Virgin post- Lets start with some basic principles, part 1

The challenge that lies before us now is to determine whether we want to merely be a collection of individuals or a true nation. As a people we have many ways of building bonds with each other- we share our homes, our dinner tables, our religions, and our cultures with each other. But another way in which we define ourselves as a nation is through our common government. It is here, in Washington DC, that 300 million voices across 3000 miles of land and water coalesce into one sound. It is here that we must again learn to build and retain commitment to our neighbors, regardless of race, income, or sexuality. Without this force we are not likely to remain one nation, indivisible under God.

We now stand at the precipice of ecological disaster. It is in confronting this challenge that we will find our purpose as a new generation of Americans. We are a generation of unprecedented wealth, productivity, and connectivity. Yet despite these successes, none can deny that the challenges that lie before us are more profound than ever before. As it was for our grandfathers, fear itself shall be our only obstacle. If in four short years, America could rise up to crush fascism and emerge as a world superpower, surely today we can reverse our suicidal course of planetary abuse and remake our economy for coexistence with God’s creation.

The toils of our fathers freed us from our Hobbesian bounds and allowed the modern life that we so enjoy. For most of our history as a species, the earth seemed willing and able to destroy humanity. But in our age, this equation has been reversed. But we have simultaneously lost our bounds of humility. Realizing the self restraint necessary to save the planet will also bless us with a higher understanding of what we are capable of.  By healing our planet, we will pave the way for a new understanding of what it means to be humans on this planet earth. God’s greatest gift to us men was companionship and this planet. We shall not let the sins of our fathers restrain us from correcting their errors and healing our only home. Money, which itself is a creation of man, shall be no object in facing this challenge of unprecedented gravity.