In the good old times.

I think we're seeing a struggle over whether we are gonna have a new America or a continuation of old America. The unfortunate thing is that many Americans still like the old ways. What we used to be. When we had a slave economy. When women didn't have equal rights. When we didn't fret over inequality. We've been making inroads. Gains. More equality. But still, we aren't serving the common good. We still have an elitist society. Run by the big-money interests. By greedy, profiteering capitalists. For the benefit of the few. For an ever-widening gap between the rich and poor. We have a political party, the Republicans, that like the old ways. Generally, the Republicans abhor change. They want the rich to get richer. They want few, if any, regulations on business and banking. They want tax cuts for the rich. They have no qualms if it happens that the poor become poorer. Because they see the poor as shiftless and lazy. Pretty much the way our founders perceived black people from Africa. They were inferior. Uncivilzed. They needed masters to guide them. They didn't even count 'em as totally human. Only three-fifths (60 percent) human. Maybe just a bit more human than a chimpanzee. Dare I say that many of our revered founders were white supremacists? Yes, I think so. And if you don't believe that white supremacy mindsets still exist, listen to what's coming out of the mouths of the almost totally white faces in the Tea Party and on the lunatic fringe of the Republican Party. They sound like revivalists out of the 18th century. In the 'good old times.' When America was founded on the basis of inequality. --Jim Broede