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Thomas Sowell generally does a 4th of July column on America and our need to appreciate the fact that, unlike many nations–or to a greater degree than many nations–it works. (Or at least he did such a column last year, if I recall correctly.) Sure, America has got lots of problems, but every nation has lots of problems because of . . . well, you know that thing a long time ago with the apple. But despite its problems, America is a functional society, or at least is functional in important ways that are uncommon or even unique.
This year he writes:
There is nothing automatic about the way of life achieved in this country. It is very unusual among the nations of the world today and rarer than four-leaf clovers in the long view of history.
It didn’t just happen. People made it happen – and they and those who came after them paid a price in blood and treasure to create and preserve this nation that we now take for granted.
More important, this country’s survival is not automatic. What we do will determine that.
Too many Americans today are not only unconcerned about what it will take to preserve this country but are busy dismantling the things that make it America.
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This year he writes:
There is nothing automatic about the way of life achieved in this country. It is very unusual among the nations of the world today and rarer than four-leaf clovers in the long view of history.
It didn’t just happen. People made it happen – and they and those who came after them paid a price in blood and treasure to create and preserve this nation that we now take for granted.
More important, this country’s survival is not automatic. What we do will determine that.
Too many Americans today are not only unconcerned about what it will take to preserve this country but are busy dismantling the things that make it America.
GET THE STORY.
More…