Americans who hoped for a return of normalcy after the Covid-19 pandemic passed have been disheartened and shocked. The trajectory of abnormalcy and dysfunction has continued to bend up, causing unprecedented demoralization and suicides in American society.
Our governing authorities have contributed to people’s estrangement by their lack of transparency, blatant dishonesty, unprecedented corruption, disrespect for the Constitution, disregard of its provision for equal justice under the law, and total Ponzi scheme-like fiscal irresponsibility. And the Biden administration's Ukraine policy—backed by many Republicans—invites escalation and a potentially catastrophic nuclear war with Russia.
At home, a majority of Americans now find that many virtues and norms they had honored for generations are being demeaned. The entry of as many as seven million people over the southern border in the last two and half years has subjected Americans to record crime levels, over-taxation of schools and healthcare facilities, and unprecedented levels of rural and urban decay. The explosive box office success of the new film “Sound of Freedom,” is waking up people to the fact that America is now the number one destination for child and sex traffickers. Thus, President Biden, DHS Secretary Mayorkas and others assisting them in maintaining an open border policy are effectively facilitators and accomplices to this large-scale horrendous capital crime.
The most important corrective to all these intractable problems is the sunlight of truth. But often truth, that used to be objective and based on factual reality, is now blocked by powerful forces that benefit from corruption, and by others whose subjective perception of reality is governed by narratives—political and otherwise, group think, self-interest and preservation of power and status, or a combination thereof.
The pursuit of truth used to be encouraged. Not so much now. Many vitally important topics fundamental to the survival of the United States are simply verboten to talk about. The Constitution guarantees citizens’ fundamental rights and the government’s Constitutional legitimacy comes from the people. But in our present environment people’s First Amendment Rights are violated with no consequences. Consider how much more able Americans would be in solving our most pressing problems if there was freedom of speech, debate, and media attention on topics such as:
Sources of wealth that Congressmen, Senators, and U.S. government officials accumulate that exceed their public service salaries.
Sources of election irregularity and vote fraud, a complex and fundamental problem that must be cleared up if we are to maintain the legitimacy of our government as a Constitutional Republic.
The agendas of international organizations such as the United Nations, World Health Organization and the World Economic Forum that threaten the sovereignty of the United States.
A full accounting and cost benefit analysis of the Green New Deal and its attendant goal of Net Zero Carbon Emissions.
The funding and organizational infrastructure of Black Lives Matter and Antifa—the primary organizations, which wrought $2 billion of property destruction on Americans—the most costly in our history.
An accounting of all U.S. funds sent to Ukraine, presently estimated at some $113 billion.
Exposure of actions taken by pharmaceutical companies and the myriad of government health care regulatory agencies to block public awareness of safe and effective therapeutic drugs for the treatment of Covid-19 to create a monopoly pathway for unproven and risky emergency use authorized vaccinations.
The truth on these subjects and others, such as the previously mentioned child sex trafficking crisis in America, and the accounting of vaccine injuries and deaths, is very hard for many to handle. But facing truth is as necessary for the survival and recovery of America as a Constitutional Republic as the Nuremberg trials were to the recovery of Germany and the soul searching that restructured Japan after World War II.
We have all heard that “the truth that will set you free.” While true, not everyone is ready for the full truth at the same time. Consider the difficulty that Japan faced at the end of World War II. Previously, for centuries, under the influence of Shintoism, the Japanese people universally believed they were a superior race, invincible and destined to rule the world because their emperor was a descendant of the sun goddess Amaterasu. Their shocking military defeat left the Japanese utterly despondent and demoralized—with suicide rates rising dramatically. With time, an orderly and benevolent post-war U.S. occupation and restructuring administered by General MacArthur—who arranged for a huge increase in Christian missionary presence and the distribution of ten million Bibles translated into Japanese—gradually a spiritual regeneration began to take root. Japan became a vibrant democracy and within thirty years became the number two economy in the world.
It’s become self-evident that there is a greater concentration of corruption among American elites than among the people, which reassures us of the virtue and inherit strength of the American government system “of the people by the people and for the people.” What’s now desperately needed to save this great country, is the rediscovery of the conviction and courage of our founders—each of whom were willing to sacrifice everything to defend life, liberty, and happiness.
In closing, the advice that Paul gave to believers in Corinth nearly 2,000 years ago, who were experiencing a spiritual-culture war similar to ours today, to “stand firm in the faith; be courageous; be strong.” is what is needed today. For without God, it will surely be tyranny that awaits us.