By analyzing the historical pattern of the United States from its beginning in terms of culture and moral character, Afromerica will present a prophesy as to what America will be in the year 2040 and how it will come to this point. This work is should not be taken as gospel but seriously considered based on an empirical view of America's past cultural trends and moral development.

The Founding

Taking into account what history books taught us in school, there is always another side to any story. The books taught us that the discoverers and founders of this country were adventurous, brave, and daring men of valor. Challenging nature to its fullest by taking on the anger of the world's oceans, seas, and new and unexplored worlds; challenging other lands to battles of power and wit, and the game of survival of the fittest driven by the motivation to succeed. These men did expand the outskirts of the world and it must have taken extreme courage to do so, and there is no reason to believe otherwise.

However, there is always an untold story. Let us consider for once the character and motivation that drove these men and then let us look at the methods they used to fulfill these desires. Today we know that to fulfill a dream or accomplish a goal one has to have the desire and motivation to do so, and a belief in that dream and in themselves. How they accomplish this dream is the other story. The actions they take and the methods they use to get to where they want to be is always a closet affair.

For instance, if I desired to be the CEO of Microsoft and believed that I could accomplish this, I just have to set my mind to it, follow the rules, laws, and opportunities of society and it could actually become an achievable goal. Now, if I cheated on assignments and test in high school and in college, and if I slept with the secretary at Microsoft to get an interview, and I blackmailed Bill Gates into making me vice president of the company, this says a lot about my character and the merit of my accomplishment.

On the other hand, if I studied long hours and truly applied my brain to understand the fundamentals of computer operating systems and programming, and I attended all classes throughout college with perfect attendance, and I proved to the Microsoft secretary that I was worthy of interviewing with Bill Gates, my accomplishment would never have to be second guessed. I would have succeeded morally and ethically in my goals.

Concerning the founders of this country, the motivation the history books teach us is that rebel souls resisted the rule of England and decided to strike out on their own and build their own country. There were some wise thinkers among the founders. They were able to build an entire country despite the opposition of their motherland. They used whatever resources they had to use to accomplish this feat. They used vision, hope, strength, might, the desire for freedom, not to mention violence, deceit, treachery, broken treaties, slaves, and brute force. These men knew that sometimes one has to do what they have to do.

They may have truly thought that what they were doing was ethically and religiously the right thing to do. They may have had no idea that slavery, and deception toward the natives of America, was a crime against humanity. During that era, the human mind (or better said the Euro-mind) had not yet developed into the full ability of moral reasoning. It was a time of survival and a time of man against nature. Industrialization was a necessity and accomplished easily because men possessed a primeval nature. A brain that knew nothing more than to accepted the challenge of nature.

In a rush to found the original colonies, the founders had no time for humanitarian issues, they had become entrenched with the natural ability to build and go forth. In other words, these men were physically strong so to survive and mentally desperate, which in turn quite possibly led to the immoral and inhumane treatment of others. In any environment where survival comes before leisure, anyone would resort to some form of primal behavior, which sometimes calls for the mistreatment of others. Just being able to keep a job today can testify to that fact.

Once the country became more stable and life did not require brute force, the morality of the founders softened a bit and the treatment of slaves and the natives became more civil. Everyone had to live together in this new land so in order to make everything run smoothly, all had to know his or her place thus laws were established taking the place of primal behavior.

The Moralist

As time moved on, the treatment of slaves became almost family-like and natives became potential business partners. The moral development of the founders softened even more as the conscience came into being. Instead of randomly punishing slaves and overwhelmingly massacring the natives, the founders, now turned moralist, enacted laws that justified brutality and corrupt business deals and treaties. That way their consciences could rest a little easier at night.

As even more time passed, the moralist began to dispute among themselves the true nature of the human being, and began to realize that the slaves and natives actually belonged to the human race - where it was once in doubt. They realized that these "other" people could reason, feel, and sometimes had ideas to contribute to the building of their child nation. Conflict grew more among the moralist and factions arose that eventually led to a war over who should have the say in law.

Not that the Civil War was fought solely on the premise that one faction of the nation believed that the slaves and natives deserved equal rights as humans, it was not. It was fought because, even though morality had surfaced into the minds of these men, it had yet to come to complete perfection as it pertained to humanity above the character of self. The moralist struggled with the laws of justification and the divine power of the human conscience to the point where no power on earth could get them to abandon the pride they had gained by accomplishing what they had accomplished. Thus, the Civil War was more a war between morality and conscience among the moralist rather than the issue of freedom and human rights for the "others."

Once the battle of the minds had come to a calm and consciences were soothed based on written law and not on actual humanity, the moralist divided into what is known today as political parties. This is when the two parties began to face-off the most. They passed more laws on both sides; laws that lacked the substance of the ways of moral righteousness but prevailing in the ways of self-preservation.

Slaves were no longer slaves but had now gained an actual identity and drew a label known as the "Negro." This showed an incredible improvement in the moral ability of the white man. By way of nature, time will surely develop the primitive mind to the ways of humanity. No longer was brute force necessary because a place had been established for the "Negro" and he knew that place. It was law.

America and her domestic issues was the most powerful challenge to the development of the white man. Regardless of how much land, prosperity, or industrialization the white man had brought to the world making it an easier place to live, his moral development during his dealing with the "Negro" and the native taught the him valuable lessons of humanity and righteousness, more than what his own Bible had taught him. His incorporation of law into his social atmosphere gave him the power to retain his authority over the "Negro" and the native and eventually over the world.

The Imperialist

When the white man began to advance his ideas beyond the borders of his new country, they offered the rest of the world a chance to develop and build from the ideas of western civilization and culture. Many nations took advantage of this opportunity and many resisted. This resistance from nations brought forth wars, which opened the doors of opportunity for world domination.

Science improved at the hands of many nations and the ability to build bigger and more destructive arms became a race for world domination. America, alas, reigned supreme in its ability to create the most powerful armed forces and the most powerful arsenal of weapons of mass destruction, as seen at Hiroshima. Once the feat was accomplished the imperialist of the western world were able to incorporate their laws and ideas into the lives of other countries thus gaining allies against any rouge nations.

While all this was going on at the international front, back home, law continued to reign against the rights of the "others." In a race to develop and civilize the world and by defeating nations of the world, America had gained an increased sense of accomplishment - also known as arrogance - which naturally lifted their stance over anything and anyone they felt could not accomplish what they had. This mindset brought a deeply entrenched sense of superiority that left little room for any further development of the moral character of America.

Now, the "Negro" who had now attained a new identity of "Black" would have a harder time proving their worthiness to a nation that had just defeated the world in a game of "who can be more destructive." Furthermore, whites would have a harder time convincing themselves that anyone other than one of whiteness could achieve the things they had, thus resorting to a stalemate of cultural equality and self-worth.

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