Rotary.org: The Rotarian If Western Civilization has a sole, this young lady exposes it. "If music be the food of love--" We are seeing the last gasp of a failed industrial age with its degenerate behavior: drugs, baggy pants, gangs and in your face super stars killing themselves and us with their defiant greed. Katherine heralds a new civility and culture; hopefully it will accompany a technological revolution and a new beginning. Katherine the Great hints of a positive future. You can see it in the smiles of these British troops.
The November 2024 election presents a significant challenge, transcending the traditional Democrat versus Republican divide. This election will determine the future of the American Republic, Western civilization, and potentially the survival of the human species. Plato suggested that democracies tend to devolve into oligarchies, and we are witnessing that transformation before our eyes. Three major trends in the U.S. threaten to replace our Constitution and representative government with a totalitarian, internationalist, socialistic oligarchy. First, seventy years of Soviet subversion, the Vietnam War, and generations of youth who were taught to reject American institutions have undermined U.S. leadership. Now, Chinese espionage, bribery, and infiltration further contribute to the erosion of America’s traditions of citizenship, enterprise, and prosperity. Second, NGOs in Washington, an entrenched bureaucracy, and organizations like the Trilateral Commission prioritize internation...
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