The Modern Characterization of Paine’s America
Thomas Paine's’ Rights of Man in 1791 gives his views on the characterization of America. Here, I found many points in contrast with that of the characterization of modern-day America with that of Thomas Paine's’. With this I say that the envisionment of Thomas Paine's characterization has many points of which don’t hold true today. The characterization of America today is a tricky subject to put your foot down on and is best to say we never will. Paine’s envisionment still holds some truth with America today. However there are big differences in which to discuss. The positive truths of America begins beautifully enough in the fact that we America are; “made up, as is, of people from different …show more content…
Im even inclined as to state that if your a modern American reading this very statement by Paine, you can already envision if not one then many instances in which there have been riots in America based on people's views and beliefs. One of many very prominent factors to directly repeal this statement of Paines is written for some right into the Second Amendment of this nation's very Constitution; right to bear arms, more clearly; guns and their role with violence in America. Young clarifies this argument by stating; “Although the rates of violent crime are not much higher in the United states than in other developed countries, the United states has much higher rates of lethal violence, predominantly gun violence…” This here cover brings me back to Paine's view; “by the simple operation of constructing government on the principles of society and the rights of man, every difficulty retires…” For this is just one example of many that that construction of the U.S government isn’t a simple operation nor all the difficulties within it retire. I argue that the exact opposite is true because of this uniquely convilated set of rules of diversity in the U.S that it is in fact more difficult. For this diversity leads to varying opinions, Young futhers this claim in Trends: Guns by stating “many Americans’ belief that individual gun ownership is a “right” protected by the Second Amendment to the Constitution.” (Young, 634) This like many other set rules in our Constitution are left to interpretation of the diversity we have in America. This in itself leading to more and more complexity within the orientation of our
Thomas Paine's’ Rights of Man in 1791 gives his views on the characterization of America. Here, I found many points in contrast with that of the characterization of modern-day America with that of Thomas Paine's’. With this I say that the envisionment of Thomas Paine's characterization has many points of which don’t hold true today. The characterization of America today is a tricky subject to put your foot down on and is best to say we never will. Paine’s envisionment still holds some truth with America today. However there are big differences in which to discuss. The positive truths of America begins beautifully enough in the fact that we America are; “made up, as is, of people from different …show more content…
Im even inclined as to state that if your a modern American reading this very statement by Paine, you can already envision if not one then many instances in which there have been riots in America based on people's views and beliefs. One of many very prominent factors to directly repeal this statement of Paines is written for some right into the Second Amendment of this nation's very Constitution; right to bear arms, more clearly; guns and their role with violence in America. Young clarifies this argument by stating; “Although the rates of violent crime are not much higher in the United states than in other developed countries, the United states has much higher rates of lethal violence, predominantly gun violence…” This here cover brings me back to Paine's view; “by the simple operation of constructing government on the principles of society and the rights of man, every difficulty retires…” For this is just one example of many that that construction of the U.S government isn’t a simple operation nor all the difficulties within it retire. I argue that the exact opposite is true because of this uniquely convilated set of rules of diversity in the U.S that it is in fact more difficult. For this diversity leads to varying opinions, Young futhers this claim in Trends: Guns by stating “many Americans’ belief that individual gun ownership is a “right” protected by the Second Amendment to the Constitution.” (Young, 634) This like many other set rules in our Constitution are left to interpretation of the diversity we have in America. This in itself leading to more and more complexity within the orientation of our