Pursuit for Equality in a Democracy

  I am an American. I am Jewish.   In this 2 nd  Trump Presidency, I don’t understand how some people of my faith support Donald  Trump.  They’ll say that he is great for Israel, but is he? Or is he an opportunist, who supports a fellow indicted leader in Benjamin Netanyahu?   October 7, 2023, was a dark day in Jewish and Israeli History. The brutal murder and kidnapping of innocent Israeli citizens were premeditated, evil, and disgusting. Hamas, backed by Iran (who are allies with Russia) is responsible for the events of that day. The remaining hostages need to be released and returned to their loved ones.    However, we cannot overlook certain facts. It is known that Netanyahu was paying off Hamas, through Qatar, as he focused on increasing Israeli settlements in the West Bank. The Netanyahu Government was warned by both Egypt and the United States that Hamas was planning something big. When the attack happened on a border that is heav...

  Things that are missing from our society is compassion, courtesy, and respect for our neighbors, colleagues, and fellow citizens. It has been replaced by hate, anger, vitriol, racism, sexism, and misogyny.     The hate & anger is continuously fueled by billionaires and politicians with an agenda. Their agenda is to make as much money as possible and pay as little tax as possible at the expense of the poor, working and middle classes using various forms of media (Fox News and X) to achieve their goals.      The Billionaire class, lead by Elon Musk and President Trump, who are representing the “top one percent” of the wealthiest people in the world, have convinced their supporters that they have their “best interests” at heart while their plans will hurt them the most. Last week, Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez let the secret out of the bag during her Instagram live video. President Trump gave the top one precent a huge tax break in 2017 that sun...

  We, the United States of America or better yet, “We, The People, In order to form a more perfect Union” have a major problem. Democracy has gone “Missing in Action” over the past generation or so. Having a capitalist society, as some might believe, does not mean or guarantee that we automatically have a democratic society. Thanks to Elon Musk and Donald Trump our short attention span minds are flooded with disinformation 24/7. This has sewn hatred and division in our Country while lining the pockets of the top one percent and creating a new Gilded Age.    Capitalism is an economic term and democracy is a political term but to function both need one important element that the people living under these systems are free. One might say, “What do you mean, Americans are free.” But are we truly free? Does everyone get a fair chance to run for office, open a business, get access to capital, buy a home? The American Society is not equal because the United States is still an inh...