We truly live in the land of opportunity. This is a country where anything is possible, where men and women overcome insurmountable odds to achieve their dreams.
Why then are so many of us asking the highest ranking member of this society to give up on his lifelong aspiration? We say; "everywhere that Socialism has been tried, it has utterly failed!" We list off the countries; China, The Soviet Union, Cuba, Canada, etc. and point out the poverty, the suffering and the corruption that has followed these Socialist experiments...
What are we, a bunch of quitters? This, I think, is false modesty. Do we really believe that we are not far better than any of those other countries? If anyone can do it, we can. We put a man on the moon, more than one actually, over 40 years ago! Isn't it about time for another milestone? What if Franklin, Edison or Einstein had thrown up their arms and said; "It just can't be done!"?
It is patently unfair to deny our President from fulfilling his destiny. Who are we to deprive him his place in history as the man who finally made Socialism work?
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Yes, and looking back at our own history, haven't we Americans always succeeded at everything we've attempted? Thought provoking essay, Peter.
We didn't put anyone on the moon! Sorry to burst your bubble.
Our nation is actually founded on the idea of quitting. It's no surprise where we find ourselves in the world today.
We couldn't hack being British, so we quit.
We couldn't handle taxation without representation, so we quit.
We try to live in the dark, but Edison had to crack and, due to the pressure he was wholly unprepared for, make up some artificial light. Couldn't handle the dark?
And now, we're not trying to succeed at Socialism so much as giving up on the idea of Democratic republic. Our leader's verdict: it's just too hard.
And now the Nobel Peace Prize! That says it all, whatever you want to say.
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