The United States of America
Land of opportunity!
Where are you from, and where are you now in life?
It is meant to be a loaded question. Lets start from the bottom.
From the beginning of your roots; what did you want out of life?
For most, it was simply a better life. Better than the life you had growing up or experiencing.
You knew you needed more opportunities or a path to a better life(at whatever sacrifice) for some.
Reality was, whether you were from here or another country; there were dead ends, short cuts and risks to take that may or may not bring reward. The land of opportunity(America) is where you needed to be! It was so close for some, and others(America)was so far away.
In what other country are you given so much freedom? Freedom to speak, freedom to choose, freedom to travel and feel relatively safe in the country? Freedom to work hard from your own ideas or for another (private enterprise) and be successful financially and stable with roots ( your own home and transportation)? Those with the wheels of determination and are driven with a passion to succeed! Maybe just a simple life with all the basic means of survival and living comfortable throughout life. Where else but in America! So why do so many born and raised here take so much for granted? Everything that is offered and the potential for a good life, all for just a little(or a lot) of hard work! They simply do not know life anywhere else and how much people do struggle in South America, the Philippines, India or Venezuela to name a few. The hardships, lack of free speech without fear of dire consequence. The basic lack of structured law enforcement and laws of the land without to much corruption. Fairness in trial and fairness in justice! A lack of respect and the history as it truly was and not some whitewashed, diluted version that some individuals only want to be told. (a twist in the tale?) So where are you now? If you're in America, and you enjoy the freedoms this country offers, ( opportunities like no other does give you) Then why are you not American, first and foremost? Like the immigrants of the early 1900's or those born generations before you that truly knew what privilege it was to live and breathe on American soil?
Only one other name do you deserve being here and that is a 'TAKER' (the entitled) and that is as low as they come. However you got to where you are today and who you are now; either American or Taker. The line is drawn! We all speak one language here even if we have different tongues. Respect the land you live in, the people and the language. For the very privilege of what you attain being in America. Here in America, we are all ONE and we stand together! For those with beliefs opposite us all? There is land somewhere else for you(Not here!)
United we all stand, and those divided will fall.
Land of opportunity!
Where are you from, and where are you now in life?
It is meant to be a loaded question. Lets start from the bottom.
From the beginning of your roots; what did you want out of life?
For most, it was simply a better life. Better than the life you had growing up or experiencing.
You knew you needed more opportunities or a path to a better life(at whatever sacrifice) for some.
Reality was, whether you were from here or another country; there were dead ends, short cuts and risks to take that may or may not bring reward. The land of opportunity(America) is where you needed to be! It was so close for some, and others(America)was so far away.
In what other country are you given so much freedom? Freedom to speak, freedom to choose, freedom to travel and feel relatively safe in the country? Freedom to work hard from your own ideas or for another (private enterprise) and be successful financially and stable with roots ( your own home and transportation)? Those with the wheels of determination and are driven with a passion to succeed! Maybe just a simple life with all the basic means of survival and living comfortable throughout life. Where else but in America! So why do so many born and raised here take so much for granted? Everything that is offered and the potential for a good life, all for just a little(or a lot) of hard work! They simply do not know life anywhere else and how much people do struggle in South America, the Philippines, India or Venezuela to name a few. The hardships, lack of free speech without fear of dire consequence. The basic lack of structured law enforcement and laws of the land without to much corruption. Fairness in trial and fairness in justice! A lack of respect and the history as it truly was and not some whitewashed, diluted version that some individuals only want to be told. (a twist in the tale?) So where are you now? If you're in America, and you enjoy the freedoms this country offers, ( opportunities like no other does give you) Then why are you not American, first and foremost? Like the immigrants of the early 1900's or those born generations before you that truly knew what privilege it was to live and breathe on American soil?
Only one other name do you deserve being here and that is a 'TAKER' (the entitled) and that is as low as they come. However you got to where you are today and who you are now; either American or Taker. The line is drawn! We all speak one language here even if we have different tongues. Respect the land you live in, the people and the language. For the very privilege of what you attain being in America. Here in America, we are all ONE and we stand together! For those with beliefs opposite us all? There is land somewhere else for you(Not here!)
United we all stand, and those divided will fall.
So be it.
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