How the United States of America will fall

If natural disasters in the 21st Century do not result in the crumbling of America in the next 20-30 years, then surely micromanagement will.

It is an open secret that Americans are pions to "big business," from ceremoniously watching corporate-backed television commercials during NFL Super Bowl play breaks, to preferring corporate megaplex movie theaters to the indie variety, to wanting to be employed to the greatest corporate competitors in any given industry. Even academically the absence of a Bachelor's or Master's Degree in Business portrays incompetence in money-making.

And these days many prominent Americans are consumed on federally micro-managing every little detail of an individual's life -- including the lives of those without a name, proper documentation, or even born (blastosists anyone?). Is the federal government necessary on issues of stem cell research or daytime running lights on motor vehicles? Is their involvement required on issues of import and export tariffs, agricultural subsidies, or abortion clinics? AND IF SO, then how much? Should the government be running the daily lives of its citizens, and thus leave only 3 responsibilities per individual: eat, sleep, and sit-and-work (or exercise-and-work)?!

If you believe the federal government should micromanage your bedroom (that advisory tag on the mattress), your life (what you are permitted to eat and wear) and your job (whether louder-than-silent music is permitted in the workplace), then you are in support of the demise of America against the future dominant countries of the world. If, however, you believe individuals should be permitted greater freedoms of nutrition and employment and research opportunities, then you are hereby responsible for convertly overthrowing the uber-conservative government and liberating your fellow citizens from having their lives micromanaged.

Ponder this: when the Industrial Revolution hit America and when the greatest corporations of the 19th and 20th Centuries were founded and built, there was merely a fraction of the federally-imposed restrictions that impede innovation than today. And the same will be true between now and 20 years down the line.

It is readily feasible to politically counter the above cry for liberalism, but not all federalist advice should be observed. Sure, it is known that governing a nation with the complexities of the United States is no easy task, but unifying a nation should not involve micromanaging their freedoms and liberties for the benefit of the (privileged) few. In other words, the most effective way to increase the global competitiveness and civil liberties of its citizens and businesses would be to return to its roots: take a 15- to 25-year action plan in rewriting all laws and legislations passed since its founding.

Any takers?