The Fence

One of my best friends has a philosophy that the life you live has two choices.  One right, one wrong.

I differ somewhat in this philosophy because people interpret right and wrong differently; what's right for one person is wrong to the other, yet they both feel they are doing the right (good) thing.

We've all been on this earth long enough for us to chose a time and place where we were unjustifiably persecuted by an "enemy". Propagandist's can mold our beliefs by bringing back memories when persecution happened and make enemies of anyone they chose. They can twist the truth into all kinds of lies; half truths and  focusing on only one side of the story.

But, if Rio de Janeiro  slum statistics are representative of the percentage of all people who consciously chose the wrong path, 94% of the people on this earth want peace, want to pull their own weight and do not want to hurt anyone but live their life as honorably as they can. The other 6% has made living in the slum a living hell for the honest majority with drugs, gangs, murder, and fear mongering.

94% of the people want peace on earth.

The U.S. does not have a perfect record of doing only good.  It has done some nasty things to other countries for personal gain... but, the good the U.S. has done for the world outweighs the bad by a long shot.

Both friendly and unfriendly countries have many of the conveniences they have because of the U.S.  Every country has cars, cell phones, high tech medicine, cell phones, refrigerators, and telephones.  Where did the transistor come from?  Where did the home computer and television come from?  Where did mechanized agriculture come from?  From inventions done by people in the U.S. where they had the freedom to create with the promise that they could make and hold onto wealth.

So, dear enemies of the U.S. , count the blessings you have that came from the U.S.  Also, count the curses the technologies brought when used inappropriately.  Cars came first, then tanks which would not have been possible without the internal combustion engine.

My point in all of this is that any country can have a free and productive society if its citizens are allowed to pursue their dreams.

Rich citizens = rich leaders.