A state of equilibrium is a requirement for any successful and long-lasting relationship, whether personal, corporate, national, or even global. America is out of balance today. A healthy equilibrium reflects Adam Smith’s invisible hand theory of economics, the idea that when individuals pursue their own interests within a competitive market, their actions unintentionally promote the broader good of society. The core claim—that order, coordination, and efficiency can emerge without central direction.
Traditionally, Americans relied on a version of Smith’s theory: government will do the work of the people, leaving us with an industrious, God-centered, and family-oriented society. By breaking that essential promise, a reckoning is inevitable.
Today, much of the foundation on which the American miracle was built is being challenged bit by bit. It has not gone unnoticed by the average American, especially the traditional middle class, that something is happening that threatens to transform a nation of producers and individualists into a gaggle of dependents valued for their political contributions to the State rather than their inherent value, skills, and industriousness, and entirely reliant on a shrinking class of productive individuals. As long as those productive individuals keep grinding away, the rest of the world looks at us with greedy eyes and evil designs.
Much has been written that describes how divided we are; much less on exactly what the drivers are, or what the natural extension of a protracted state of displeasure by millions means on a variety of subjects, from elections to work ethic, staying in or even joining the workforce, having babies, or complying with the law.
What can be gleaned with certitude is that anything out of balance for too long eventually establishes a new equilibrium. What is also true is that a new state of balance may not return in its previous form. America is in a moment when major changes are nearly inevitable, as dissatisfaction grows by the day amid a country in flux.
It is reasonable to believe that a reckoning is coming, but we don’t know exactly what that means, how it will change the country’s trajectory, or what it will mean for the American people. Change is unlikely to be predictable, and that’s a problem for all who depend on stability and a predictable future. When push comes to shove, people will almost always vote for stability.
To highlight this point, let’s briefly review the war in Ukraine. No matter your position on the Ukraine war, one thing is certain: much of the world admires the Ukrainian people’s will to achieve self-determination even at the risk of losing their lives. In Ukraine, there were only two choices: fight or surrender.
Freedom Over Surrender:-
For most Ukrainians, surrender is not an option. I wonder how many here would have the gumption to fight if an aggressor were to invade America. The fact that the Ukrainian people find the idea of becoming Russians so intolerable says volumes about how much Ukrainians value freedom. That discussion is losing traction here, likely because we’ve lost sight of the reality that freedom is a perishable commodity.
America has never been invaded in the traditional sense of an Army invading and demanding that we surrender. Here, our enemies are more subtle, yet the end result is exactly the same as if an enemy marched across the Rio Grande and started killing Americans and shipping off our young to be indoctrinated in faraway Latin American cities and towns, as Ukrainian children are being shipped to Russia.
What will happen to us if we can’t unify on easily verifiable realities that we don’t share in common? We will inevitably lose our country through the quiet atrophy of our national will to survive, both as America and as a distinct culture. Poets, writers, philosophers, and patriots have written about how easy it can be to erode a country’s foundations: just start by weakening its citizenry’s will to resist and its institutions, and eventually the entire country rots from within.
We’ve been at the crossroads for too long. A reckoning is inevitable. The left is asserting itself in ways that conservatives have not matched. Leftists have vigor, commitment, commit acts of violence, sedition, and demand America change, or threaten that they’ll burn it to the ground.
On our side, it’s glaringly obvious that we haven’t met the challenge. By not unifying against the threat and then responding appropriately, millions are discouraged who see what’s happening but don’t see leadership taking the necessary decisive action. That’s a prescription for losing.
Our leaders must stop compromising and lead with action rather than rhetoric. People are tired and have tuned out rhetoric that leads nowhere. We don’t need a revolution; we need a reckoning that restates the principles we were founded on, and just like we essentially made communism illegal back in the 50s, we need to do the same with socialism, DEI, multiculturalism, and all the other anti-social behaviors that don’t further what’s good for our country. We solve the problem, or our problems will overwhelm us.
We hear repeatedly that our Constitution is not a suicide pact. It’s time to put meat on the bones with laws that codify that we won’t coddle the very people who seek to destroy our system of government and the rugged individualism that is part and parcel of a successful America.
A Nation at a Crossroads:-
Changing the course of our country, currently on a collision course with disaster, will have some unpleasant repercussions, and leftists will act out, just as the mullahs are doing as they see their power collapse. Expect to see:
- Leftists use violence and resistance tactics to an even greater degree than today when they realize they’re losing the war and must “prove” to the country how Republicans are unable to meet the moment.
- There’ll be a lot of empty rice bowls for many NGOs, government-funded resistance groups, and millions of legal and illegals that game the system and drain our treasury. None will take this loss peacefully.
- The transition to truth over feelings and to reasonable outcomes rather than theoretical ones will challenge many who believe the government’s role is to deliver outcomes rather than opportunities.
One thing I’ve learned over a lifetime is that it’s better to take your hits early rather than later, leading me to conclude that we’re way past the point where we should have fixed our glaring issues.
When we finally do, as we must, a calm will come over the country, and natural growth and prosperity will return, without a government picking winners and losers and without the strife so ever-present in our daily lives.
God Bless America!
Allan J. Feifer—Patriot
Author, Businessman, Thinker, and Strategist. Read more about Allan, his background, and his ideas to create a better tomorrow at www.1plus1equals2.com. Read additional great writers here.
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