When I Want To Be President

America is commonly characterized as the greatest country in the world, the glorious “land of the free and the home of the brave”, “indivisible, with liberty and justice for all”. This idealization of the American identity conveniently focuses on what people want to hear and blurs out most everything else. In reality, Americans do not live up to the dreamscape created by our views, and we never really have. America is no longer characterized by its freedom and democracy, nearly every first world country can afford that luxury. Nor are we set apart by the great opportunities given to our people, for those are far from universal. We aren’t equal, we aren’t unified, we aren’t kinder or smarter or richer than any other country across the board. It’s easy to find the shortcomings of American culture, all the things we aren’t, but the things we are have proven to be more elusive. First, let’s examine the nots.

America offers so much to the people who live in the U.S., but America will always be full of criticism, violence, and people who are offended by everything. America still seems to manage to be one of the world's best nations. The first Americans planned America to be as successful as it is, but for America to be more peaceful. America is not one of the most peaceful places, but it is not the most dangerous place to live. Even political parties lie and cheat each other. A lot of the Americans are greedy, because they take advantages of what America offers to their citizens. Even though America is not perfect I am still glad to live in the U.S.

America is an improbable idea, a mongrel nation built of ever-changing disparate parts, itis held together by a notion, the notion that all men are created equal, though everyone knows that most men consider themselves better than someone. "Of all the nations in the world, the United States was built in nobody's image," the historian Daniel Boorst in wrote. That's because it was built of bits and pieces that seem discordant, like the crazy quilts that have been one of its great folk-art forms, velvet and calico and checks and brocades. Out of many, one. That is the ideal.The reality is often quite different, a great national striving consisting frequently of failure. Many of the oft-told stories of the most pluralistic nation on earth are stories

America is one word that brings the hope of freedom to many people around the world. Since the United States’ humble beginnings freedom has remained at the core of its ideologies and philosophies. People of all races, nations, and tongues have found refuge in America. The National Anthem proclaims, “…land of the free, and home of the brave” (Key, 1814). But has America been consistently a land of the free? Unfortunately freedom has not always reigned. There is a constant struggle to overcome fear and prejudice in order to provide a true land of freedom. In times of heightened tension, the masses of common people seek to find a scapegoat. Often, this scapegoat is a minority

America: Land of the free and home of the brave. That was the idea that the people had hundreds of years ago. How they would feel now that we are a country that is enslaved to profit and not the least bit brave when it comes to speaking truth. Mark Shield, author of the article “Missing: Any Challenge for the Common Good,” brings to the attention of how todays tactic of running things has become more than a little undermining. The presidential campaign of 2016 has been no more than a bumbling mess for the past few months. Republican front-runner and celebrity, Donald Trump, has led his campaign with racist remarks and the promise of a wall he will not pay for, to separate borders. While the popular vote of the Democratic Party,

America was created by ingenuity that helped win our freedom, and built on moral standards that are all but loist today. We need to get back to what made our nation great. We have become so in tuned with ourselves that we forgot what we used to be. We used to believe in true freedom and now we are slaves to our own greedy wants. We need to break free from the social norms and become what we used to be.

Many people of the United States to be the greatest country there ever was, and ever will be. Americans claim their country the best, and reign unfailingly with shouts of freedom and liberty and religious tolerance who fight for their rights, even if it took away those of minority. The citizens believe their country to be unfathomably free, but is it really truly as they see? Is America really as free as we claim, is our beloved country the greatest nation out of all 194?

The United States of America has long been viewed by itself and others as the epitome of a free and idealistic society. But, many wonder if this country has truly lived up to these words of high praise. America was founded on the ideals of liberty, equality, opportunity, democracy, and rights. Through careful examination of American history, it was clear that America has not always lived up to the ideals stated in the Declaration of Independence.

America can choose to continue down the path that will further divide it or it can choose to work its problems. For far too long America has paid the price for its original sin, and while diligence is still needed, it is time to forgive ourselves. America has made great strides to pay for its transgressions. Problems still exist and there are still ways to go, but it cannot let that fear causes a hyper diligence and a fear of not being willing to speak up for its beliefs to hinder the progression that needs still to be made. Fear only leads to anger, and in the end all lose. When America is willing to deal with these issues through open dialogue it will finally be able to progress. This is a utopian idea, but it is one worth working towards. If people cannot speak up without fear, no man, woman, or child, will ever be equal. However, if all can accept each other, faults and all, then we’ll finally can get back on the path that Martin Luther King Jr spoke of long ago, a path where we acknowledge that we are created equal, that we are all brothers and sisters and that, as Ben Lee said long before High School Musical. “We are all in this

I think that the United States was built off of an ideology that was unrealistic in some ways. All of their ideas were valid but to them the values and standards became sort of unrealistic and impossible because they said that they could be their own country where they held each other up and that “all men were created equally”. In reality we can see that the start of our country was based of want and it was a good enough to kill the people who were native to the land. The

America as we know it is falling apart. In past generations America was known as a great Country of freedom and unity. Now days people abuse their freedom and “rights” to far which ends up hurting others. For example the freedom of speech, the right to bear arms, and protection from unreasonable search and seizures.All theses rights have been abused in many times throughout the years.

I personally agree with Sui Sin Far in her essay “Leaves from the Mental Portfolio of an Eurasian”, in which she asserts that individuality is more important than nationality. I believe that being true to one’s self carries more weight than being a member of a society or culture. I am not sure as to whether or not is is because I am autistic or due to my other ailments, but I have never felt as though I belonged. Life to me has always been like watching fish swim in a bowl, in a whole other watery world that I cannot understand. I have never identified with society, or even a specific culture.

Lately, America has become divided by a single issue; one which appears to be so polarized, that no one can compromise on it. Just kidding, there are a lot of those kinds of issues americans can’t agree upon. We are separated by race, language and ideas. Continuously homogenized and then filtered apart again into different groups and identities. So many conflicting interests clashing against each other in a never ending battle. Yet despite all that, America is held up as a pillar of democracy, freedom, liberty, opportunity; in America, you can be anything you want if you work at it. This is what we are lead to believe, if you work hard enough eventually you will be rewarded and make money. This may or may not be true but it’s beside the point.

America today is going downhill fast. America needs to be fixed to the wonderful nation like it used to be. America is going away from the delectation of independence and on the way of being a monarchy. America has room to improve the future. America will allow guns agreeing with the second amendment. America will stop rioting and America will be the free nation like it used to be. America will no longer be in debt.

Some might say that America is a beautiful country, and that it is filled with freedom and hard work, but is it truly? After some quick research, I have come to disagree. Even though we are a powerful country, we seem to be divided amongst our people by some particular reasons. After some further research, I have come to conclude that these reasons are;Political problems, unhealthy food, and the fact that other countries have what we have. You may be thinking, “How would this cause someone to leave the country, and how could some of these reasons separate us as a country?” Well, I think so for these particular reasons.