Should We Try To Change America

An American essayist, H.L. Mencken stated, “The average man does not want to be free. He simply wants be safe”. I disagree with this statement because an “average man” wants to live. In order to live you must have two necessities; freedom and safety. I believe neither is more important than one another because being free gives you the opportunity to a safe nation, and a safe nation allows you to be free. You cannot live a life without exploring and growing because that would not be considered living. On the other hand, you cannot expect to be free without safety around you.

In conclusion, America is losing superpower stature related to greed and over-consumption, bad politics and the need to remain in wars without ends. Americans need to unite as a political force and stop bickering like children between party lines. Instead of saying “no” to everything from the opposing party, be more constructive to find solutions. That shows strength instead of the weakness portrayed by arguing. American’s need to become a more industrial nation as we once were and stop sending the production to other countries to save on the bottom line. Also, a stop to borrowing for mere consumption needs to end. The borrowing should be put to advancing the country

As citizens of America, how free are we? Yes essentially, we can make our own decisions but at what cost. It seems like in order to uphold structure and stability within while securing the wellbeing of every citizen of a nation us to have a government. However, if the establishment of government is essential, there are certain sacrifices one has to make to ensure one’s protection. Therefore, the battle between freedom, equality, and security comes into play when you’re trying to construct a “perfect” government”. In which we are inbounded by our constitution that has been in effect for two centuries.

The Land of the Free is a very ironic way in describing America. Freedom no longer means to be free but to be safe, and in order to be safe, according to the government, some of our freedom had been taken away. Documents like NSC 68, created by United Stated National Security Council, and the Patriot Act, passed by Congress, were created for America to help the people live safe. After certain events in history America had to take action to prevent any future enemy attacks on US soil.

common believe in America that we, the people, are free. But now is becoming more like

“ ‘Merika,” land of the free and home of the brave. America is one of the strongest countries in the world, even though we only have the second largest military. I think America needs to change. America needs to change because we need a bigger punishment for rapists and murderers, we need better gun control, and we need a stronger military.

America Must Awake from the Nightmare of the Past to the Light of a New Day

In That Used to Be Us, Thomas Friedman and Michael Mandelbaum begin by calling attention to the slow decline of the U.S., which is gradual enough so as to seem irrelevant. Friedman and Mandelbaum claim that this decline necessitates immediate attention and widespread action, and attribute it to four broad causes. These causes are the failure of leaders to observe, orient, decide, and act, (OODA), the muted responses to crucial issues which now require collective action and sacrifice, the paralyzation of our political system and erosion of values, and the cessation of investment in our Greatness Formula. The authors warn that we no longer have resources and time to waste on fixing crucial issues. Americans need to recognize that fundamental

As a nation, we have gone through many horrors. The American Revolutionary War in 1775 to 1783. The Civil War was the deadliest war in American history. 620,000 soldiers had died. 2,400 people died in the attack of Pearl Harbor. In the year 2001, 2,977 people died, because of a terrorist attack, this was also known as 9/11. There have been many more horrors, crisis, and tragedies in American history. Although, America has stayed strong through it all. There is always hope, and America always finds it. No matter what happens to America, we stand together and we wait posed and ready.

There are few nations that have experienced an economic disaster like the one the United States is facing. Most people don’t even recognize the signs of this developing crisis. While the United States continues with its superpower mentality, behind the scenes it has quietly become a second class country. We’re more focused on keeping our status as the most powerful country than keeping our citizens happy and safe. We import more products to other countries than we import, we no longer produce the necessary items needed to sustain ourselves. Due to this America is well on its way to losing its status as a superpower.

I think we should still be free. It has made the land a positive land. Yes we are wealthy but that is because of our industries not because people do bad things. We have come a long way now because of Jefferson and his five friends that helped this nation become free. We shouldn't be afraid to take a stand and stand up for something. Take a stand and let the people agree with that. This country is brand new and will continue to rise. America is strong and will continue to get stronger

By adjusting to the new reality of our ignorance, competition, and worldly participation I believe America would put itself in a good place to deal with the “rise of the rest”. I think Zakaria points out true issues America has faced and is yet to face. It’s all about the present, as much as we are driving toward the future, it's really important to deal what we have at hand. Although we may be slowing in our advancements America is still in a very good position as a country and has come a long way. Zakaria

America is supposed to be moving towards change, not away from it. Still today, it is like we are gilded. Fake on the outside, but on the inside there are still numerous issues to work on until we

Or are we slaves? If we assess our lives, the control over our movements, our schooling, our earnings, we might become aware that what we call freedom is actually, liberties. We have liberties. To me this means we are allowed to do things, within limits - we have limitations placed upon us by documentation, credentials, licenses, etc. We are, in all respects, not free.

The Arab spring and the January fuel subsidy protests have a lot of lessons for our nation. Many social critics and analysts have lend credence to this fact. America had predicted 2015 for our break-up as a nation but now, 2030. Are we going to fold our arms and watch our country head for