There’s a story about the tower of Babylon. People all spoke the same language and had become very strong. So God came down and confused everyone so they scattered and the land was no more. What is the strength in a unified front? History says it is the most powerful force that exists outside of love. One nation. One goal. One collective of minds. But what do we have to say for ourselves when politicians want to weaken this with tolerance, apathy and dissemination of our nationalism? Sure America is a melting pot of immigration and a collection of various cultures. No one will contest this fact. However when you see our products in Spanish and English and our children are forced to learn other languages in school, are we still Americans? Or are we becoming just an appendage of Mexico? There is no cultural discrimination here- just a question of our loyalty. Our country broke away from British rule just to be sublimated quietly into giving up our English language for Spanish?
In Austria, which is heavy with nationalism, a new phenomenon exists. For centuries these lands of Europe have fought Turkish invasion. You can see it everywhere in Eastern Europe- fortified houses, fierce savage architecture, and a heavy determination to preserve traditional folklore. But now there are so many Turkish immigrants in Vienna, that they’re considering teaching Turkish in schools and making Austrian children learn the language. It’s a very quiet invasion now, and nobody seems to notice as the German culture slips into obscurity and the new occupants smile with so easily won conquest. It seems the best wars are not fought with force, but with a slow overwhelming repopulation of the territory.
Is this what’s happening in America? Are we losing our strength because we can’t hold on to the thing that made us great in the first place? Maybe this new generation doesn’t remember what our ancestors fought for. Shouldn’t we be more like Babylon and less like that soup with so many ingredients that you can’t even distinguish what’s in it?
I’d like to go see the Alamo when I get back to the states. Texans died defending their right as Americans. English speaking Americans. Does it mean anything anymore or is it just a silent forgotten memorial in peoples’ minds? It was the first remnants of Babylon. Everything since then is just silent conquest as we wait to be controlled by another culture. Think about it.
