Decades ago, in response to a question about our society, Albert Einstein observed, “The significant problems we face cannot be solved at the same level of thinking that we were at when we created them.” Looking at the problems in the U.S. today, it is possible to see that many of our major problems represent deep fundamental issues–longtime issues wherein efforts are being made to resolve them on the same superficial level on which they were created. Our forefathers wouldn’t be surprised this.
A tremendous amount of human energy and ingenuity–along with the sacrifice of life–went into creating the constitutional democracy known as the “United States of America.” This writer desires to take nothing away from “the land of the free and the home of the brave.” The hope and intent of governing in a way that is “of the people, by the people and for the people,” created a standard of living that remains unequaled in the history of the world. It was, and is, a system of governing based on freedom and liberty. Our forefathers chose a flag to symbolize freedom and a bell to represent liberty. But –they put a crack in the Liberty Bell. Why? I think I know the answer.
Respectfully Submitted,
Paulette Revere
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