When Benjamin Franklin exited the Constitutional Convention in 1787, a citizen asked him what form of government the delegates had created. He famously replied: "A republic, if you can keep it". This means self-governance relies entirely on the active, informed involvement of the people to survive. “We have it in our power to begin the world over again.” ― Thomas Paine “When men yield up the privilege of thinking, the last shadow of liberty quits the horizon.” ― Thomas Paine “Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered; yet we have this consolation with us, that the harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph.” ― Thomas Paine, The American Crisis “What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly; it is dearness only that gives everything its value. I love the man that can smile in trouble, that can gather strength from distress and grow.” ― Thomas Paine, The American Crisis
Thank you for the worldview share. I will share this in the future I think, not too far but just over the next hill so to speak. But I will be keeping it. Thanks to #GarryKasparov .. and THE NEXT MOVE for sharing. #slavaukraini
Irreparably?? No, I don't think so. Hopefully we can carry on.
AT least I would hope, the UglyAmerican with the Una brute figure, isolationists in our midst wont be going out traveling anywhere, they would be terrified.
Also coming to mind are these words from Eldridge Cleaver in 1968, during the peak of the Vietnam War: "It is not an overstatement to say that the destiny of the entire human race depends on what is going on in America today. This is a staggering reality to the rest of the world; they must feel like passengers in a supersonic jet liner who are forced to watch helplessly while a passel of drunks, hypes, freaks, and madmen fight for the controls and the pilot's seat."
As long as the founding myth is exclusively anglo-saxon, racism will endure despite all the foundational philosophical aspirations. Hence MAGA, KKK, Oroud Biys, etc., etc.
Our DIVERSITY is our DEMOCRACY.
When Benjamin Franklin exited the Constitutional Convention in 1787, a citizen asked him what form of government the delegates had created. He famously replied: "A republic, if you can keep it". This means self-governance relies entirely on the active, informed involvement of the people to survive. “We have it in our power to begin the world over again.” ― Thomas Paine “When men yield up the privilege of thinking, the last shadow of liberty quits the horizon.” ― Thomas Paine “Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered; yet we have this consolation with us, that the harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph.” ― Thomas Paine, The American Crisis “What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly; it is dearness only that gives everything its value. I love the man that can smile in trouble, that can gather strength from distress and grow.” ― Thomas Paine, The American Crisis
HAPPY FOURTH OF JULY TO ALL AMERICANS
Thanks for the PAINE quotes.. hopefully many are relearning about their roots this week.
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Thank you for the worldview share. I will share this in the future I think, not too far but just over the next hill so to speak. But I will be keeping it. Thanks to #GarryKasparov .. and THE NEXT MOVE for sharing. #slavaukraini
Happy Fourth of July from a Canadian, who has had many happy times as a visitor.
You have let us down terribly.
But worse, you have let yourselves down irreparably.
Irreparably?? No, I don't think so. Hopefully we can carry on.
AT least I would hope, the UglyAmerican with the Una brute figure, isolationists in our midst wont be going out traveling anywhere, they would be terrified.
Who’s “us”?
Also coming to mind are these words from Eldridge Cleaver in 1968, during the peak of the Vietnam War: "It is not an overstatement to say that the destiny of the entire human race depends on what is going on in America today. This is a staggering reality to the rest of the world; they must feel like passengers in a supersonic jet liner who are forced to watch helplessly while a passel of drunks, hypes, freaks, and madmen fight for the controls and the pilot's seat."
As long as the founding myth is exclusively anglo-saxon, racism will endure despite all the foundational philosophical aspirations. Hence MAGA, KKK, Oroud Biys, etc., etc.