Trump is gutting America
[quote]America is an idea. Strip freedom, human rights, democracy and the rule of law from what the United States represents to the world and America itself is gutted.[/quote]
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I read this in Scarborough's piece from yesterday, and while I'm sympathetic, I'm afraid the emphasis on the outside world ignores just how badly America's rot problem is, that its so easy to gut.
Freedom, human rights, democracy and the rule of law are important things, but I think we have a deeper problem with honesty, decency and respect for others that underlies these "bigger issues."
These more basic values don't seem to matter anymore, and we're ignoring them whenever it seems like they get in the way of our own side winning or take change out of our pockets.
I'm not a big fan of preaching about morality and usually think that ethics is the more important concern, but really, one rests on the other, and we're operating as if these norms and basic principles are irrelevant.
This kind of moral decay, IMO, is at the heart of our problems.
Freedom, human rights, democracy and the rule of law are important things, but I think we have a deeper problem with honesty, decency and respect for others that underlies these "bigger issues."
These more basic values don't seem to matter anymore, and we're ignoring them whenever it seems like they get in the way of our own side winning or take change out of our pockets.
I'm not a big fan of preaching about morality and usually think that ethics is the more important concern, but really, one rests on the other, and we're operating as if these norms and basic principles are irrelevant.
This kind of moral decay, IMO, is at the heart of our problems.