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Originally Posted by Ashley Weed
I see that exactly as one of the major flaws within America's society today. Being that American's are not proud. If individuals will not stand up for what our original founders wanted us to represent, then why do people continue to flock here? Why do individuals stay here? America is about freedom. I see opportunity after opportunity, I was fortunate enough to be one of the first few generations of my family to be born here, and I would die for her. She provides so much to so many, yet so many will not provide for her. I think they need to have an emphasis in the new draft write up that ALL Americans holding citizenship will be drafted.
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Thankfully, being proud of our country at all times isn’t a necessary precondition for being an American citizen. I believe that blind love and not questioning authority are more of a threat to this country than almost anything else. If you just go with the flow you’re just going to get your rights taken away (Sedition Act of 1918, Patriot Act, etc.), or you’ll end up fighting in some desert or jungle at the very best to save face to the rest of the world.
If you want to talk about standing up for what our founding fathers stood for then why do political parties exist after George Washington warned against them in his farewell address? The world has changed in many ways since 1776 and we should not be confined to the ideas and ideals of the 18th century. Doing so would only doom our country to fall sometime in the future. We must always adapt.
There are lots of reasons people come to America. A lot of people flock to America for better wages than they would make in their old country. They also come to America to practice their religion in the way that they want, and not just to the point that their old country allows. People come for better education for their families. This just scratches the surface of reasons people come here, but I don’t think people are always coming to America just because they think we’re doing the right thing with regard to the rest of the world. It would be a foolhardy mistake to believe that a country’s legal and illegal immigration rates equate to how well liked or supported that country is by the rest of the world.
America provides some limited assistance to those in need, but apparently second chances for all is not what America is about. If America was dedicated to assisting those in need there would be government sponsored healthcare for everyone inside our borders, the credit card companies and banks wouldn’t be allowed to push a “Bankruptcy Reform” bill through congress that would gut bankruptcy and make it impossible to get out from under the draconian shadow of MBNA, CitiGroup, et al. There are lots of problems with our country and the worst things that could be done are to ignore them, just talk about how great we are, or assume that things are good enough and shouldn’t need to be changed.