Baseball, hot dogs, apple pie, and Oldsmobile!!! Lose any one of these, and we no longer have the country I was so privileged to be born in. Polish, Russian, and German grandparents came here for what this country was. They would not recognize this place.
There we go, lol. My family was a blending of original inhabitants, both Naive American and European, with later German immigrants for good measure. My ancestors would think this was another planet entirely.
Thank you. We need all the compatriots we can find in this. If anyone can repair this it will be kindred spirits. Supposed to be what America is based on.
Good post thanks. Interesting slants. You bring up cultural distinctions. One is how closely our Constitution is to the British predecessor. This is important.
Our founding ancestors were in fact British subjects of the King up until they rebelled and succeeded in separating from Britain. This is why I believe the Revolution is best viewed as a Civil War. Much like where many of us find ourselves today. We find we stand against the actions and philosophy of our government and it helps me to understand both our history and our current troubles in that light.
No matter how a Constitution is written - Britain's or our own - and whether we can put it in our pockets or not - when it ceases to mean something to the people it is useless. As it was to our British ancestors at the outset and as ours lies largely useless and misunderstood today.
To me it is cultural through all the things that culture provides or fails to provide. The bottom line is a failure to pay attention to the fundamental unit of any culture - the individual within the family. That and education are the biggies.
When the government runs the education system diversity dies and the health and wealth of the culture with it. But to change it now - incredibly difficult to imagine I agree.
Baseball, hot dogs, apple pie, and Oldsmobile!!! Lose any one of these, and we no longer have the country I was so privileged to be born in. Polish, Russian, and German grandparents came here for what this country was. They would not recognize this place.
There we go, lol. My family was a blending of original inhabitants, both Naive American and European, with later German immigrants for good measure. My ancestors would think this was another planet entirely.
You clearly received much wisdom. We are definitely kindred spirits.
Thank you. We need all the compatriots we can find in this. If anyone can repair this it will be kindred spirits. Supposed to be what America is based on.
Good post thanks. Interesting slants. You bring up cultural distinctions. One is how closely our Constitution is to the British predecessor. This is important.
Our founding ancestors were in fact British subjects of the King up until they rebelled and succeeded in separating from Britain. This is why I believe the Revolution is best viewed as a Civil War. Much like where many of us find ourselves today. We find we stand against the actions and philosophy of our government and it helps me to understand both our history and our current troubles in that light.
No matter how a Constitution is written - Britain's or our own - and whether we can put it in our pockets or not - when it ceases to mean something to the people it is useless. As it was to our British ancestors at the outset and as ours lies largely useless and misunderstood today.
To me it is cultural through all the things that culture provides or fails to provide. The bottom line is a failure to pay attention to the fundamental unit of any culture - the individual within the family. That and education are the biggies.
When the government runs the education system diversity dies and the health and wealth of the culture with it. But to change it now - incredibly difficult to imagine I agree.
A constitution cannot be written. Unlived words have no life.
Well said. Yes language is either vibrantly lived or it essentially loses power - becomes a tool of psychopaths seeking power. Snake oil salesmen.