Wake Up America!

There is an inverted type of faith that venerates the past and resists change:



Emerson referred to the adherents of this faith as the "Party of Memory."

There is also a type of faith that is remarkably influential in the United States, one which regards the future in escapist terms:



It is difficult to know what to say about that "faith" beyond observing that it is politically irresponsible and anti-democratic.

But there is also a future-oriented faith (sometimes referred to as "Progressivism") that embraces change:



Emerson referred to the adherents of this future-oriented faith as the "Party of Hope."



In a sense, then, American politics is inevitably "faith-based."



The question is always: to which "political faith" do you belong?