nothing to improve. We would all share a suffering much greater than any of our current divisions. Much of our fighting comes from access to our good things, or the lack thereof. I do believe that regardless of personal politics that we all largely want the same things. That we have so much more in common than the news wants us to believe. We all want opportunity, a fair shake. We want reasonable shelter, sustainable and affordable food, safety for our families, and to be treated with respect and dignity. We want to walk outside, wave good morning to our neighbors, and have reliable transportation to a reasonable job. We all want to see our next generation do better than we have. I do believe that humans inherently want peace. That want for peace gets heavily tarnished under a constant barrage of agenda driven media coverage, drawing imaginary lines between us, feeding us partial and distorted information in such a condensed and repetitive manner that a form of brainwashing takes place. All sides are guilty of this. They strategically pour it on in a fashion that can be easily echoed throughout our communities by people who simply don't know better and don't have time to fully understand the dynamics of the viewpoints they are being fed. We as a population have largely taken these headlines as gospel, magnified, and spread them throughout the nation. We will always have natural differences in opinion. We all come from unique experiences, and communication leads to understanding. Communication doesn't mean we will come to an agreement, but today's climate of screaming down those who disagree with you is clearly pulling us further apart. People want a fair chance to earn it on their own, more than they want a handout, but once the handouts become the norm, it's hard to convince someone to work for their desires. People largely know they will never get rich from a handout, a controlled and low quality of life provided by the government, which is simply a middleman in taking money from one group and giving it to another. We all want and need opportunity. To get everyone that opportunity, it will take investment. Investment from those who currently have more. That's simply a fact of good economics. You can't print money or tax people into prosperity. Every dollar we spend today is taxation without representation, as we are so deeply in debt that this today's spending is borrowed money from a generation who isn't even born yet. Thus, they have no say in the matter. Having not chosen any representation, they will simply be left to clean up a mess not of their own doing. With that said, it's an investment well worth it if done correctly. It betters hurting communities, making them able to sustain themselves into the future. It breaks the cycle of constantly funding handouts. The betterment of our suffering communities improves health, reduces crime, further educates that segment of the population leading to a more productive labor force and possibly most important of all, it lets our neighbors live a better quality of life, bringing with that a higher moral standard and appreciative relationship with God. The foundation of our land. Don't be fooled tonight by a handful of soundbites, a desk full of left and right wing news salespeople. Boil the issues down in your heart, ask reasonable people questions, and be open to listening. Get wisdom, and with all thine getting, get understanding. No matter what the news tells you, nobody wants to fight all day, every day, to no resolution. The people on T.V. will act like the children in the room, make them not the standard by how you conduct yourself. You live in the real world, and they do not. Go like the page, and go like the good things we have and the opportunity to share and improve them.