by noobtube » Sun 01 Oct 2023, 15:41:42
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('theluckycountry', 'I') have reached the conclusion that the US government is simply following the instructions given to it by Banking and corporate interests, which may or may not be US domiciled. There is no other explanation for the cultural, financial and moral suicide of the nation. Americans believe they control their own destiny but looking back over the past century or two even I see quite a different story.
That is very perceptive of the American mentality. I have heard some of the most outrageous things from people here, who should know better. They behave as if everything is guaranteed and no harm will come to them, no matter what they do.
The police work for me. They hate us for our freedoms. The American way of life is non-negotiable. I should be able to eat anywhere I please. This is the land of freedom and democracy. We had to destroy the village to save it. Innocence is no reason to overturn a conviction.
When you take life for granted, you can't help but become lazy, docile, submissive, yet entitled, pampered, and spoiled.
No one wants to take responsibility. In the United States, people think if they vote for their "leader" in the election, they will do ALL the work, take ALL the risk, and get the job done... while they sit back and enjoy the benefits.
It's why I think this whole arrangement will break down in the next few years. Maybe it's because women have taken over so much of the economy and society. I am not sure. But, things aren't working.
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('theluckycountry', 'I') see the nation as a tool being used to fight wars for other interests, WWII in Europe especially. All this talk about being the world police is true but it has not benefited the nation itself. It has bankrupt it. The culture, if you could call it that, is basically sports; movies and endless TV series, fast food, shopping malls, sickcare, military worship, hiphop and crime. Any other cultural elements were paved over after 1945. America was an experiment in freedom? An experiment in mass exploitation more likely.
Everything you mentioned is a part of the neo-liberalism agenda. It was a clever trick, developed in the United States, to convince people to blame themselves for the actions of the rich, the corporations, and the government.
No meaningful work? Watch TV/movies/sports, or go to the mall, or gamble, and get fat while doing it.
No health care? Use government insurance, with foreign doctors, limited beds, and awful food.
Need someone to blame to feel better? Let's attack that country over there or blame those poorer than you and lock 'em up and abuse them so you'll know there is someone less than you out there.
It's a great way to get the average person to blame themselves for income inequality, lower wages, unprovoked state violence, offshoring jobs, and handing the nation's infrastructure to foreigners and outside agents.
It is a very clever way to maintain control of the population without direct State violence against the majority of the public.