Thanks Ben Shapiro - Some Great Perspective

[HikerGuy83]

This Is What a World Superpower Looks Like

A look at America's unmatched space achievements and military power shaping global security and destiny.

townhall.com

Really enjoyed this:

Then he said something that sounded less like an astronaut's report and more like a statement of national destiny: America, he said, was becoming part of the story of a "two-planet species."

That is what the United States is doing right now.

And it is not happening in isolation. It is happening alongside a broader national posture that is unmistakably American: an insistence that the country is not merely capable of greatness but obligated to pursue it.

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To be clear....I am not a fan of the "Greatest Country in the world" statements. I might feel that way. And I am sure those in Japan, South Korea, Sweden and other countries feel they are too. And why not?

But continuing......

For years, Americans have been trained to speak about their own country in tones of apology. The national mood has been one long exercise in self-criticism, as if confidence itself were a moral failing.

But there is a reason the rest of the world still looks at the United States as the place where things happen.

People don't just come here because we have jobs. They come because America still offers something rare: the opportunity to build, to create, to rise. The system is imperfect, but it remains the most powerful engine for human advancement ever constructed.

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Thanks Ben. It's always good to step back.

More on those who feel differently in the next posts to come.

 

[Natural Citizen]

To be clear....I am not a fan of the "Greatest Country in the world" statements.

Well are you fan of his statement tha '' The question Americans should ask is not why the United States is acting.''

Because that, in my view, seems to be the primary motivation behind the notion that he's trying to peddle/normalize in that piece.

Aside from influencing Americans to not ask questions of our government regarding its action(s), by invoking the sensationalism of the Moon mission as a lead-up to frame his narrative/endeavor, he appears to also be trying to ''patriotize'' the notion of not questioning the actions of our government regarding such critical matters.

Additionally, any idea why it's in Mr. Shapiro's interest specifically to try to influence the American electorate to not question the actions of its government regarding these critical matters?