What you are about to read is as unique as you could possibly encounter. To make it easier to take in and absorb, a human element will be introduced as follows. But first, the vision found in Last Call Manifesto needs to be said now—one which is long overdue. This is a last call to finally break up the USA and permit the now named Mind Blind and Mind Balanced to permanently thrive within their respective political orientations without having to deal with each other. Now for a helpful reality-based connection.
This is a modern-day story of two twins born on the 4th of July in 2000 and upon reaching age 20 in 2020, could not be more different in their early adulthood mindsets. Tellingly named “Finite” and “Future”, they have literally grown up to embolden their family’s long ago shorten surname of EO. Upon entering high school, the EO Twins were early on acknowledged by how their last name ironically represented their individually attained political beliefs. That is, Finite was all for an “Equal Outcomes” progressive socialist formulation of government while Future strongly was behind the merits of an “Equal Opportunities” capitalist-driven economy.
It turns out that by age 20, their mindsets could not have diverged more. So much so that those who came to know both within the same circle of friends had forged and assigned the nicknames “Empy” [em∙pee] for Finite and “Baly” [bal∙ee] for Future.
Empy because Finite always seemed to think empathically and was consistently in unchallenged alignment with what are now in modern terms essentially Progressive Socialists and their latest talking points and approved narratives. An incredibly loyal type of group think posturing which at every turn insisted that the USA’s economy and its potential for individual advancement was limited if not finite. So finite that it could only be redistributed to make it less unequal for the masses deemed as the less fortunate. Those who could not advance economically and/or socially on their own due to the USA’s greedy and selfish capitalist structure and “the wealthy” who control it.
On the other hand, Baly was short for “Balanced”, which very accurately described Future’s mindset in every way. Balanced in terms of individual thinking and formulation of one’s own opinions. Completely opposite to Finite, Future embraced the ideals and opportunities which are revered as the American Dream. One where anyone of any background could excel and reap the resulting benefits of future success under a solid set of individualized priorities and principles. The USA’s proverbial pie was baked with unlimited potential for growth for any and all that are willing to work their way up the class ladder.
As the election results of 2020 panned out in front of them, it had become obvious that there were no longer any ground rules in terms of politeness or at times, decency. So much so that Finite and Future could barely be in the same room alone together. With every single economic and social political issue now forever under the microscope, it became blatantly obvious that their attained to-date respective mindset and worldview could never meet in the middle ever again. There was no longer any common ground to speak of or room for compromise.
Call it what we may, it is not a stretch that “A Tale of Two Visions” or closer to home, “A Tale of Two Twins” is what this story boils down to. However, informally the Last Call Manifesto is likely destined to become known as “A Tale of 20 / 20.” The vision and worldview differences between the Mind Blind and Mind Balanced circa the 2020s for Equal Outcomes vs. Equal Opportunities and the government’s role in delivering such couldn’t be more opposite and clearly defined. Please now join me.