History is dynamic and also today…we are living the good old days

I write this piece in 2006 as a person who reads, listens, and appreciates history as a guide to the near future.

The intent of this piece is the near future, and how to go forward for the USA, both domestic and foreign.

First the sarcastic and diss stuff:
History is what is written, not what happens.
The Marine Corps has a propaganda machine that is almost equal to Stalin’s.
Sample question from a Ft. Sill test using multiple choice:
When a Marine goes to war he needs:
A. One reporter
B. Two reporters
C. Three reporters
D. All of the above (the correct answer)

The Clinton Spin machine is devoted to him and his ego.

Propaganda is an art, not a science.

Public relations and spin are professional propaganda.

Media, the power of so few to influence so many, will collapse of its own weight. In western talk, media will “kill the goose that lays the golden egg”.

Read the different geographic newspapers to realize our USA is big, and focused on different things, most local. Traveling between papers makes this obvious. The internet helps in this regard.

The power of family preservation and continuation transcends all spin and propaganda. People are common sense smart, including the USA.

The introduction of state political styles and methods, recently from Arkansas, will pass in history.

The unique American experience through our constitution should continue for a while.

The unique American experience is no more guaranteed in the future than was Rome, Byzantium, Pax Britannica, Moslem caliphate, China dynasties, Nazi Germany, and Imperial Japan.

Now the questions to ask and my guesses.

Is the American experience and constitution and history unique in human history so far? My answer is yes, based on immigration numbers. Do the numbers and don’t be distracted by Mexicans (nice families also). Look at the central america numbers and asia numbers and know there is something going on good in the USA that brings these people. I am suggesting we have a good deal that attracts the kind of people we ID with, but will always control their joining us in the USA.

Is there an element of our society, probably a large percent, that thinks our way of life and power is permanent, as if that is how the world and history is. My answer is yes. Their wonderful efforts to “improve” society in their efforts scare me as they “kill the goose that lays the golden egg”.

And then there are the USA people who seek power and control of public monies for their personal purposes. Some are altruistic, and some are just plain mean power mongers?

Is there also a charity element that is part of our American psyche? Where I live there is. It is almost 100% to local benefit…our people do the work for altruistic/golden rule reasons.

The End