So, this question has been bouncing around inside of my head for some time, and I thought I would try to explore it here. Our Birthright as Americans has always been known as the American Dream.
The American Dream: No matter what color you are, regardless of your social class, your level of education, or how much money you may or may not have, you can always improve your life if you work hard and keep at it. You can attain the level of success that you want. There are no limits. That’s the American Dream. That’s why people from all over the world want to come here and that’s why they always have. The law treats us all the same, and society encourages our individuality as we try to rise out of our current situation to attain a better one. Maybe it would be more accurate if I said that is the Promise of the American Dream. That’s what our founders sought to establish when they codified the values of a brand-new country.
I think MLK Jr saw this pretty clearly when he crafted his I Have a Dream speech:
When the architects of our republic wrote the magnificent words of the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence, they were signing a promissory note to which every American was to fall heir. This note was a promise that all men — yes, Black men as well as white men — would be guaranteed the unalienable rights of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.
I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character. I have a dream today.
It’s been a long time, but I just reread that speech and cannot find one thing in there that I disagree with. I think it speaks to all of us. However, in the last several years, it seems to have withered somewhat on the vine of the collective American consciousness. Now, we have bought into the ideas of equity and identity politics, of redistribution and aspects of socialism. Individualism often takes a back seat and drags down the best to benefit the collective “good” so that our leadership roles reflect the makeup of the country rather than their ability to lead.
I could go on to cite examples of this, but anybody who has spent any time at all on RedState knows what I’m talking about so I’m not going to belabor the details here. […]
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