How to Vote in 2016
I would
first fill in these blanks:
Trump is,
said and did (to be filled by angry Democrats)
Clinton is said and did (to be filled by angry Republicans),
and I would then completely disregard their content. I wouldn't suggest that the information in
the blanks would be mostly erroneous since there's enough wrongdoing in the
history of both of our major undeserving candidates. I do suggest that our
minds shrink when we limit ourselves to talking about other people over a mind-expanding
conversation about ideas.
From my God-believing perspective, the world, that's to say humanity, exists in a struggle
between good and evil, albeit right and wrong.
In political ideology, this struggle morphs into competition among
different views of justice: inevitable struggles among classes, rich versus
poor, integration versus racism, free competition versus socialism, central
planning versus local control, democracy versus authoritarian rule, economic
development versus environmentalism, nationalism versus globalism. Truth, always elusive, usually dwells in the
middle of those dichotomies. Ultimately, the government imposes the final arbitration. My belief is that in choosing a government, "Democracy," as Churchill has told us, "is the worst form of government, except for all others." And let me add that I
could easily substitute "America" and "other countries" in
this analysis.
For those
of us who still remember, America has preserved freedom in the world by
confronting the rise of totalitarianism everywhere. It is foolish to think that the work is done or is no longer valuable. Globalism is not only a noble goal but an environmental imperative for humanity; its time is near, but unfortunately, not yet here. America is still needed to preserve freedom, advocate for human rights, and expand economic opportunity; it is still an indispensable country in the world. We should not rush into a
blind pursuit of globalism at the expense of American economic strength. For the sake of the world and for our own, we
have to rebuild American strength first.
Open borders, unrestricted international trade, and the unilateral imposition of costly environmental restrictions on American industry are not helpful. Wealth accumulation in the hands of
government, through tax increases on the productive class, for the purpose of
centralized "investment" planning, is never preferable to the creative
forces of an aspirational and free society.
On the topic of the "culture wars," I would simply say that
history has never rewarded societies based on "relative morality." What's the bottom line for me? I'm voting for the Republican Platform this
time around.
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