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Our nation has many problems that need to be addressed; issues that we cannot take affirmative action upon in a divided, partisan society. Issues such as crime, illegal immigration, our huge sum of debt, a health care and welfare system that is a complete mess, and a national identity that has fallen apart. This blogs purpose is to address the issues that we must respond to and how we must respond to them. This blog aims to bring to light our division to make us strive to unite. If one looks at our society today; at the media and our politicians that person can see that our nation is no were near united. A truly united America would allow progress to take place. A truly united America can revive a withering patriotic brotherhood. A truly united America is achievable if we only believe in it.
The people are divided: democrat or republican. People do not simply define themselves as American. National brotherhood has withered due to both liberals and conservatives working against one another. Most voters only vote for representatives in the party of their allegiance rather than actually inspecting the candidates and determining who can best get the job done. When there are shifts in party allegiances, it is almost always in response to an event in recent history. What people fail to recognize is that switching sides because a party made a mistake is not always the correct solution. When a mistake is clearly made, both parties see it for what it is. Most people do not decide their stance on issues by determining what is the best solution, but rather choose to vote against the party that in recent history at fault. As long as our nation is divided into two parties most people will never learn to listen to both sides of an issue. The constant qualm between both parties has made one’s party more defining than ones nation. Patriotism is slowly dying, but we can save her. When someone talks about how great America is and uses our nations grandeur as a defining line for setting great goals, don't label that person a flag waiver! That person is a patriot.
People's diversities only further separate each other in the modern world. Race and religion are both viewed as important aspects to ones allegiances. Whether you're Christian, Jewish, African-American, Hispanic, or whatever- as long as you are an American citizen all that should matter to the public eye is that you are an American. There are so many labels that we have all created to diversify ourselves. What we have failed to acknowledge is that by further unifying ourselves, we can celebrate our diversity: if we all just put our nation before our roots then it shows how our nation is a great melting pot of cultures and how so many different roots and backgrounds come together to make one America- the greatest and most powerful nation on Earth.
Our representative system has fallen to much corruption. It’s a shame when our representatives are not representing, but selling out to corporations. On top of that there is no such thing as an unbiased press. Whether you read FOX, CNN, MSNBC, or whatever it is all biased. So what are we to do? We must stay headstrong. We must not turn our backs to such problems. We must explore options and be open to listening to other sides of a debate. We must be willing to admit to ourselves that we are human, and as such both sides of an argument will make mistakes at times. If we only opened our eyes to the world around us, educated ourselves on current events, and made a joint effort to work together then our world would be a lot less corrupt.
God bless America.
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