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Originally Posted by rameumptom
I fear we have lost much of that dream, and replaced it with capitalism and materialism. There's nothing wrong with capitalism, per se, except that it is not a reason to praise our nation. It is freedom and self-responsibility that promote capitalism, and not the other way around. Otherwise, China would be a very free nation today. But we've lost the dream of heroes, pilgrims, and patriots, and replaced it with encouragement from our nation's leaders to "go shopping" in the midst of a national crisis. What the heck kind of priorities are those???? Where is the sacrifice that creates true heroes, rather than football players and movie stars that can't keep out of jail for our children to emulate?
Seems we need some serious re-prioritizing here. Thank God we're about to get a wake up call. I'm just not certain that Americans are going to awake to the reality of their choices and choose, as Pres Uchtdorf taught us, to "lift where we stand."
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Great post. I agree 100%. Free markets and unchecked corporate greed have run this country into the ground. As much as I pity those who have lost so much in the last several weeks, I must admit that I've gotten a small amount of satisfaction from watching our system of free market capitalism begin to self-destruct. I just hope that our leaders make the change that is necessary and don't just set the system up to fail again.
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Originally Posted by a-train
I think the LDS people are waking up, but much of the nation will go on in drunkenness to destruction.
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Personally, I try to avoid drunkenness as much as I can. But today's my birthday, so I'll probably be making an exception tonight.