How I Think We Got Here.

For anyone who has ever never seen the movie "Saving Private Ryan" towards the end as he's dying, Tom Hank's character tells Private Ryan to "Earn This." Well he's not just talking to Ryan, he's talking to the audience too. Democracy is something that wasn't just handed to us here in the western world It comes under assault and threat time and time again. The threats we face today might come in different forms than the men who fought in WW2 had but that's just how lucky we've been. The world we live in is built off of the previous generations work and like house cats after they get fixed, we got fat. If there comes a time where we have to face the same challenges they did in WW2 I'm not sure American's on the whole are up to the task, whether it's in Europe or closer. I believe the internet is partly too blame for this (there are many many many cogs in the wheel of politics that I'm sure also play their part.) The early...