Why can we Americans not see that our central government in Washington does not want to govern us, is unable to govern us even if it wished to do so, and that, although it was set up by the Constitution with enough jurisdiction over us to unify us, it was not established to govern us? Why do we expect that Washington change and do things that it is unable to do? Washington already does things very well that are vital for our own security and for the security of the world. Why can we Americans not bring about change by supporting what Washington does well and by urging Washington politicians to use their power and influence to convince states in the world to join the union of our fifty states? What political change could possibly be greater and more profitable for us Americans than the admittance by Congress of even just one new state? If it were in Africa, would it not be great for thousands and thousands of Americans to find exciting careers teaching there? Could not our technologically advanced farmers turn any new American state located in a new state with a great deal of land into an agricultural powerhouse that would be profitable for both old Americans and the new Americans in the new state? Look at Cuba. If the government of Cuba agreed to allow Cubans to vote in a referendum either yes or no to petition Congress for admission as the fifty-first state, a majority would vote yes and admission would enrich Cuba with hundreds of advanced businesses and federal government agencies that would guarantee democracy and prosperity in Cuba so radically and so powerfully that the present “revolutionary” leaders of the island would appear no more revolutionary than spinster retired elementary school teachers. Everyone knows that there are billions in dollars or in other currencies worldwide that would eagerly and enthusiastically be invested in any new American state. It would be secured by its own local judicial and financial institutions backed up by the American military and by the judicial and financial institutions of the American federal government. We Americans don’t need to spend our lives hanging around Boston or Topeka drinking a latte and dreaming of change. Washington has the means right now to change the world radically for good without changing itself and such a change in the world will also change us for good.
Daniel McNeill
Read Daniel McNeill's interpretation of Genesis, the first book of the Bible, as expressing throughout the Holy Trinity at work. At: usoftheworld.com/genesis
Read about the Christian symbolism in the drama of baseball at: usoftheworld.com/baseball-metaphysics
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