Every time I hear this, it grates on me. So I thought I'd do a few graphs that show how those of us being called on to sacrifice have already done so ... actually for a long time. Funny how the cumulative sacrifices that have been made by at minimum half of the population are not viewed as such. Sometimes such sacrifices are seen as bad luck, laziness, God's punishment, and other things I'm just not thinking of right now. But I see them as sacrifices, just the same.
My view will hopefully be a little less provincial than the usual U.S. view in some instances. A more global viewpoint places things in what I consider to be a more proper context. Mr. Obama says rightly, "We're all in this together as a country." I say, "We're all in this together as human beings ... as a world." And if we don't hang together, we will, I believe, ultimately hang separately. And in the future, human history, if it indeed still is written or passed down orally, will look upon us less than kindly.
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