The death of American excellence

Have you been to a restaurant, hotel, or other service provider recently and no one seemed to care? Are you worried about the fuselage of a Boeing 737 Max 9 aircraft being blown off in flight? • Ever wonder why Gen Z led trends like “quitting quietly,” “lazy woman work,” and “soft frugality”??

It all goes back to the death of excellence in America. And unfortunately, it was a deliberate change.

America has always stood as a bastion of freedom and opportunity. It's known as a unique place where no matter where you come from in life or your geography, if you work hard and smart, you can achieve your American dream.

At its heart is individualism, celebrating, encouraging and justly rewarding people based on their merits, creativity, work ethic and unique talents. However, there has been a progressive campaign to systematically destroy individualism and the unprecedented positive outcomes that come with it.

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Today, only 27% of Americans believe they can still achieve the American Dream, according to a recent ABC News/Ipsos poll.

Progressives have worked to replace equality of opportunity with equity of outcome. As perfectly depicted in the famous Kurt Vonnegut short story “Harrison Bergeron,” it is about punishing an individual's unique strengths that contribute to extraordinary accomplishments from which everyone can benefit. means.

This is accomplished by removing the unique advantage someone has, something that causes people to get more similar outcomes but ultimately makes everyone worse off.

In their pursuit of mediocrity, progressives have sought to substitute groups for individuals. Now, instead of being judged by my accomplishments, my personality, my actions, and the things I can control, I am judged as a member of a group. It is often a non-selectable group.

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The immutable characteristics of group membership have now become the measuring stick, making it a sick game with more losses than wins and an overall inferior outcome.

No wonder individuals become depressed and don't seem to care about anything. That's by specification.

What is the incentive to do your best when merit is not rewarded and sometimes punished? Incentives promote achievement, but high-achieving students are deprived of advanced coursework, and universities seek to promote “desirable” and immutable characteristics. I'm refusing classes because I don't have one.

Companies are moving bonuses and other compensation away from success measures such as growth, profits, and contributions to shareholder value in favor of progressive goals related to social justice wish lists, such as climate and equity.

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Furthermore, the fiscal, monetary, and other policies of the government and the Federal Reserve manipulate the ability to achieve the American Dream, rewarding the already wealthy with political influence and connections rather than merit, at the expense of other Americans. have been compensated based on

It's not hard to wonder why Americans, especially young people, are so discouraged and unwilling to make further efforts.

Even immigration policy has been messed with for this purpose. While talented, highly skilled workers cannot obtain visas to come to the United States, millions of undocumented immigrants, most of them unskilled, are here not for asylum but for economic opportunity. (ironically, the same opportunity is currently being offered to be killed) and illegally cross the border without recourse.

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There are many responsibilities. Parents who enable mediocrity and overindulge their children are to blame. The school system is to blame. The responsibility lies with the government and the Fed. Companies have a responsibility. These beings are captured by progressive cultists who have various perverse reasons to further their agenda.

But neither the reason nor the responsibility matters. What matters is what we do now.

We value every hard day's work, encourage people to share their unique talents, level the playing field, and build an America where everyone can join in the American Dream if they work hard. I need to go back. effort.

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We have a real model of what happens when the pursuit of excellence is frustrated. It is a mediocre existence. But America cannot exist with mediocrity. The expected outcome would be much worse.

America has an obligation to its people and to the world to return not only to the pursuit of life, liberty, and happiness, but to the pursuit of excellence. That is the path back to prosperity for all.

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