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Fears of the Future
MEG:
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I was led to your web page and other related ones
out of an awareness that our country/world, and more importantly, nature, cannot
sustain the pace at which we are pushing life. I see a gradual though
increasingly expedited decline of what could potentially have been a great
society. I'm afraid we are too greedy and violent and it's too late for change
on a large scale. . .
Anon.
Yeah. I don't know. I'd like to
think that we can still change things. Guess I'm sort of stuck in that "Can
Do" American attitude thing. I believe that OTHER nations raise children
who grow to accept things the way they are, and then make do with what they get.
Americans raise children who take things the way they are, and change them to
the way they SHOULD be. Perhaps it's a naive belief, but I think I'll stick to
it.
Our country, our society, and our
world are messed up. That's a fact. But we can make a difference. Together or on
our own, we can take the initiative and force things to change. The entire
history of our Nation is predicated on never accepting second best. Certainly,
our government is no longer a true Representative government of those who think
like you and I, but it IS representative of the majority of its citizens. Our
recent ancestors had the snot kicked out of them and the will drained from them
by the depression era government programs, the mistakes of racial oppression,
the civil rights slaughters, and the baby boomer's social reconstructionism.
Americans were not cut out to
stand in a line for government subsidies, and the American government was not
created to give them. We were born a nation who stood tall and took charge of
our own destinies, owned up to our own mistakes, and paid cash on the barrel
head for what we needed or wanted. We helped our own and those in need, without
having to turn to Uncle Sam for assistance. We stood on the tops of the highest
mountains, where few men dared to go, and shouted "Look at ME! I am an
AMERICAN!" and the whole world listened and wanted to be one of us.
This is not a heritage that I am
willing to give up, lightly. Sure there were grave mistakes - from the very
beginning - but the concept was valid. A nation of men, respecting mankind, but
not taking guff from anyone. I often wonder what kind of a nation we would now
be if Thomas Jefferson had been allowed to keep the passage regarding slavery in
the final draft of our Declaration. If slavery had been abolished with that
document, the creation of our Nation would have been flawless and pure. I truly
believe that this single compromise has lead us directly to the government we
are experiencing now.
Inspiration cannot coexist with
hypocrisy. It turns truth into lies, ideals into schemes, and goals into idle
suggestions. It's been almost 250 years and we still haven't resolved that
initial error in judgment.
But I believe that, scattered
throughout America, there exists a core group of people who still know the
meaning of being an American. We know that being an American has nothing to do
with the pigmentation of skin, the locality of birth, or the economic condition
in which we live. We know that being an American is the implementation of a
philosophy of life that transcends the barriers of society. An attitude that
demands self-responsibility and self-determination and will accept nothing less
from their fellow man. We are proud. We are free. And we will not compromise our
values to appease those who refuse to act like the men they were meant to be.
Whew! Stop me, somebody - please!
I also have some foreboding feelings about the
near future (independent of talk about the millennium, prophesy, and so on). I
think that catastrophe on a large scale cannot help but come, whether it be tomorrow
or 100 years from now. It would be a great shame of humanity to waste the
advances in wisdom, knowledge, art, science, etc., because of foolishness and
greed. So preparation is in order, futile or not. . .
Well, I can't help but agree with
you. I'm beginning to think this Y2K thing will be bad. I don't know how bad the
actual event will be, but I believe that, if it isn't bad enough to suit certain
folks, these same folks will attempt to make it worse. I think people are
frustrated. I think they are disgusted with themselves, their lifestyle, their
government and their society. I think they believe the future is a bland and
dreary place without any hope of kick-starting it back into action. I think they
will grab the ring and run with it, regardless of the misery their actions will
produce. They want to feel in control of their destiny, and have no way of
expressing it within the society they've created. So they are willing to destroy
everything for the opportunity to create something new.
The problem is, I don't think
they have a clue about what they want, or how to go about achieving it.
They just want out. Once they get there, they'll be as helpless as a two year
old in a blizzard.
I don't really blame them for
feeling this way, but the world is NOT ready for a collapse. It won't be able to
deal with it. The "status quo" society will overwhelm the initiators
and eradicate them in their fit of panic. Then we'll either wind up with
something much worse, or find we have to start all over again.
By now we should have colonized
near space, the moon, Mars, and begun exploring neighboring solar systems. We
should be using clean fuels and producing enough food to feed every man, woman,
and child on the face of the earth. There should be no homeless, save those who
prefer to wander because that is what makes them happy. America could have
- and should have - accomplished all of this and more, by now. But somewhere
along the line, we lost our way. Somewhere in the 20's or 30's or 40's or 50's
we lost our vision and our will to exceed the accomplishments of the previous
generations. Somewhere along the line we became content with a corporate America,
interested only in what could make our work-a-day lives easier, appearing no
better or worse than the next guy, and never standing out in a crowd.
Personally, I think we've been
manipulated and purposely held back. I think there are inventors and inventions
somewhere out there that would blow us all away with their wondrousness, if not
for the fact that they've been shuttled away into some dark corner.
Everybody's got to have at least
one conspiracy theory. I think it's the law. <G>
I just read over the last paragraph and scared
myself, (the use of English) -- Please be advised that I don't talk like that,
ain't no way, too many big words! But I do think like it.
Good God, man! Never apologize
for excellence! Who taught you to do that? You should hunt them down and slap
them silly, immediately! You've got the largest and most complex brain on this
planet for a reason - use it.
You probably won't hear from me again till I get
settled, once I do you will. Please take care.
You do the same! Good luck with
the transfer. Try and take my little rants and raves with a grain of salt, too,
eh?
MEG Raven
Webmaster & Chief Muckabout
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