patriotism

On July 4, 1776, the fathers of the United States of America formally declared our independence from British rule. Lacking a stable government and financial resources, our predecessors marched on an endless grid of bloody battle fields with the vision of a new nation---a nation in which they shared a love not for what it was, but for what it had the potential to be. This was an era of absolute allegiance, when little boys paid homage …

…suffered a regression in concerns to the politics which structured our society? Americans now live in an environment where it is every man on there own. Children show there respect for television appearances and share an ignorance for political issues. What does this say about the future of America collectively? What will happen to the land of the free and will it be able to strive despite the fact that its citizens do not care?