Dennis Prager debuts his “Prager University” with this video explaining how the American experiment has been unique among the democracies of the world. “E pluribus unum, Liberty, In God We Trust” are the bedrock of what has allowed America to be great.
Today all three values are under siege from within. E pluribus unum (out of many, one) is being replaced with multi-culturalism. Instead of encouraging people to identify simply with being American, a unifying factor in past generations, society now brands people African-American, Mexican-American, etc. and then begins to target a segmented America for political gain. Any sort of hyphened America is a divided America.
Liberty is being replaced with equality. Immigrants have long come to America because of the chance to succeed based solely on their intellect, ability and hard work. The job of government is to ensure equality of opportunity and fair-play, not to ensure equality of achievement. When it does the latter, it begins to strip away the fabric of liberty.
In God We Trust is being replaced with In Government We Trust. The American Founders recognized that no one has the right to govern another without the consent of the governed. The Constitution and specifically the Bill of Rights does many things, among the most important is the limits it places on government. The Founders correctly concluded that an ever-more powerful government is a dangerous thing. God is where man receives his unalienable rights of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. They knew that a government that provides everything (ie. healthcare, retirement, childcare, food, education, etc.) is also one that can strip those things from its citizenry.
