By Franklin County resident Larry Wiwi
Obama used to tell us America needs to be “transformed” and now it is Biden and the likes of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (AOC) and Bernie Sanders, and if you are in that camp you are in need of some serious education.
Is America perfect? Of course not, no country is nor ever shall be because they are comprised of and run by imperfect people, but as compared to the rest of the world and human history, the United States really is the Shining City on the Hill described by Ronald Reagan.
Let’s start with the big ones – slavery: Yes the United States was founded with slavery recognized in the Constitution. Slavery was common in the world at the time and many of the Founders had serious opposition to slavery but also knew that without it, the southern states would not join the new nation and without the south they had no chance of success. The United States also had a mechanism for removing slavery and over 600,000 Americans, mostly white, died doing just that.
The innovation and wealth generated with our free market capitalism, that socialist /Marxists like Sanders, AOC and Black Lives Matter, so despise is exactly what enabled the United Stated to save Europe from itself in two world wars in the 20th century and shield them from Soviet communist domination in the post war years.
You think the Democrats have the blueprint for how America should be transformed? Let’s look at their track record. This is the party that:
- Tried to get Lincoln to negotiate peace with the Confederate south which would have perpetuated slavery on the continent
- In the aftermath of the Civil War created a violent wing known as the KKK.
- Established all of the Jim Crow laws they now brag about ending
- Interned Japanese American citizens during WWII, but took no similar actions against Americans with German heritage – a bit of racism perhaps?
- Now promotes open borders, socialism, and domestic chaos – if you have any doubt look at the state of affairs in cities and states that have been dominated by Democrats for many years.
If you really take the time to learn the real history of this country as it really happened, warts and all, you cannot help but admire it and fall in love with it. If after learning the real history, you still want to burn it down, it is time to get your head straight or perhaps it is time for you to move to a socialist utopia like Cuba or China – good luck with that….
Larry Wiwi