The hollowing out of America

       The present situation has been decades in the making. And, at least to me, the phrase hollowing out is always been associated with military. Now one can argue it applies to the whole Country.

            And an old expression comes to mind.  "There are no poor Marines, only poor leaders".  One can argue that this expression also applies to the whole Country. And leadership positions exist throughout society, be it in politics, business, education, public safety, Families, culture;  the list goes on and on.

            One can even argue that the large growth of single parent Family homes can be laid at the feet of leaders who promoted the policies that got the Country to this state.

            Now it will probably take a serious result to get the electorates attention. Such a result could be starvation, freezing, and even plagues that will kill a lot of people that didn't have to die, but now they may. After all, if times get hard, human ingenuity and willingness to suffer are human traits that will help those that do survive.

            Another old time expression comes to mind. One must replenish the well in order to keep it working.  A more modern expression might refer to car batteries. One must recharge it to keep it ready to start the car every so often. Without a recharge, there is no expectation the car will start when we need it to.

            Now I've heard the relatively recent expression "the perfect storm" applied to the present situation. In my opinion that is just too short thinking. My opinion is that poor leaders over a long period of time have led us down the primrose path, another old time phrase, now going on for decades; and the well is almost obviously dry, and all will go thirsty when it does. Figure out that allegory as it applies to you where you live.

            And unfortunately, it may take a calamity for the well to begin filling up naturally.  And hopefully some good future leaders will help this process along, which will probably take decades. Now in this case, the voters, and human nature,  have a lot to do with this solution, too. They, the voters and human nature, alone can stop this hollowing out of the new world USA, and start making sure effective leaders are in place to lead us to a better future.

            It sure looks like we can kill the goose that lays the golden egg, another old time expression.  But we can also stop killing the goose, and letting human nature be exploited by savvy new leaders, if we choose.