Why Radical Americanism?

Why Radical Americanism?  Why not Practical Americanism? First, what I am calling Americanism is radical.  The concept of self government, of the empowerment of the individual over his own life and over his government is a mind blowing concept.   Viewed through the prism of human history it is still the most radical political concept ever devised.  Therefore, Americanism is by its very nature radical.  Second, we cannot afford to be moderately American.  Moderate Americanism not only loses elections, it is static and "conservative" in the worst sense of the word.  It seeks to conserve the moment at hand, not the ideology that made the moment at hand possible.  We have to push as hard as possible for that ideology if we are to recreate America.  Third, young people in particular are drawn to radicalism and change, as was illustrated all too well in the last presidential election.  We must be a party of change if Americanism is to be a part of the future.  A radical stand may cost us an election but is more likely to win the movement.  If we look at our political opposition and how far they have managed to shift the debate leftward, we have to recognize the role of a prominent radical left wing movement.  From public schools to colleges, from move-on to obama, the radical left found its way into the mainstream by first being radical, not by being centrists.  Its shocking to reflect that Federal legislation on health care was a seriously considered policy option (let along that it was passed) in the United States of America.  It gives one pause to consider how far we have drifted from a concept that gave birth to a free country. Americanism is on the ropes, and we aren't going to get back to the center of the ring by trying to hold our ground.  Now is the time to embrace Radical Americanism!

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