Common Wealth and Health in 2012
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In this world of televised wars and marriage debates and failed economic policies we find ourselves as Americans in a state of political uncertainty not seen since the Civil War. Our increasingly dissatisfied population expects change to happen faster and faster with each passing day and we are increasingly saturated with 24 hour news broadcasts and high speed internet connections. Our attention spans are decreasing as the world finds itself a smaller and smaller place through the advances in mass communication and high speed travel. It’s true that Asia was once very far away, and seemed exotic, just as we had distanced ourselves from Europe and all of its socio-political turmoil and evolving cultures. This is no longer the case, and it is clear that we must embrace this new world view, and find it in ourselves to rejoin the world, not as the leaders we have perceived ourselves to be for the last century, but as participants in something greater than a single nation can be. It is time for us to embrace the common wealth and health of the world.
In 1776 our nation declared itself to be independent of the British Monarchy for reasons of taxation, representation, and equality. Many lives were lost in a hard fought war, which the British eventually ceded. A new nation was founded on the ideas of philosophy and democracy. Though infantile in its early decades, the economic and social policies of this country helped it to become, in a mere 200 years, the most prosperous and successful nation in the world. Unfortunately, this status was not meant to last.
We find ourselves now in a questionable state of flux. Nations such as China and India are learning to use their vast resources and the modern international economy to increase their wealth and power at an incredible rate. Nations such as Japan and Germany are shifting their societies and industries to maintain their national statuses. More and more countries across the globe are entering into alliances and associations that are not based on military might, as they have throughout humanities history, but are based solely on industry and economy. The dollar is now stronger than the sword. It is time for us, as Americans to do the same, and embrace this new world order.
We can no longer attempt to enter ourselves into partnerships and alliances as the majority player, we must consider ourselves at best an equal participant. Though we have held that ability for many decades, we will find ourselves as beggars on the world stage without a change in attitude and self awareness. It is time for us to undo the boldest, bravest, and ultimately flawed actions of our founding fathers. It is time for us to rejoin something greater than us.
Though our revolution in the late 18th century was truly one of the defining moments of the modern world, and has led to many things which have truly improved the world, from inspiring other populations to greater freedom, to developing industries and infrastructures which have markedly improved the lives of all who are touched by them, it has also proven to be a short term gain. It is time, my friends and neighbors, for us to rejoin the Commonwealth of Nations.
The Commonwealth, as it stands now, is a loose alliance of nations across the globe, many are former colonies, and all are completely independent of each other. It is time for us to wield the last shred of might and global influence we have to convince these nations that the success we have shown as a collection of united states is a success that can be shared as a collection of united nation-states. We would be able to use the far reaching powers and resources that each of these nations possesses and unite them into a singular cause and entity where the whole of the sum is far greater than its parts.
Though our economy is greatly troubled at this time, it is still the greatest in the world, and this is a resource we could use to develop the industry and infrastructure of those less developed nations, by best utilizing the natural resources inside their borders that have been hereunto largely untapped. We also possess the most well trained, well financed, and well equipped military in the world, something that could be shared with our new brother states. The additional manpower that other nations offer would further boost our military, while simultaneously allowing some of the more unstable members to create a greater legal stability, and raise the standard of living for many of the members. These are merely two of the abilities that we bring to the table as Americans, and there are many others, such as our advanced educational and scientific research institutions, but we are not the only potential members to offer something to the greater good.
England and Canada have been running a socialist system for many years, which has allowed them to provide universal health care and employment across their nations. These already established systems could be expanded across the Commonwealth and further improve the standard of living for all citizens. India has the fastest growing technology industry and a population which could reach such greater potential when offered the greater education and resources that this new unification would offer. Once again, my friends and neighbors, this is only the most basic taste of the potential this plan offers.
As you sit at home watching the highlights from the days sports games, and wondering why our politicians seem so inept; as you sit at work and wonder why our crime rates seem to be escalating and wondering where all of the hope and change has gone that we were all promised so many times before; as you sit in traffic fretting your mortgage payments and are bombarded by advertisements and indictments of fringe groups, realize that there is a better option out there, there is a better way. Universal health care, zero unemployment, stable interest rates, reduced crime, and a greater standard of living for our children and our children’s children in a more successful and stable world is all right there in front of us. Once we, as Americans, were the New World. Now it is time for us, as Americans to embrace the New World Order!
Vote for the Common Wealth and Health Party in 2012!
Reader Comments (2)
when i started reading this i thought "wow, this is quite possibly the most positive thing joel has ever written in his life." then i read the last line, and now i can't tell if it was all just sarcasm..
hehe.. I agree, halfway through I thought he had just cut/pasted in some utopian email or something. Maybe one of us needs to write the anti argument to this for illumination.