Is America now a beacon or a side show?

SERIOUS NATIONS WATCH AS AMERICA DETERIORATES INTO A FOLLY OF INTROSPECTION AND SELF FLAGELLATION

ARE WE NOW A COUNTRY TO BE EMULATED OR AN EXAMPLE TO BE REJECTED?

As America rejects its history, its culture, and the principles of opportunity, it is becoming much like watching a immature, undisciplined, self centered, self absorbed beneficiary of a large inheritance squander it all on worthless and destructive pursuits.

I've watched several example of such situations of individuals who do much of what America is doing now, they all ended badly, even when those people really had no enemies who were willing to help them reach their end more quickly. We have many enemies, both within and of course outside, who are willing to further enable this country to squander over 200 years of human progress on an endless period of self examination, that seeks to reward and punish certain groups, mostly determined by race or national origin. Just the opposite of the principles that made this country, once the envy of the world. 

While many still want to come here because it is better than were they are now, is it for opportunity or the promise of a guaranteed minimum sustenance? Are more and more Americans willing to give up on freedom of opportunity in exchange for a promise of minimum sustenance with little risk or discomfort? If this is the case, then the American experiment is over. The present generation has squandered the inheritance, and  poverty and self destruction are on the horizon. It seems we are about to witness the internal cannibalization of the successful in the pursuit of equity.

Equity can never be achieved by government action and likely is an impossible dream. There never has been equity in this world. The closest you can get  is a situation were the entire nation is in poverty and just trying to survive. Is that what this country will have to experience to overcome inequality of result? Remember, equal opportunity has been the goal of this country, equality of result is impossible.  While never perfect and always requiring hard work and perseverance, freedom of opportunity is uplifting to the human experience, dependence is a form of devolution and will lead to the moral, social decline and destruction. 

We see an immigration policy that will overload the social system of the country. A social system that is already stretched due to the pandemic and policies that discourage work and encourage dependence. Handing out checks in a scattershot fashion, rather than targeting those effected by the shutdowns has created a disincentive to work that is now evident with a plaque of call-off and no shows to the point that some businesses have had to close due to lack of staff. There is a severe shortage of workers that are drug free, willing to arrive when scheduled and willing to work. They will not be replaced with uneducated immigrants who do not have the skills or command of the language to be successful.

It seems the emphasis is on the internal social policies of the country. Policies that are meant to divide and create hostility. Polices that create division. It seems we are putting into place policies that have been used in recent time to overthrow governments around the world. Have the architects of regime change around the world, now put their focus on the United States creating an environment of chaos and instability in the hope of transforming the political system of the country? Or are the leaders of our country just stupid?

So far the same has been the focus in foreign relations, in a meeting with China, the focus was placed on the social polices of China, rather than trade, intellectual theft and military confrontation. The Chinese just blew the whole meeting off as an unserious endeavor, using the opportunity to criticize our own social policies and election integrity. At the same time the ongoing demonization and verbal attacks on Russia have escalated to a point where relations are the lowest point since the cold war. It has now reached the point were it likely that Russia, who has mostly considered the insults as political theater, will respond in an active way when opportunity is realized. 

As we fragment, divide and enter a period of chaos and instability our enemies, many who we have created, will have the opportunity to help us on our way.  They will not have to use military power to destroy this American experiment, we are doing quite well at doing it ourselves.