2018OFPP1?2
Well-Known Member
While I basically appreciate what you are trying to say, the Constitution doesn't guarantee, or try to guarantee, opportunities for any one. What it tries to guarantee is that you will have the freedom to to enjoy the fruits of your labor without undue hardship or interference from the government. It lost on both those counts, IMO, as our current government is too large and far reaching.This is an interesting thread. The intent of the framers of the DoI and Constitution (mainly Madison, Jefferson and Franklin) was to create a society that was fair for all in providing opportunities to basically have a good life. They knew there was no perfect way to do this, but tried to put together some guidelines and guardrails to help foster it. Every generation and government that has come after those documents were made and ratified, had their own interpretations on what the current society wanted out of them. Yes, they have been used for good and also manipulated for ones own agenda often ending in negative results. The framers knew this would happen, but as long as the original documents existed, anyone could go back and try again. If you would actually take some time and read them (and others like the bill of rights) you will not see anywhere were there is a no firm guarantees that you will succeed with the opportunities you have nor the amount of opportunities you get. Just the guarantee that you will have them. I think no one will argue that not everyone works hard and many let opportunities slip by, because they have to do some work (many times a lot of hard work) to achieve the results. This is one of several reasons why there is (and always has been even before the US) a gap between the haves and have nots. This gap will always be there so long as you have a portion of your society that don't want to work hard. I will say that African Americans have had a tougher road for sure, but today it is far easier to break through than it was 50 years ago and astonishingly better than 200 years ago. Certainly more work to be done and maybe this current event is another in a series of wake up calls to further move that needle. I also think the Pandemic will actually help this more than if it had happened this time last year or somewhere in the future. Timing is everything. I guess my long winded point is that this country started an experiment which is still ongoing and we have weathered many storms that could have ended it. We still keep going and getting stronger and closer to what the framers envisioned. if you give up now and throw in the towel you are just showing what the monarchy of that time predicted during the revolution of what would happen...it would fail. The good news is that out of all this chaos and the dust has settled, we will still be the USA, but changed and in some way big or small better than we were before. This is not the end, just another chapter that people hundreds of years from now will marvel at and wonder at just how strong we all were to get through it. We all can get through this and have to stay strong and emphasis the good, the changes we need to make to be better and to halt as peacefully as possible (use of force when absolutely necessary) the minority taking advantage and causing the most destruction and negativity.
Anyway my 2 cents.
Anyway, my main point is, no one, including the government, owes you success or financial security, or an opportunity for those things.
People need to suck it up, and take responsibility for their own lives.
Sponsored