 | Andy Snyder
Founder |
Some 1.5 million American lives have been sacrificed in wars. That's the current population of Hawaii, wiped away in the name of country. It's 1.5 million dreams dashed... 1.5 million families shattered... and countless aspirations never realized. It's worth remembering today. We like to think each of those souls would say their sacrifice was worth it. The cause their flowing blood pushed forward was greater than them. America is, has been and will always be the greatest political experiment in the history of our planet. We owe our greatest debt to those who gave their all... and then gave more. But our great nation is in a bit of a funk. We won't recount the horrors of recent times. In fact, we'll keep our note short this precious holiday morning. But we will ask some questions... and offer some ideas to ponder. Our aim is to get folks thinking deeper about what those men and women (many were very young, but we'd never dare call them boys and girls) died for. It was freedom. But was it the freedom to rip apart their brethren for voting or thinking the wrong way? They fought for our right to defend ourselves. But was it for the right to shoot our neighbor over a zoning violation? (That just happened up the road from us.) They fought for our right to make money for ourselves. But was it the right to make money at any cost? Those soldiers fought and died for a greater good. But the living seem to relish the trivial. It's a free country, they say... numb to the sacrifice that lies behind such rare words. Those men and women died so we could be free. Their sacrifice was great and worthy. The best way for us to honor them isn't with a holiday and a parade. No. What they did deserves something far, far greater. We must honor and cherish the freedom they gave us. We must not spit on it with our soiled words. We must not push it too far and pervert what they did for us all. We must be the nation they died for... not the one they were fighting against. Those soldiers were accountable for every move they made. They did whatever it took to get the job done. The best way - and perhaps the only way - to give them the respect they deserve is to hold ourselves to the same levels of accountability. A nation isn't its laws and its battleships. It is its people. To honor our fallen, we must be the people their souls deserve. It's a free nation. Thanks to them. Now we must give that notion the great respect it deserves. Be well, Andy Want more content like this? | | | |
Andy Snyder | FounderAndy Snyder is the founder of Manward Press, the nation's premier source of unfiltered, unorthodox views on money and what it means for a free society. An American author, investor and serial entrepreneur, Andy cut his teeth at an esteemed financial firm with nearly $100 billion in assets under management. He's been a keynote speaker and panelist at events all over the world, from four-star ballrooms to Capitol hearing rooms. | | |
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