Once upon a time, many years ago, back in 1961 a man of power and influence said,
"And so, my fellow Americans, ask not what your country can do for you;
ask what you can do for your country. My fellow citizens of the world,
ask not what America will do for you, but what, together, we can do for
the freedom of man".
It would seem that since then, individual selfishness has resulted in the will of the minority taking precedence over the will of the majority and has resulted in political parties caring more about the power of the party than the good of the people.
Some would say that this is just history repeating itself...that this is the fall of the Roman empire all over again. It is hard not to fear that all may soon be lost (from the standpoint of America as a symbol of power being used for the good of all people) if we are unable to change our direction...both as individual people and as a country.