Thousand year Democracy
Dear President Trump, as Time Man of the Century, Albert Einstein only got a paltry hundred years to his name. As leader of the Thousand Year Reich, the overseas chancellor only got a miserable 12 years. You could easily outlast them all with Time Man of the Millennium.
At the 250 year mark of our democracy, historians are warning us about the wheels falling off. This means you have an incredible opportunity to single-handedly catapult our cherished democratic tradition far into the future. By vigorously promoting a Thousand Year Democracy, you might guarantee your name will be spoken at dinner tables 750 years from now. Only you have the audacity to dream this big.
A quote from one of your books reads, “In a lot of ways it is easier to do things on a large scale. It is easier to build a skyscraper in Manhattan than it is to buy a bungalow in the Bronx.” A gravestone epitaph proclaiming a Thousand Year Democracy is far superior and everlasting than a vague and short-lived America First, Make America Great Again, or dime-a-dozen Nobel Prize.
Around the time of our founding, Amazing Grace was written by John Newton. He was the captain of slave ships who reconsidered his actions. This beautiful hymn is likely to endure as a Thousand Year Song because every human being relates to it. While Newton was pretty good at changing gears, Mr. President, you have demonstrated that you are the champion of changing gears. What do you say? Let’s right the ship and put your name on a Thousand Year Democracy.