By Andy Lee
I Was Thinking About… Where Do We Go From Here?
If you’ve followed along in this series, you already know where we stand.
We are a nation divided, trapped in cycles of outrage, feeding on curated realities, and losing faith in the very ideals that once held us together. We tell ourselves the system is broken, that things will never change. And yet—we keep waiting for someone else to fix it.
But here’s the truth: there is no rescue party coming.
If we don’t change course, no law, no election, no single leader will save us. The future of America won’t be decided by Washington, the media, or corporations. It will be decided by us—by what we choose to accept, by what we demand, by whether we continue to look away or finally step up.
Are We Too Far Gone?
It’s easy to believe that the damage is irreversible. That the divisions are too deep, the problems too big. That this is simply the way things are now.
But nations don’t just collapse overnight. They erode, piece by piece, when their people stop caring enough to hold them together.
We still have a choice. We can choose truth over tribalism, engagement over apathy, and action over complacency. We can demand accountability from those in power. We can stop treating politics like a sport and start treating it like the responsibility it is.
Or we can do nothing. We can let history run its course and hope that somehow, things get better on their own.
But history tells us what happens to nations that choose that path.
The Future Isn’t Written Yet
If there’s one thing we should take from this moment, it’s that the future is not inevitable. It is shaped by the choices we make—today, tomorrow, and every day after that.
What kind of country do we want to leave behind? Do we want to be remembered as the generation that watched a nation fall—or the one that fought to save it?
The choice is ours.
“We do not inherit the Earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children.”
— Native American Proverb
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