we as a nation

been reading some ayn rand lately. the last time i read her book was when i was still in high school. i don't think i actually understood anything about the basic premise of the book - absolute individualism. i revisited ayn rand because of all the rage for the tea party movement and being one of the focal point of the whole story, it seemed relevant to check it out again.

the environment we live in requires cooperation and coordination. but once we lose the meaning of 'individual,' the very basic principle of society, we lose order and revert back to chaos. we cannot fathom the result of such loss because the 'individual' has been such a powerful component of social discourse.

some say we are granted too much freedom. that the society is disintegrating. however looking everywhere i don't see chaos, but order. the society has not disintegrated. we do not long for dictatorship nor authoritarianism. we still dwell in a society where order could be found. where harmony could be gained.

this i think is what individualism has achieved us. a total freedom within order. order within freedom. the talk of big brother lurking. the talk of big government encroaching personal freedom. i think these are exaggerated stories, creations of our fear. once our fear has been wiped clean. once we gather together in one and create a society based on individual freedom. once we establish the fact that we as a nation is stronger than any foe. then we can thrive in order and peace.

i do not wish to indulge in political debates. afghanistan and iraq are already reality. we cannot reverse the course of history. we are there. and we must make the best of it. some say the best course of action is retreat, some do not agree. the important issue we must consider instead is being unified. being unified as one to form a judgment. we as citizen have a choice. an individual responsibility to make a choice for our future, our nation. that i think is the buttress of our nation.

with the midterm election looming on the horizon. we can escape the political consequence. the tea party movement. the fundamentalists. the democrats. an open discourse of national policy is a right that each citizen hold. and casting the vote to form our national agenda is our responsibility. we must struggle together to achieve, to progress forward. we are the city upon a hill. an example democracy that countries once revered and emulated. we are a country of great pride. we can continue that tradition of excellence by moving together as one.

so go my proud fellow citizens. go and achieve the dream. go and practice your right and responsibility as a citizen. let us march into the future as a proud american. cast a vote in the mid-term election.