A More Perfect Union

We just finished celebrating the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence.

This led to the Revolutionary War, victory over the United Kingdom and the eventual adoption of the United States Constitution in 1787.

A lot of people today like to denigrate the United States and the men who wrote that foundational document for the country.

It seems to me that most of them take for granted the freedoms that are guaranteed therein.

"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances."

In many other countries in the world we would never hear complaints like these because there is no freedom of speech.

Consider this data on the number of reported arrests in various countries in 2023 for online/social media posts that violated government laws.

Leading the list is the country from which we just celebrated gaining independence from.

The UK arrested more people for social media posts than China, Russia, and Turkey combined under the provisions of its Communications Act and Malicious Communications Act.

Source: https://x.com/XFreeze/status/2066778611227709885

This data should not suggest that speech in the UK is more restricted than in China or Russia.

Keep in mind that citizens in those countries understand that speaking out or saying something offensive is guaranteed to get them arrested so they self censor to begin with.

What is ironic to me is the number of people who speak out and protest about the supposed flaws in the country that don't appreciate what they have because they live in the United States.

There is no bette example of that than New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani who took the occasion of July 4th to sit behind the former desk of George Washington and complain about how bad this country is.

Source: https://amgreatness.com/2026/07/07/mamdanis-embittered-fourth-of-july-rant-to-america/

All of this coming from a Muslim born in Uganda to parents of Indian ancestry who has only been a U.S. citizen for eight years.

Mamdani suggests that people with the color of his skin and religion are not welcome in the United States.

If that is the case how did this occur?

Credit: https://x.com/RealJamesWoods/status/2070242976668991732

Perhaps it has something to do with that United States Constitution that he and others believe is flawed.

Mamdani and others also believe we should have open borders and let everyone in that wants to come here.

However, it is difficult to understand that if the United States is as flawed as they say it is, why would anyone want to come here?

Why did Mamdani and his family come here in the first place if it was so awful?

Why did they not immigrate to their ancestral home in India?

We all know that the reality is that billions want to come to the United States. and over 1 million are given permanent residence legally each year.

The United States also naturalizes more immigrants each year to become citizens than Japan, South Korea, India and China have IN ALL OF THEIR HISTORIES AS NATIONS...COMBINED!

Source: Grok

Underlying all of this we also hear that the United States is ruled by White Supremacy.

It has increasingly been cited as the root of every problem.

However, it seems to be more a function of a media narrative than based in reality.

That term just happened to become a thing in the last ten years.

White Supremacy?

Consider this recent Census Bureau population data on Georgia.

Whites in Georgia are no longer a majority of the population in that state.

People of color are now the majority of Georgia's population.

This is Georgia that used to be considered the heart of the Confederacy.

Non-Hispanic Whites now make up only 48% of the population of the state of Georgia.

Mamdani goes even further than that and called the United States an "arena of supremacy".

The powerful have always known their answer. America, in their view, is an arena of supremacy, where only a select few are allowed freedom, where not all are created equal. America, if you ask them, becomes less the more people it welcomes. America, they will tell you, belongs only to those with the right accent or the right shade of skin. The rest of us, they insist, should be grateful for merely being allowed to visit. 

The irony is that Mamdani's life story belies everything he says to be true.

Where else but in the United States of America could an immigrant of color from another country, who just gained citizenship eight years ago, and is a member of small religious group in his new country (barely 1% of the total population), become the Mayor of the largest city in the nation?

Has the United States always been perfect?

No.

However, it has done more things right for its people and others in the world than any other country in the history of the world.

Can it be better?

Absolutely.

The Founders stated in the preamble to the Constitution that their goal was to form "a more perfect union".

We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union... do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America." 

They did not declare it was perfect at the outset and undoubtedly knew it would never be perfect but that they had set a foundation for something that would evolve and continue to improve over time. 

However, Mamdani and others refuse to honor and celebrate the union that has been achieved and seek to tear it down and replace it with a collectivist society that will do nothing but increase their power and privilege at the expense of the masses they claim they want to help.

I am all for a more perfect union.

I just don't see the logic in trashing the  union we have already created.

Any objective analysis shows that it has provided the masses with more freedom and prosperity than any other nation in history.

It should be celebrated on every day and in every way even if we want a more perfect union.