Community

The breakdown in the American community has been made very evident in the current flap about universal access to medical care. Another other issue, illegal immigration, also obviates the lack of a cohesive sense of belonging in the American consciousness. Americans are prone to nationalism without community. This is dangerous.

Isolation in relationship to a government and community is a tool of Fascism. Divide and conquer. This is one of the oldest political ploys. Americans are divided over an attempt to foster general well being by those in government who feel responsible for the wellness of the population they represent. This patently dysfunctional. It is a symptom of a sick society and a sicker political process.

While I applaud Chief Justice Roberts for saving the Affordable Care Act, I am deeply disturbed by the overall process of politicizing health and medical care.  In an increasingly old, unhealthy and obese society, this political bickering is not a healthy democratic process. It is obstruction of doing good for the people of the nation. Money, not alternative solution, lies behind this obstruction. 

It is difficult to be a humanist in times like these. Misinformation, greed and superstition trump logic, skepticism and compassion. However, humanism can be an antidote for this disease. Persisting in practice, no matter how contrary that practice may seem to popular culture, brings its own reward. Working for good causes for the betterment of the quality of human life improves the individual human life. This is the mentality of the majority of people who work within the medical establishment. Perhaps it is time for those in government and business to shut up and listen to what they have to say.