When this election season
started, I must admit, I was very concerned with the candidates, as one would
expect. And then I saw the TV interviews
of those, so called, “ordinary voters” shortly after the Trump-Harris debate –
and everything changed.
And
now, having seen and heard many more of those man-on-the-street type interviews
since, I’m actually terrified at our prospects.
But now, it’s not as much about the candidates as what seems a multitude
of small minded voters who appear clueless as to the more far-reaching and highly
consequential issues which are absolutely in play in this truly existential
election.
I
know that America has some great people who have humbly dedicated their life to
the pursuit of truth-based enlightenment.
And accordingly, they actually live principled lives. They truly care about the quality of life in
a world larger than their own foot print.
They daily reach for nobility of thought, words, and behavior. And, they then employ that personal nobility to
better the world – willingly accepting a gentle, daily responsibility for that
larger state of well-being.
I
know those people are out there. But, it
seems there are not nearly so many as there used to be. Yet, their counterparts appear to have
multiplied exponentially somewhere along the way. It seems we are now overrun with gullible, self-centered,
short-sighted, and mentally simplistic types whose comprehension of “important”
ends at the tip of their own nose.
And
certainly, if the weight advantage of the American populace has, indeed,
shifted to their ranks, then our now steeply downward national spiral is easily
explained. And, America’s imminent and irreversible
“nightfall” is already a foregone conclusion.
Obviously,
the consequences of a severely depleted national character is not something one
can fix with a letter to the editor. Indeed,
I know of only one sure fix for that problem.
But, even The Almighty, before He can effect a national character renewal,
requires a populace widely willing to honestly see and sorrowfully denounce
their own degradation. It begs the
question, “Are we that people in this crucial moment?” Sadly, there’s much evidence to the contrary.
