I mean America was founded on working hard, and never backing down. Standing up for yourself and being rebelious.
Now it seems like those things get you tickets or arrested or maced.
Hell even freedon of speech is starting to get people in trouble.
Now the government gives 2 shits about what people have to say.
I dont Im just getting pissed off about it and IMO the state the country is in right has more to do with the government and authority screwing over citizens more so than them fucking up our money.
America was founded on hard work because it was literally built from the ground up. It wasn't a decision or propagandized ideal that we started with; it was the reality of the times.
People rebel when they're pissed off, and there is always someone waiting to arrest or otherwise suppress rebellion. It's the way of things, and sometimes rebellion works, more often it doesn't.
The government only "cares" about what people have to say when what they're saying is a threat to the government itself. It's pretty much been this way from the beginning. Speech has never been free, it probably never can be. There are simply things you aren't going to be able to say and get away with. It's a strange concept, freedom of speech. It's very idealistic and somewhat impractical, although it does sound nice, which is what it was meant to do essentially.
The state of the US government is in the shape it's in because it has been this way for a long, LONG, time. The state of a capitalistic economy is that of ups and downs, and the periodic crash has been noted since the conception of capitalism. We've been long overdue for a serious crash, and now that it's happened we start pointing fingers and realizing the government is corrupt as hell. That's nothing new. It's just a nice scapegoat to avoid the numerous problems facing the country. Economically we're in trouble not because of government but because the people have turned the economy into a credit based downward spiral of debt. This is partly due to government, high taxes on buisnesses etc, but the people have a large responsibility for this particular government, given the setup of the US and the power the majority can hold.
It's our money and work; if we put it into the hands of idiots IT'S OUR FAULT; If we want to be ruled by commercialism, IT'S OUR FAULT. WE are the majority; WE vote people into office.
So, the state of the US is more the fault of an ignorant and lazy majority. At the most basic level, if people just took a little more interest in general government and local government, we'd see huge improvements, but that's probably not going to happen. If you want less corruption and good leaders, then you have to pay attention to government. We can't wait till disaster strikes to finally start looking at the government for what it's current status is.
In short, we're screwed, and I'm in debt up to my eye balls because of the stimulus package. It'll be an interesting next couple of years, to say the least.
I Just felt like ranting today I guess :glugglug:.
