History of the World in a Few Paragraphs

My part is done.  I cast my vote on Friday.  There's nothing left for me to do now but wait and see.

This is a turning point for perhaps the most unique society in the history of the world.  The turning point relates to whether America remains the envy of the world for awhile longer, or becomes just another ordinary place.

From Adam and Eve, mankind has been in conflict.  Brothers fight. Perhaps God made us that way from the beginning.  Cain killed Abel out of envy.  Story after story through the annals of known history, whether told in the Holy Bible or by ancient historians, tells of war.  War is mostly about power and wealth.  Somebody sees somebody else with something good.  He wants that good thing.  He's envious and thinks its not fair the other guy has whatever that good thing is.

So he starts a fight.  History seems to suggest that the aggressor is usually victorious, at least eventually.  As long as the envious aggressor is committed to achieving that good thing for himself.

Today in America, the battle is not yet violent, except for the smaller individual cases of fights over political yard signs, keying "Obama" into cars owned by conservatives, throwing eggs or otherwise vandalizing property.  All the same it's about a group of people envious of another group and determined to take that wealth they so much desire.

Obama represents the envious invaders.  He achieved power through deception, promising "hope" and "change" and an end to war.  Nobody quite knew what he meant by "hope" and "change", but it sounded good, so they granted him power.  But now everyone knows what "hope" and "change" means.

It means raiding the property of the prosperous and promising to transfer that property to the non-prosperous.  The prosperous and those who strive to be prosperous know that he doesn't really intend to transfer that property to the poor, but will keep most of that property for himself and his friends, tossing some leftover crumbs to the poor to keep their loyalty.  He wants to be King.

The productive and prosperous are trying to protect themselves and their property against the envious horde.  They may succeed in the short run, replacing the would-be King with a less rapacious leader.  But the King and his friends remain in control of the country's institutions, most prominently that institution which educates nearly all of the country's children.  There the children are taught every day of the unfairness of the place where some people are allowed to have more than others, and how vital it is for the children to rise up against their parents to effect a fair distribution of their parents' possessions to people who don't have as much.

The would-be King and his minions are committed and determined, and will never give up their desire for power.  So America has a chance for perhaps one more generation of greatness, but then it's most likely that the castle walls will be breached and the productive will be overrun and destroyed.  My grandchildren will likely grow up in a country pretty much the same as every other country as they were throughout the history of the world.  Ruled by Kings who hoard all the wealth while keeping all of the citizenry in poverty and hopelessness.

Only God can save us now.