The future of this Republic

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4. Remember the answer from Franklin when asked if we had a Republic or a monarchy?

His answer being, "A Republic, if you can keep it". Well we did for quite awhile but we weren't vigilant in watching out for its survival, becoming complacent and believing it would always be here. That was our sin--one of national pride in thinking we were too good to ever fail or fall like those lesser nations.

In just 3 years from now it would be 400 years since my first family member came to America from England, nothing compared to our First Nations, but just a half a year ago I never would have believed that my generation would be, could be the last to know a free country. Even if this ends well in comparison to where it's at now or is headed, America will never be the same again. We have lost the faith and trust of the other free nations of the world, allies and trading partners and I don't think we will ever get that back. We will be a second world nation with nukes, kind of like Russia, longing for the good old days.