What hath humans wrought?

Not all change is good. The part of emancipating women becoming more sexual promiscuity is not a good change. The part of trying to achieve our most ideal English commune ideals, more often in America called socialism, has unleashed a criminal class upon us: ... as well as bankrupting us in pursuit of addressing underlying causes, while also paying benefits to so much of our society. Only humans could make such ridiculous and unnatural things happen. What hath humans wrought?

There was a time when most political and religious leaders had a goal of preserving, and even advancing, their local human societies. Even the idea of “advancing” was different as the idea meant more like advancing the quality of life of we common people. And the quality of life issue was mostly socialistic: happiness being good things like government provided security, health, an opportunity to vote. Also practical ideas like public electricity, public clean water and waste water treatment, public education that focused on the 3R’s, and public transportation like roads blossomed. Now most of this is assumed as “normal” and our political and religious leaders have moved on to other priorities…much to their chagrin I suspect they will find.

For our girls, our American daughters, the pill and other women’s liberation ideas were so idealistic and well intended. Unleashing half of America to work to our benefit seemed like such a great idea. It still is, within common sense recognition that boys and girls are different. As a guy, free sex seemed, well, free. Turns out it wasn’t. Having lucked out and made it through the wickets of sexually transmitted diseases, many of my fellow Americans have not lucked out. The consequences of these diseases is not free, both to these fellow Americans, and our society that our politicians and religious leaders are supposed to lead and advise on. If their prescription is more of the same, then change is called for. Our young people and America deserve to have families, and they need some leadership to help them along. This is such a great socialistic idea that I wonder about why no present national party or major religion even discusses this idea. It is our country, by the way.

For we Americans who live by the largesse of our ancestor's laws and politicians and benefits, fine. I personally appreciate my military retirement benefits, including the cost of living increases. And yes, I have been in harms way. My retirement even helps pay my child support, thank you John Q Citizen. I also had an Uncle who retired as the Bursar at Vanderbilt without the cost of living benefit, so the subject is close to my heart. All this is a lead in to the coming generational wars our present leaders at all levels are setting up. If, and when, we cannot afford it all, what will our priorities be? If, and when, fellow humans will no longer loan us money because it does not make sense, as in the principle declines, what will our priorities be? If, and when, taxes and borrowing cannot pay simple things like all the basics as well as the benefits, what will be our American priorities?

What hath USA humans wrought? Hopefully the solutions are not band-aids, but real surgery and change.