To do profoundly better – abroad and at home – the USA will draw upon the good nature and resilience of the people to define a new America. People are rising to the occasion, demanding government responsibility, in the face of rampant political immorality and aggression.
As soon as today, the DOJ is asking a grand jury to indict Trump for violating the espionage act and obstruction. They contend that Mr. Trump has wrongly engaged in āgathering, transmitting or losingā any āinformation respecting the national defenseā. This suggests accountability is coming and that people are doing their important jobs. This is but an example of American restoration, albeit a good one.
Return to Core American Values
American values set the tone and direction, starting in the neighborhoods and counties, across America, and over the world. But on all fronts the country has been diverted and lost its way. This regression shows up in the prevailing culture, in the overabundance of politicking and undermining of good government. The USA will return to at least a semblance of it’s stature by honoring the democracy upon which it was founded and through which it flourished. Certainly democracy can be improved, and it will not fall to autocracy. If only we want it, can be open minded, and try.
Since the end of WWII, the USA has been manipulating the left-right options. Inexorably, over the decades since the last world-defining war, the prevailing decisions of America’s government have moved the country to the “right”. Establishment politics are driving us to an autocratic state. Bipartisanship has led the country, increasingly away from the tenants of democracy, into autocracy – or call it fascism.
More Humanitarian and Less Predatory
In the following graph, socialism is humanitarian and capitalism is predatory. Maybe it is not necessary to quibble over labels, given all the emotion and perceived interests they imply. But this is the battle line; it is the quintessential factor effecting the ability to “do the right thing”. Even if it finally gets to the streets, America will be demanding an economic engine that serves broad humanity, not the elite capitalist gangsters. Every issue or problem created and being faced is a function of this decision.
This graphic shows where patriotic efforts will take the USA, assuming we the people want to remain a democracy. It implies a break from moral turpitude and greed, toward love and humanity. As always, elitists, establishment politicians, and the wannabe’s will laugh and fight ferociously. But the laugh is getting a bit terse. The times are different and there is a wide deep awakening taking place.
Independent voters and candidates will have outsized importance in the coming presidential campaign
Old conclusions, such as independents cannot win and contentions that independents just represent a vote for the opposition, mean less than usual in the current state of electoral affairs. Independents represent the battleline where America breaks from the self-defeating and increasingly insane politics.
America knows Trump and Biden are not best or even decent for the people and the country. As the de facto presidential candidates, these men will not even debate. America should not stand for them and must fight for better. So, to do profoundly better, there must be better voting options. The controlling corporate-political duopoly must fall.
To do Better, consider Refreshing Truth-telling Candidates
Noteworthy as an independent presidential candidate is humanitarian philosopher Cornel West introduced here. Unlike Bernie Sanders, Dr. West thinks the Democratic party is unrecoverable. He is an unadulterated change agent. Also unlike Bernie, Mr. West seems unwilling to fund more war machinery.
Robert Kennedy Jr. might as well be an independent, given the way the Democratic party has studiously ignored and maligned his candidacy. Kennedy has significant insights and deserves to be fully heard, as comes clear in this 90 minute video. Or listen to this one. You will hear a man with deep knowledge across vital issues. You will come away understanding why Democrats fear him and Republicans are drawn to him.
In fact, Dr. West and RFK Jr. are being heard through less mainstream channels. They are smart and able to openly speak, reflecting unvarnished truth. People, especially youth, are eagerly seeking them out, youth who still want the same changes promised by Obama and Trump. Biden has zero credibility, no matter how he again makes the same promises; he is not going to tax the rich or dissuade Christian nationalism; they own him. Biden’s age is not the problem. In fact, people of age must step up if the youngers are to succeed and have a future.
To Do Profoundly Better…
Be open to (and expect) better leadership. Join the growing throng that sees bipartisan extremism for what it is. Step up against predatory capitalism, not accepting war as the means and the end. Beware the neocons and neoliberal gangsters along the way.