So many problems remain ignored. Our failing infrastructure. Our enormous debt. Unsecured borders. I think it will take a miracle from God to allow the United States to continue as a world power. I do think that the lack of respect for common decency and self-restraint is at the heart of our problems. "Self-government will not work without self-discipline, (Paul Harvey)."
As it happens, I read War of the Worlds the other week and I did think of your country. It was at that point, about two thirds of the way through, where the narrator finds himself in Putney and meets again the Royal Artillery NCO who escaped the first battle with the Martians. The soldier sets out his vision for the future, where a group of alpha male survivors and fertile women will build an underground society to prepare for war against the Martians. A select group of nerds like the narrator will be permitted so long as they can contribute to the practical know-how. The narrator is initially seduced by the idea before concluding that it is deluded. My first thought was how much this proposed programme seemed predictive of what the Christian Nationalist/Theonomy bandwagon is up to in the US today.
Significantly, adaptations of "War of the Worlds" to other media have primarily used America as the target of the Martians rather than Britain. Orson Welles' infamous radio broadcast did it first, and it would be followed by the two most significant film versions.
So many problems remain ignored. Our failing infrastructure. Our enormous debt. Unsecured borders. I think it will take a miracle from God to allow the United States to continue as a world power. I do think that the lack of respect for common decency and self-restraint is at the heart of our problems. "Self-government will not work without self-discipline, (Paul Harvey)."
As it happens, I read War of the Worlds the other week and I did think of your country. It was at that point, about two thirds of the way through, where the narrator finds himself in Putney and meets again the Royal Artillery NCO who escaped the first battle with the Martians. The soldier sets out his vision for the future, where a group of alpha male survivors and fertile women will build an underground society to prepare for war against the Martians. A select group of nerds like the narrator will be permitted so long as they can contribute to the practical know-how. The narrator is initially seduced by the idea before concluding that it is deluded. My first thought was how much this proposed programme seemed predictive of what the Christian Nationalist/Theonomy bandwagon is up to in the US today.
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Significantly, adaptations of "War of the Worlds" to other media have primarily used America as the target of the Martians rather than Britain. Orson Welles' infamous radio broadcast did it first, and it would be followed by the two most significant film versions.
Yep. Makes sense.