Benjamin Franklin once stated that: “When the people find that they can vote themselves money that will herald the end of the republic.”
I can’t help but think that we have already reached that tipping point in our culture, self interest at the ballot box, and we are on the very short slide into the ash heap of history. The country cannot long endure a populous that will place their own slovenly habits and self interest above the health of the republic. While critics vocally disparage ‘nationalism’, it is nationalism that drives patriots past self interest and inspires the selflessness needed to keep the nation robust.