America was great only one day in the last 249 years!

 

July 4, 1776.  That was when 56 wealthy young White men signed a declaration that could’ve led to their execution. That declaration was great because of the ideals they unanimously recognized were universal - and applicable to all people anywhere for all time.  Since then, and the constitution that followed 11 years later our nation has avoided doing the obvious. Putting the health of people in the planet as the highest priority of our nation.  The next Fourth of July in 2026 will be the 250th anniversary of that great day. 

We should honor it, not with fireworks and hotdogs, but with a solemn oath of our commitment to do what we have always sworn to do before our flag.   Ensure "liberty and justice for all" to everyone, everywhere, for all time.  The only means now of doing in a timely matter is achieving United Nations 17 Sustainable Development Goals ASAP.   This would be the wisest invest of resources applied to preventing the coming chaos increasingly likely from any one of the 70 unsustainable trends we have allowed to persist against all warnings.  

There is a term used for species that fails to adequately adapt to a ever-changing environment.  Even the environmental changes that species created.  The term is called 'extinct'.  

Never before has humanity had both the economic and technical resources to achieve what has always been impossible. Keeping people and nature healthy.  Yet for some reason, our mind's have preferred defending our flawed mental constructs like nationalism, religion, and an unbridle capitalist system that puts the priority protecting those concepts over the protection of human rights in the environment. This is the sign of insanity. Persistent, willful, and truly insane behavior.

At this time, it appears our only chance of doing the right thing is if super intelligence machines decide to keep us accountable when we ignore action with the virtues needed to ensure our freedoms and security. 

There is no guarantee that higher intelligence will ever lead us to such wisdom.  Perhaps we should all pray for AI gaining the wisdom we don’t appear capable of achieving on our own.  Holding us accountable for each of our violations of "the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God".   

Time is running out, if it is not already too late.