X+Y=Z

By: Gabriela Yareliz

I was listening to a biohacker from Poland’s podcast (I really do like her), and she had on another woman from Eastern Europe. They started talking about how Americans are so encouraging and the acceptance of success that exists in the United States— even unmatched by Canada and Australia, in their experience.

After this, they went into almost a mockery of some things that make America, well, America and Americans, Americans. It caught me off guard. And listen— there is plenty that can be criticized, but what made me confused is that they were mocking the very things that make the life in America and the environment in America that they were praising, possible. They want the exact cake without the ingredients required to make that cake.

Sometimes, I think people fail to realize there are equations in life. If x, then y. Things render certain results. So you can’t despise communism and talk about how America is so different, but then criticize the very things that makes the American system communism-proof. The minute we lose those things, we look just like the countries you left behind, ladies, I wanted to tell them.

It’s a deep ignorance of how humanity and the world works. Nothing is flawless, but things have consequences. This is inevitable.

We recently started watching a series about American battles narrated by Kelsey Grammer. Just one episode in, and I have learned so much. Loving it.

It’s important to look into the past to see the courage and audacity that has led us here. What gives us the talk-back, brash, world-admiring, caring, scrappy, unfolding, optimistic and indomitable American spirit.

One gets tired of hearing people who come here for a reason, but then unload why everything here is so wrong. I think people owe the ideals and concept of America a bit more.

May we always remember x+y=z. It’s how math works. Our equation is different. You can mock it, but it gives you the very thing you desire.