It’s the fourth of July this week; a time to celebrate the forming of our new nation over two centuries ago. But what about other nations? What have we heard about Libya, Syria, Tunisia, or Southern Sudan? All these countries have had or are trying to have new democracies. Each country is trying to form a new government for the people. But today what are the interests of each of the groups trying to take over the governments? Some are truly interested in a government by the people while others are interested in a government that will reflect only “their” views.
I think revolutions are much harder today than over 200 years ago. Today one person can fire off hundreds of rounds within minutes killing a whole crowd of protesters, while during our revolution they’d be lucky to fire more than couple of shots. The beliefs of what is right and what is wrong are much more varied today. Look at our own country. Both our major parties have drifted farther apart, lately sprinting apart. They now just glare at each other instead of work together. Just who is running each party and why does each party demonize the other? Will it take a revolution by the people to refocus our government on what is important to our country or have the special interests gotten so strong my vote doesn’t count anymore? Government should be about fixing problems, not making problems. It’s time for some major fixes.
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