Questions for the next elections …

Forget the US has aggressively retired from competition in the global information race, the global solar power race, the global EV race, the global environmental sustainability race, the global race for preservation of democratic freedoms of assembly, speech, thought and writing. And retired from about 50 other tech disciplines – https://www.aspi.org.au/report/aspis-two-decade-critical-technology-tracker/

What we really want to know is –

Whatever happened to the shining city on a hill, the last best hope of mankind, the leading scientific and technological country for the prior 150 years, the leading economy of the last hundred years, the proudest achievement of the Enlightenment, the one country that – even now – people clamor to come to, the place that said “Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free.”

Whatever happened to “I lift my lamp beside the golden door?”

How many of you reading this have ancestors who didn’t get here this way?

And whatever happened to “Love your neighbor as yourself” (Luke 10:27)

Or “Speak up for those who cannot speak for themselves, for the rights of all who are destitute” (Proverbs 31:8)

Whatever happened to E Pluribus Unum?

And that old standby –

“Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

“Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted.

“Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth.

“Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be satisfied.

“Blessed are the merciful, for they shall receive mercy.

“Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.

“Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God.

“Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness’ sake, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. (Matthew 5)

Ask your friends. Inquiring minds want to know.