Once again the Democrats have collapsed on themselves and failed the nation. We need investment in infrastructure. We need to recognize technology and its creation and manufacture as infrastructure. We need investment in people – their education, skillsets, inventiveness and ability to collaborate with one another, especially people with diverse backgrounds. We need to invest in healthcare delivery to all who are in need of it. We are in need of reforming our governance structure so that it is able to return to a process of compromise and action.
These items are all on the agenda in Joe Biden’s
administration. They are not on Congress’ agenda. Conservative versus liberal;
progressive versus libertarian; democrat versus republican. Road blocks all.
And the cost? Massive dislocation and disinvestment. And national weakness real and perceived.
Disinvestment. I repeat that term. If investment is not
happening, then disinvestment automatically happens because change is always
present whether we like it or not. Doing nothing is an option. In this case the
result is disinvestment in people and ability of the society to manage its
affairs effectively.
Pretty simple when the starkness is uncovered. We can either
continue to let this happen or actively pursue alternatives that will address
the nation’s needs. On the one hand individuals are getting rich and powerful
by blocking what needs to be done. On the other hand the disenfranchised and
overpowered by the minority continues to weaken along with the middle class
and the future of the nation.
Want to define the methodology of defeat in the face of our
competitors, whether political, ideological, foreign, domestic? This is it.
Welcome China to our land of opportunity! Welcome Russia to our shores.
By blocking progress of any kind other than emergencies, we
give up on ourselves and our identity. I know this is an unintended
consequence. But there it is writ large.
Stark. Real. The evidence is present.
What are we going to do about it?
October 8, 2021
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