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If the premise is wrong
Then the promise is gone
It is hysterical how historical this is.
Although many claims have been made over the years, once it was established that the premise—the thought behind the claim—was either ridiculous or evil, then those who were waiting for the promise ended up looking like they just bought a used car at “Lucky Billy’s Auto Emporium.”
I realize that as a reader you may have sympathies toward political parties, regional axioms, religious affiliations, and racial or cultural differences. But the shocking fact is:
Truth doesn’t care if our feelings get hurt on the way to marching toward justice.
Matter of fact, no matter how adorable, meaningful, helpful or God-given we insist our premise may be, once it is revealed to be wrong, there will be no promise forthcoming.
For instance, immigration.
The premise is made that if we build a wall, we can protect our country from all the murderers and rapists who are trying to come in.
Another premise is that if we open our country to those who wish to come, we will acquire great thinkers and build up the nation’s foundation.
Here’s the problem—we already have plenty of murderers and rapists right here and now, whose families have been around for many generations. We must also realize that people escaping to come to America may actually prefer to live in their own countries.
So both premises are found to be wrong, and therefore the promise doesn’t bloom. The truth? People shouldn’t have to come to America because they’re fugitives from crime, or they’re being tortured and starved.
America wants people to come because they want to.
These visitors are therefore willing to answer the needful questions and go through the procedures available. Then the promise is real—a country of immigrants who have found their home.
Based on that, our goal should be to go to the source, where the immigrants live, and assist them to make their country as pleasant as humanly possible—so they don’t have to relocate unless they truly wish to come.
Why don’t we try another one?
Let’s talk about poverty.
One premise is that if you give extra money to the rich and industrious, they can provide more jobs for people who don’t have the funds to begin their own businesses but will gladly step forward and receiving the work.
The other premise is that industrious and wealthy corporations, which should help, won’t. So we will tax them and force them to pour out their finances to people who live in poverty—whether these unfortunates are willing to work or not.
As you can see, neither premise will deliver the promise of assisting our fellow-human beings to be fruitful.
So what do we need to do? Obviously, we need to unveil a plan which taxes every American according to his or her prosperity—a sliding scale with the finance from such a collection being divided to fund those who want to work, assist the few that are disabled, and stimulate those who are impoverished due to their own lack of motivation.
Abortion.
The premise is that if we stop aborting babies, children can be born and grow into happy human beings.
Or the premise is that women who are already born and alive should have the only controlling decision on whether a baby will be born or aborted.
In both cases, the premise does not deliver a promise.
The real goal is to eliminate unwanted pregnancies.
We must do this by honoring the free will of the women and the babies. In order to achieve this, we must abandon archaic positions against birth control, sex education and allowing those who wish to adopt to include lifestyles that we may not favor.
As you can see, I could go on and on, but I will leave that to you.
Just remember, as you listen to these individuals running for President, who bought fifteen different suits of clothes, outfitted a bus and purchased buttons and flyers from the Cheapskate Publishing Company—yes, as you listen to them offer their premise, follow through to the promise.
Question whether the premise is faithful to what the Earth has already discovered to be true.
And always remember this:
If the premise is wrong, the promise is gone.
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From the Stacks … November 6th, 2020
This week, most of us are considering the notion that sometimes political outcomes have a stark affect on our lives. So I decided to explore some of Jonathan’s more socio-political ideas. He had a great disdain for politics but also a great hunger for justice–which sometimes required that he speak out on such subjects. Here’s one from January, 2014.
But Not Now
Everybody knows this is true: the main reason that government doesn’t work is that it avoids solutions by replacing them with discussions.
I wish I could tell you that conversing on a given subject brings about change. It does not. It is actually a way to dodge the work of transformation.
It usually shows up in the form of putting off the action.
This is not new. The ineffective nature of our government has been present since the beginning–how else could Adams and Jefferson have been such good friends? They tabled their issues. And how did they do it? What did they say to themselves?
“Something should be done–but not now.”
Here’s a quick list taken from my own memory banks:
1.In 1959 in the United States, the average white person contended that segregation was not ideal, but thought it was practical. In other words, they knew it was wrong–that black Americans should NOT be separate. Something should be done–but not now.”
2. Women should also be equal and have the identical pay scale as men. But not now.
3. Truthfully the minimum wage has never been sufficient for a human to be able to live, eat and prosper. Something should be done–but not now. It could wreck the economy.
4. Something should be done for the homeless–put them to work or offer alternatives to their present condition. But not now. It is much easier to discuss whether their condition is caused by lack of opportunity or by laziness.
5. It is obvious that gays and transgenders in our society must have complete equivalence if we want to maintain our concept of liberty and justice for all. But not now. What we want them to do is acquire moral acceptance before they are granted civil rights.
6. Political gridlock in our country is the result of a two-party system that gains power by maintaining power. We know we would be better off if this two-faced monster were beheaded, and many more candidates were offered to the electorate. But not now. Too disruptive to consider. Someone might lose that power they so enjoy.
7. Likewise, the electoral college is antiquated and needs to be replaced with the popular vote. But not now. What would we do with all the people who make their livelihood by honoring its cumbersome inner workings?
We don’t lack the intelligence or even the integrity to know what to do. But we nevertheless choose to be stalled in a lethargic fear of change.
The American government should take heed:
Americans are tired of discussions.
We are no longer willing to “table” justice and equality, which have been standing in the wings waiting to play their parts for lo, these many years.
It is time for America to grow up.
Maturity is when the truth of what must be done is more important than what is convenient.
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on November 6, 2020 at 9:27 pm Leave a CommentTags: American politics, electoral college, history, inspiration, politics, racial equality, racism, social commentary, two-party system, women's rights