Volume 7, Issue 26
What hasn’t been mentioned is most surprising. The majority of candidates lack any intention to provide leadership on the basic concept of assimilation of citizens.
The Democratic party today treats the working class as if they were some sort of alien component of society, only to be dealt with because of their presence. Singularly, Congressman Tim Ryan of Ohio mentioned a priority to meet the needs of the working class of America. No other candidate responded substantively to his acclamation. It is as if the Democrats have switched the political propensities of the working class with immigrants. In other words, immigrants are to be taken care of and the working class is only to be tolerated.
Some progressives limit their disdain for this sector of society to the white working class. The issues of the working class are the same regardless of race. To address them as otherwise is racist.
According to sociologist Dennis Gilbert, the term “working class” represents citizens aged 25-55 comprising 30-35% of the U.S. population. The Democratic party used to be the party of the working class, driven in their opinion by the leadership of labor unions. The term labor union was not emphasized either night of the debate.
Also ignored was the segment of society referenced as born again evangelical Christians. According to national market researcher George Barna, born again Christians comprise, ironically, 30-35% of the population. These two categories of societal demographics are not mutually exclusive. Both monikers can identify the same person. However, further analysis concludes that the two categories combined do represent over 51% of the population.
Christians were mentioned in the debates only once by Mayor Pete Buttigieg in condescending judgment. He opined that no Christian could claim their faith without condemning President Trump’s policy to separate the families of illegal immigrants at the border.
In fairness, progressives angrily charge President Trump with fomenting disunity. They further implicate Republican leaders as complicit. That argument can be made. In comparison, though, Republicans are consistent in the application of their principles to the same historic constituencies. Progressives are supporting new constituencies and abandoning others in a realignment of their values.
Assimilation is the effort by a citizenry to pursue common values while maintaining consideration for personal cultures, traditions, and identity. This is the exercise that galvanizes the foundation of a society. Granted, this may be easier for some than others.
Many African Americans were originally forced to immigrate as slaves. Opportunities for them in the past have historically been limited. Point taken. Native Americans were dispossessed of their land, at times, forcibly. Point taken. Women have struggled worldwide for equal rights, particularly in America through women’s suffrage. Point taken. Yet, the U.S. Constitution has incubated the ideals of equal rights to allow the access to pursuit of happiness to grow for all ethnicities, genders, and social orders. Even though at times slow in progress, only the United States has nurtured the principle that all men and women are created equal. Point taken.
America is a wonderful country made up of people, each and every day, basically trying to do the right thing. Seldom surfacing in our national dialogue is the critical need to support family-owned businesses. There are 10 million family-owned enterprises employing 50 million people. These families choose to run a business, not for the primary purpose of making a profit, but for the moral purpose of providing needed services to society. Their employees become their extended family. Every policy point of view should be filtered through the sacrificial eyes of servant small business owners. To act as if their opinions are not important, as on the issue of healthcare, is political malpractice, democratically disrespectful, and philosophically immoral.
Former Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Julian Castro is recommending that those who enter the United States illegally not be charged with a crime. Therefore, there would be no such thing as an illegal immigrant. They would then receive all rights and benefits of a U.S. citizen, even the right to vote. He appears more worried about immigrants than the working class of America.
All of these causes and compassions can be incorporated into one national purpose for our country if we can agree on a common future. Assimilation means that we become one in purpose and identity just as the mixture of two elements forms a solution in chemistry. By ignoring the needs and emotions of some Americans, we remain a compound, separate in parts bound by a force that can be broken.
In defense of assimilation is the argument that our national motto is eternal, e pluribus unum. Out of many, one.
On this Independence Day, we as Americans must commit to a future based upon values and principles that enrich the prosperity of all people.
The assimilation of society, based on the principles of unconstrained freedom for all, has produced the greatest country the world has ever known. The United States of America.
Think on these things. Have faith in their Providence.
My name is Marc Nuttle and this is what I believe.
What do you believe?
Have a great and celebratory 4th of July holiday