#americamatters

As an historian, I am interested in the how and why questions in relation to where America finds itself today. Many historians of American history and knowledgeable pundits describe the republic as ‘the American experiment’. This gives the whole thing a much more acceptably volatile reading. However, when you combine that with the superpower status of the USA it makes for an uncomfortable realization of where America and the world might be heading. As an observer of the place, it calls for deeper digging into who and what America actually is. Why America Matters? Bearing witness to the fate of the United States, it is apparent that the republic is going off the rails – to use an outdated analogy. I have heard some referring to the extreme polarization happening across the nation. Culminating in ‘tribe over truth’ - to borrow one of the pithy one liners describing the current situation. The two party political set-up has reached an apogee of combativeness. The politics of grievance has been mined to such an extent that blaming the other side for everything bad is now common place.  Facts are hard to come by in this era of algorithm led news feeds, where everyone stays in their own bubble. The lack of any regulation or enforceable standards when it comes to the reporting of news by both the established media and social media in America is a glaring and ever increasing problem. America Matters Robert Sudha Hamilton Epub version.

America matters to the world. This democratic republic has held a pre-eminence globally for more than a century. Its economic and military might have established an order within the world. This world order is now under threat from both without and within. The spotlight is on the United States of America. Many of us around the planet are looking to see what kind of response this will engender. There are forces of what could be called good and bad wrestling for the soul of America. What and who will triumph is of paramount interest to people far and wide. Pre-Apocalyptic Posts & Essays In The Shadow Of Trump Bearing witness to the fate of the United States, it is apparent that the republic is going off the rails – to use an outdated analogy. I have heard some referring to the extreme polarization happening across the nation. Culminating in ‘tribe over truth’ - to borrow one of the pithy one liners describing the current situation. The two party political set-up has reached an apogee of combativeness. The politics of grievance has been mined to such an extent that blaming the other side for everything bad is now common place.  Facts are hard to come by in this era of algorithm led news feeds, where everyone stays in their own bubble. The lack of any regulation or enforceable standards when it comes to the reporting of news by both the established media and social media in America is a glaring and ever increasing problem. America Matters Robert Sudha Hamilton Epub version

America Matters: Pre-apocalyptic Posts & Essays in the Shadow of Trump PDF version. 250 pages of factual information impassioned by a voice that cares. A book that explains a lot about the real America. Partisan politics grips the USA and where has this embittered fervour emerged from? An Australian writing about America offers a different perspective. As an historian, I am interested in the how and why questions in relation to where America finds itself today. Many historians of American history and knowledgeable pundits describe the republic as ‘the American experiment’. This gives the whole thing a much more acceptably volatile reading. However, when you combine that with the superpower status of the USA it makes for an uncomfortable realisation of where America and the world might be heading. As an observer of the place, it calls for deeper digging into who and what America actually is. What people have said about, America Matters. “ It burns with progressive fervour for a better America. If you were at all ignorant about the injustices, now and in our past, this is the book to set you straight on some facts.”  “ I learned more about America from this Australian than I did from my history teachers at school.” Read the full article

Our nation has not become diverse unexpectedly, we have always been diverse. That’s our nation’s problem. Over countless years disagreeing over varying affairs that has extended over time, ( e.g., be it race, class, political status, religion, gender, sexual orientation, etc.), we will never see eye to eye fully and this will never be resolved. One thing, however, is clearly certain. Until we are able to overlook the “differences” and actually behave rationally (for some - behave maturely) by seeing each individual as a person, then we will continue to stray away from what’s important. What’s the point in disrespecting those around us by the color of their skin, by the party they support, or by having people express their true sexuality? Every one of us has to wake up and truthfully say that each of us are the problem. Whether we are the ones who verbally express our opinions or not, we think about it. We choose to tolerate such behaviors by believing that it’s someone else’s problem when in all actuality it is our own regardless of how far away it’s happening from us. Resolving the issue in how we all see each other in such varying degrees is the biggest form of change that our country needs more improvement on. Why add more to the list of problems that we all have to face? Posting about these problems for the shear publicity regardless of the issue at hand, is not going to make one bit of difference - I’m fully aware that this post may be considered, but I have reached my boiling point. I’m done wasting my breath and voicing my concerns to those who need more than just a good talking to realizing that what I’m addressing is probably going in one ear and out of the other anyway. Granted our diversity may not be our biggest issue, but I am completely baffled by the fact that this issue is tolerable to some and still an issue. When can we look passed the “differences?” Yes! The bloody word has been in quotations because each human being on the face of the earth is different and let’s face it, we are all not going to agree on every possible issue because none of us are alike - big surprise - so why the hell do we insist on conforming others to a particular need or belief as if we have the right to do so to begin with? If you’re the one who looks at others as if you had just sucked a lemon out of the shear disgust or disapproval that you have toward them, then you are the problem! Here is to one day where each life truly matters. A day where we each can stand resolutely with as much love and respect for one another as our own family members, secure in the knowledge that we are all Americans and all want what is best for our country. A day when each citizen can contribute in making life better, not for ourselves, but for future generations to come. Only then will we achieve great things and actually resolve issues that, like our “diversity,” should not have been an issue to begin with. America is great in that we can voice our concerns freely but it’s 2016 and we are still behaving like we are decades in the past with the exception that we now abuse the privilege of modern day advances and use the technology as a weapon to voice our opinions about those who happen to disagree with a value or belief from the ones we have chosen to believe for ourselves. God willing - I hope I can bare witness to a country filled with respect, honor, thoughtful conversation, and mature debates to ultimately reach compromise in order to surpass the immature discord that we as a society have allowed to persist for too long.

“It's easier for a [teen] to buy a Glock than get his hands on a computer or even a book"––@POTUS @barackobama at #DallasMemorial #alllivesmatter #americamatters 🇺🇸 (at United States)