Police departments around the
country are shorthanded, defunded, demoralized. Many officers have retired or
walked away, because they aren’t valued—or, worse, are demonized. All for
working long hours for not great pay…and putting their life on the line for
public safety. And, if they do arrest somebody for even violent behavior, the
perps often are sprung
the same day, no bail required. This has led to the majority of American
citizens being less safe than perhaps ever before.
Our military is far less capable
than it was just a few short years ago. Patriots, Christians, MAGA types, and
conservatives have been deliberately drummed out of the services in favor of
more left-leaning individuals. Competence—let alone excellence—has been
dismissed in favor of diversity, equity, and inclusion. (I hope and pray we
don’t soon have to see how diversity, equity, and inclusion fares against
well-trained, highly skilled, determined adversaries.) Recruiting
goals are not close to being met. The navy, 600 ships strong at the end of
Reagan’s presidency, is now down to just 283 mostly functioning vessels. In
toto, the once unparalleled American military is no longer an effective
deterrence against the likes of China, Russia…or even Iran. It is a sad but
historical fact that, when we are incapable of effective deterrence, our allies
lose confidence and our enemies pounce. And innocent people “DIE.”
(“DEI” rearranged to more accurately reflect the end result of such hyper-woke
sentiments and policies.)
And there is more. Much more.
Trains are derailing, plane parts are falling from the sky, shipping delays are
legion, customer service seems an outmoded concept…and there are more product
recalls, particularly of foodstuffs, than ever before.
All of this was predictable. In
fact, there is no other possible result of an all-out assault on
competence, reason, and productivity. Ayn Rand predicted this back in 1957.
What we are witnessing now is…Atlas
Shrugging.
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