A red light means use the brakes to stop the vehicle. Some people do and some don’t which keeps insurance companies, lawyers and ER’s busy. But this applies to more and more decisions we, as a society, are making. The reason may be found in the sources of information. We’ve let down our guard, ignored the red light of wisdom embedded in our national destiny. Also, we have presumed all the big technology firms are on a solid ethical foundation in a new era. The big tech firms are the 21st century media.
There is a new story about how social media players played such a deceptive role in the election leading up to November 8th when a bright white beacon on a hill exposed every shadow and lie in the media valley by November 9th. The bright light was not just old white men; it was everyone who works hard for a living. Today, some are crying, “Change the red light to another color” and “These old-fashioned work ethics and American cultural values don’t work”. Social media and traditional media firms are at their call. However, the USA has always had a deep sense of a national destiny: one nation under God, which made its way into The Pledge of Allegiance in 1954 at the request of President Eisenhower. Hit your brakes and think about that: the United States even now has a national destiny. As a nation we recently voted to stop at a critically important red light at an even more critical intersection where American democracy and some alternative meet – will we remain one nation under God or not? The alternatives to liberty could be costly.
RPW 2016
There is a new story about how social media players played such a deceptive role in the election leading up to November 8th when a bright white beacon on a hill exposed every shadow and lie in the media valley by November 9th. The bright light was not just old white men; it was everyone who works hard for a living. Today, some are crying, “Change the red light to another color” and “These old-fashioned work ethics and American cultural values don’t work”. Social media and traditional media firms are at their call. However, the USA has always had a deep sense of a national destiny: one nation under God, which made its way into The Pledge of Allegiance in 1954 at the request of President Eisenhower. Hit your brakes and think about that: the United States even now has a national destiny. As a nation we recently voted to stop at a critically important red light at an even more critical intersection where American democracy and some alternative meet – will we remain one nation under God or not? The alternatives to liberty could be costly.
RPW 2016