In watching Ken Burns’ Vietnam documentary I was awed at the sacrifices endured by the Vietnamese people in their struggle for independence. While I am no fan of communist dictatorships, I admire the individuals who spent their lives seeking to gain control of their own country from foreign influences, enduring terrible suffering in the process.
We here in the U.S. have lost control of our own government to billionaires and corporate special interests. These interests are working furiously in our legislatures and courts to recast our democracy into a rule by the rich for the rich.
Unless we the people can find in ourselves the capability to sacrifice our narrow interests to the goal of restoring a popular democracy, the tipping point is near where what we have had for 200 years (our independence and freedom) will be lost forever.
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