What is Lost Moral Authority?: How Partisanship and Hate in a Free Nation Can Lead to Decline

We are a free people and a free nation and the rules and laws should apply equally across all citizens. Moral authority occurs when we have leadership that acts to protect those essential freedoms. When that doesn't occur, or there are intentional lapses of law, then it opens a question of lost moral authority. Ensuring that ethnic and religious violations do not occur is important for protecting not only the economy but also the fundamental way of life that leads to a strong civil society. 

Read this article to get a sense of moral authority and the economy. Why moral leadership matters now more than ever

Three negative examples: 

1. Religious and racial groups targeted using official positions of power in unofficial ways to block worship and remove minority Christians from a community (swap with any race or religion in a diverse society).

2. Hate groups mixed with some officials ostracized, mocked, created a hate narrative, and acted upon extreme bigotries. Social influence continues to corrupt institutions putting the community at risk.

3. Once serious human rights violations were discovered against minority Christians (swap with any race or religion in a highly diverse society) perpetrators misused positions to protect and reward unAmerican behaviors and values.

Three positive examples:

1. Religious practices of minority Christians (swap with any race or religion in a diverse society) were protected and encouraged as fundamental moral and civil rights in society professed in our oaths of "liberty and justice for all".

2. After the behavior or hate group members were discovered, fraternization rules were created and enforced to ensure that there is no undo corruptive influence on our institutions. i.e. protecting integrity.

3. Once serious human rights violations were discovered against minority Christians (swap with any race or religion in a diverse society) authorities quickly removed perpetrators, corrected the damage, and made policy changes to strengthen fundamental civil rights in society.

Imagine if the three negative examples were on the rise and the later positive examples were declining. Match that with intentional political partisanship and you can see a much bigger problem emerging. A fundamental problem that could influence the fundamentals. One way to build trust with our emerging youth is to ensure that these institutions serve the general will of the public (with a specific eye on the needs of the next generation) and that members who serve either their own, political, or religious ideologies are not in positions of authority.

Fifty Years of Declining Confidence & Increasing Polarization in Trust in American Institutions

While we know that strong economies rely on basic trust in society. Maintaining that trust from generation to generation is fundamental to keeping the American way of life present within their hearts and minds. Democracy, human rights and broad based capitalism are worth standing and protecting no matter what one's religious or political persuasions. 

As a Catholic, Muslim, Jew (As a conception of believing in the value of their messages as well as some genetics Gifted openness, Einstein Religion and a type of universalism), and a person with mixed-race children, I am concerned about growing corruption and protection of extremist behaviors. Where it occurs and is protected, it needs to be removed for the sake of the whole of society. When it is allowed in one place, it is a good sign it is allowed in other places. It creates risks to our way of life. 

We should ask ourselves where we see ourselves in 5,10, or 20 years if we do not universalize our values to all of society? We can only understand the future by understanding the past. For that you have to open a history books. This is why as a loyalist I believe that our Constitutional freedom of religion and freedom of speech are fundamental to our society and the long-term health of the economy. Fairness views and cooperation under varying levels of economic inequality

What does it mean to be an American in today's world? I have my ideas, and I'm sure others have theirs. From a strategic, logical, and moral aspect, mine is probably more in alignment with what the country's and the youth's needs. I know that because I don't mind being wrong, but I do mind not encouraging tolerance and kindness. Some will lie to look honest and some will be honest to look like they are lying. What you see is who you are in any situation. We Need to Do More Research on Honesty

Socrates Quote - "The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance."

While you can't control the world you can think critically about what you believe and act according to your values. If you can't do that then you failed your society and yourself. There are many ways to sell out your nation and that first comes from selling out yourself. Think deeply about what you believe and what you support because nations are a collective of values. Kitchen conversations count so speak to your, not others values. Be an independent thinker. 

*This article is for leaning and illustrative purposes only. Philosophical dribble, feel free to discard.....