Introduction.
Many years ago as a young immigrant from USSR I sometimes wondered about source and reason of the greatness of the USofA. Not understanding much if anything about American culture and politics, not even speaking English much I wondered if there are some kind of great and wise leaders out there somewhere at the helm of the USA or there is an inherent greatness and wisdom among American people as a whole. I just though that I did not meet all those great people yet. Sounds naive, does it not? It is easy to have naive explanations of things one does not understand.
Years went by, I learned some English (still working on it), got assimilated to the point that even some of my fellow immigrants called me “Russian Redneck” for my love of Fords, Jeeps, guns, living out in the country among American Rednecks and not in the area where most immigrants live. Beside my Russian accent which I will always have I became just an average American blue collar hard working “Joe” and after all these years I finally came to the clear realization that my search for reason of the greatness of the USA is long over but so is the greatness of the USA. Now before you get all upset by this statement let me explain why I think so.
I never did meet that mysterious group of the people that are smart and wise, that are using great system of American democracy to elect great and wise leaders with great vision and outstanding character. With very few exceptions American people in general are just as gullible and short-sited as average dumbed down, brain washed by state media Soviet Citizen. With very few exceptions American leaders are just as corrupt and hungry for power as leaders of late USSR.
So where did the greatness of the USA came from? It came from huge inheritance left to Americans by their founding fathers. (Or should I say “founders”? That whole “fathers” thing sounds way to sexist). Anyway “founders” left USA such a vast wealth of freedom that it lasted for over two hundred years but this inheritance is all gone now. For a long time no contribution was made to that wealth of freedom and in is now all spent.
Group of wise men had a vision of free country, new society, new order in which all men are created equal. This group of men created this divinely inspired and faith based new concept of society in which freedoms could prosper. Freedom of religion (and not freedom from religion) economical freedoms, personal freedoms. All that which made this country great.
It took a while for all that wealth to run out. I think it ran out right around the “New Deal” time when America fell for attractive lure of Socialism. Ever since then America is living in debt and on borrowed time. Right around that time is when Americans lost some of their most fundamental rights essential to survival of free society. Americans lost right to their income (income taxes), property (property taxes became more common and accepted), freedom to keep and bear arms (first anti-gun laws were introduced).
It all went downhill from there.
Where are the freedoms Americans are still talking so proudly about? Proud descendant of great founding fathers can work hard all his life and pay for his property but in his old age living in all paid for house he cannot afford to pay property taxes and Government (of the people and by the people) kicks him out.
Proud descendant of the founding fathers must jump through hoops of countless gun laws and restrictions. Assuming that he is living in one of the more “free” states and he can have gun not limited to a single shot break action shotgun with barrel length of 18 inches. What if his shogun barrel is 17.999 inches? Kiss your freedoms good bye then! All of them!
Proud descendants of founding fathers even speak different language now! The new “Soviet Speak” language that was so common in late USSR. The new language where Government replaced God, freedoms, responsibilities and even parents! Government must provide, defend, create jobs, create wealth, educate, provide health care, retirement, drugs….. Do I need to go on?
Hard to read all this written by an immigrant of all people? It will get harder yet.
US has gone well pass the point of no return. No society in history of mankind went that far into ignorance and decadence and did not collapse. Those few Americans that can, must understand that people as a society do not make miraculous recoveries once they are gone this far. People will not “wake up”; will not “snap out of it” will not take their eyes of the TV. Only when there is no food in the fridge, no game on TV and no beer left and only then average American will look around with dumbfounded look on his face and ask: “Uhhh, what happened? What happened to my country, society, prosperity, freedoms?” Needless to say it will be too late to save America then. Rolled into some kind of new North American or even New World Order people who once called themselves Americans will have to find new name for themselves, new things to be proud about. BUT it is going to be one heck of a rough ride! You have no idea just how bad it was for average former Soviet Citizen while going through the collapse of USSR. It will probably be a lot harder here though. People in general are much softer, much more unprepared and will go crazy much faster (and much crazier) than average Soviet ever did.
