Are You Ready For A New Party, With A New Vision, Supported By A New Platform?

At some point everyone is likely to ask themselves "What's the point of all this?"  By "all this" they mean how did their life get this way.  Henry Thoreau commented on this conundrum by saying: "The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation."  The quotation is from his book Walden.

His statement was a commentary on participating in life with the value system of conventional society.  Reading it for the first time in 1969 it had an impact on me then and the comment stuck with me.  At first the outright questioning of the meaning of life and society itself attracted me.  Society caused a lot of people my age to reject it.  

All these decades later I see the original question being asked but this time there's a lot more implied in the question. A marriage has ended, the kids have grown up, the body has begun to fail and my persistent worry is about the welfare of my cats if I should drop dead because there's no one else.  The question asks itself; "What's the point of all this?"  Does life and existence imply anything but the present misery and uncertainty orchestrated and maintained by society? 

Anyone living during the second Trump Administration will be driven to ask that question of themselves, on the basis of their own predicament, with their own take on the situation. The world is watching in astonishment and rejection of the behavior of the United States as it rampages around the globe.  The Noontide of the Trump Administration has become the Midnight of the world. Just read the news.

We can do better than this can't we?  But if we expect to do better a different way of doing things is necessary,  To keep doing what has been done is madness unless you're happy with the way things are now and where their destination is headed.  Are you happy?

I keep thinking about one of the desires of those who created the United States was the vision of a government that promoted the general welfare.  We do not have such a government now even if government leaders say we do.  You know that by looking around you. You know that by watching the news, by talking to your neighbor and when you are in bed alone with your thoughts. 

You don't need any talking media head to tell you that 'you just don't understand' or that you 'must be patient' while the same people, Republicans and Democrats, with the same political philosophy that produced the present undesirable moment, the ones who created the mess, have the responsibility of correcting what they did not do by mistake. That cannot turn out good.

Is this your lucky day?  Do you really think Republicans and Democrats working together can produce a satisfactory solution to what they worked so hard to achieve? Do you really think they want to promote the general welfare or are they only interested in promoting the corporate welfare?  Come on now!

Have you come to the end of the Republican and Democratic rope you've been hung with?  Is it time to consider a New Party with a New Vision supported by a New Platform that has as it's prime directive the promotion of the general welfare?  If not now when?

What would this New Party do?  It would address working class concerns and correct what needs to be corrected.  What would this New Party NOT DO?  It would not polarize the electorate over personal issues such as abortion and guns and religion vs science.  That kind of political alienation would cease.

This New Vision would see the wealth of the world generated by human productivity redistributed to those who by their strength, sweat, brain power and dedication have produced the wealth.  Working class people are the reason the Filthy Rich are the Filthy Rich. Imagine if the profit you created and was given to someone who had nothing to do with producing the profit was instead given to you the working class who created the wealth in the form of social amenities for all.

This New Vision would see the government providing the means for every member of society to participate and pursue life and happiness.  That would certainly be a big change wouldn't it?  Republicans and Democrats don't want anything to do with such ideas and not paying attention to them anymore makes the most sense.

This New Party would see to it that you had gainful employment.  You would have your healthcare needs met, your educational aspirations will be met, your retirement needs all taken care of by a constitutional mandate to "promote the general welfare."

Could you imagine something like that?  Would you like something like that?  You can have it if you want it as long as Republicans and Democrats are remembered for what they have already done and no one votes for them. I'm betting you don't want more of what Trump and the Republicans and the Democrats have in store for tomorrow and the day after.

How about it?  Is it time for a New Party with a New Vision supported by a New Platform? No it isn't!  It's way past time.