Ministry of Truth

Orwell's "Ministry of Truth" is operating in high gear. It is busy erasing our history (or rewriting it) day by day. Controversial subjects are removed from each new addition of history texts. And, now we are getting rid of historical markers and statues. Why, because some misguided minorities might possibly be offended by them.

Why should be remove Columbus? Whom does he offend? I've heard that the Native Americans have a problem with him. Why? I can't understand. Columbus never set foot on the North American mainland. He never got beyond the Caribbean islands. He probably never encountered a single Native American.

Why should one want to get rid of Abraham Lincoln? He was a major force in emancipating the slaves. We all probably have things in our backgrounds that we're not proud of. But that should not erase the good works that we've accomplished.

In my opinion, a major problem in America today is that we've become divided and lost our sense of community. Our younger generation doesn't have a clue nor appreciate what the older generations have done to establish liberty and freedom for them.

"Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it."
George Santayana, 1863-1952

We've become an "I'm for Me First" society. "I want mine. I want it now, and I want it on credit.". The minorities seem to get whatever they demand, and We The People must pay the price so they can have it. Whatever happened to compromise and majority rule? So long as the majority remains divided, I believe the minorities will eventually take everything away. I also believe that the governing powers  (both in Washington and locally) actually want the majority to remain divided. If the majority were united, they would probably throw out the corruption.