First of all is America weak like I'm going to assert? So, before I take off on a tirade on why America is weak let's review where we are strong as a nation. Is it the stock market? Is it our leaders? Is it our liquidity? Is it our crime rate in the cities? Is it our graduation rate from high school? Is it college debt? Is it our Congress? Is it our foreign affairs? Is is our taxing system? Is it our education system? Is it our health care for all? Is it our social security system? Is it our climate or is it our ozone level? Is it our forestry system? Is it our agriculture? ?Is it our stand on abortion? Is it our two party system? Is it our constitution? Or Bill of Rights? Or rules for impeaching a President or Governor? Is it accountability in our 24 different Federal agencies or our 1,200 State redundant regulatory agencies? And lastly is it our economy? Well my answer would be no to most of these and never on our financial condition. And there is truly disagreement based on partisan politics on a yes or no depending who you voted for. Confucius says chase two rabbits and you will not catch either, Impose a "Hunter" and the rabbits are going to hide and blame "Hunter" for everything. No President Biden isn't the blame for every no but surely isn't providing many yeses either. Would Trump or Musk be better? Can they lead us back into solvency and winning the trade war that has replaced a Putin War. Yes, however, in this mess that has evolved through 46 Presidencies and many successes needs a third option that in fact allows the independent swing vote to have a say for an alternative.
In the words of Pogo "I Looked for the problem and the problem is us". The underlying answer to our too obvious problems is calling them issues. Between who ... the McCoy's and the Hatfield's or maybe the right and the left, or conservative and liberal, or maybe Red or Blue, or Republicans and Democrats who will never agree on any or all of the above. Thereby dividing us into two tribes fighting for control of the American Dream. When a divided America can rise up and take the lead in front not from behind.
The adage of the golden rule is those with the gold shall rule. And they are. To them, it isn't about America it's about the middle class of the citizens splitting their vote that makes America weak. If there are ties, gridlock or a Pandemic, our two party system fails us, with corrupt political ads and policies never kept, nor even keep track of results. We do have third party tribes, as well, that attack our current system and fail to get enough votes to change America from Weak to Strong as we have always been. We did win two wars and now are running from a third. Some say it is strictly our new administration and that will change in November 2022 and others who thought and voted for a party that would pull us together as a team that won two wars. However, that didn't happen and its not working. A winning team is not divided into to two tribes. They have a strong cohesive Offense and a strong and conclusive defense.
Divided America is neither. China realizes this weakness and has sites on becoming the hegemon in the game of Thrones. Taiwan, Hong Kong and Africa are in their sights. Putin has his sights on the resurrection of the USSR and Iran becoming the leader of OPEC. This threesome plans to have a one world government based on Chinese Capitalism and the Chinese Dream which is based on the Marxist ideology of equal and equitable shares for all, but has the few leaders who control it all. So, yes in my example America seems weak and our competition strong. But as Reagan said the rest of the world doesn't have the strength of our constitution nor our democracy, that will defeat any authoritarian movement in a world of peaceful coexistence.
