(#6151) A lot of our young Americans are too afraid to die

      I get that. You are just starting out in life and cannot see the wisdom in dying before you start living as your own human being. Yet some very notorious people are taking advantage of that extreme caution from the young and changing their future before they even start to living it fully. The future belongs to our young folks, not us who are beyond the age of unlimited energy and enthusiasm. The innocence of the young is still fresh in their minds and their advocacy for justice and fairness is unparalleled. The beauty of our young is that they still see simple solutions to our most egregious realities.
     They don't try to nuance the obvious into something far less and more difficult to administer. Instead they see what the rest of us need as a foundation and live to bring that about. Therein lies the problem for those who are older, selfish, and greedy. They have power now and do not want to relinquish it to those who they think are beneath them. These older cynics and greedy selfish are the problem, not our youth. So what do the greedy selfish older people do? They scare and intimidate the young with grave consequences when they need to shut down the youth from their natural ascension. That fear of being dead instead of alive seems to work well for them.
     But I always come back to our own amazingly true American hero Nathan Hale. He, at the age of 21, was a revolutionary war spy against Britain and was caught and hung. However he left us all with his last words of regretting that he only had one life to give for his country. Sure Nathan was scared because he was human. Yet he found his courage and his purpose despite his fear. Our young folks today are going to need to find their purpose and courage over the coming present and future days if they are to be a factor in preserving our democracy. For them more than me and those of my age, the future is for the young to lead but I will do all I can to support them and help in any way I can.