What To Do – Sit Here And Hope For The Best

As I review the options open to us for saving our country, it seemed best to start with the one most people are prone to take.  That is, just wait around hoping things will get better.  After all, has not the chosen one himself embraced “hope” as a way toward the future?  Don’t get me wrong… there is nothing whatever wrong with hoping for a better tomorrow.  But there are two ways this can be done:

1. You can hope for the best while doing nothing whatever to make any difference, or,
2. You can be actively engaged in whatever action you think best, all the time hoping for a good outcome.  I am more inclined to call this “positive expectations” rather than “hope”.

This essay is about the first kind – the “I hope someone else does something” kind of hope.  Let’s look at it:

PRO:

1. It is by far the easiest path to take and, as indicated above, it is the path most of our citizens will take anyway.

CON:

1. With all due respect to my religious friends, there is no rational basis for expecting this to work.  If mere hope would work, how did we get into this mess to begin with?
2. By the time one realizes that this approach is not working, it will be too late in the game for any meaningful alternative.

ASSESSMENT:

Not a viable approach.

Well, that was simple enough – and, a good warm up.  Should any of you disagree, or want to expand on my analysis, please comment.  Next we will get into the realm of those things that might actually work.  Stay tuned.

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