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Friday, February 8, 2013
I've been called names and been threatened for my view on the State of the Union. I don't believe that America is the greatest nation in the world. I'm willing to say that. Out loud. In Public. People who believe America is the greatest nation are either exceedingly wealthy, incredibly stupid/clueless, or immigrants from somewhere much worse off and generally not in the same league as the USA (i.e. "third-world" nations.)
I ask the question "who is more patriotic:" The person waving an American flag made in China who is completely oblivious to the failings of his or her country, or the person who actively seeks American-made products, shops local for as many things as possible and knows that there is room for improvement and wants the US to improve those areas that are lacking?
I want the US to be the greatest nation, but it just isn't the case and unless we, as a nation, remove the wool from our collective eyes and ears and move off the couch and into the street, we will continue to be behind most of the world in, well, every area.
"Corporations are people, my friend." This concept/statement is part of the reason our country is not as great as it could be. Corporations are way too powerful and unregulated in the US. People think back to the "good old days" when banks, airlines, etc were more civil and products were better made. Guess what? They were also heavily regulated. In those good old days corporations actually had responsibility instead of trying to find loopholes to exploit and profits to maximize. If corporations are people, they suffer from antisocial personality disorder.
The US has forgotten the values that made it the greatest nation. Over the years, we've stopped investing in the US. We no longer reinvest our money in infrastructure, US manufacturing, or education. The country is like a child. If you nurture that child, educate her, invest in her health and well-being, she will grow up to be a productive member of society. If you abuse and neglect her, you will create a child who can never function in the world. The US is deteriorating from neglect, but she's not lost yet, but she's spiraling into wild-child territory.
We need to nurture and invest in our country. We need to educate our populace. We need to invest in infrastructure. We need to reign in and regulate corporations who have a stranglehold on our education, our food, our money, and our economy. We need to enforce the separation of church and state and not let religious dogma control our progress. It's no wonder in most of the countries that are doing it right the majority of the population is atheist. I'm not saying religion should be abolished, I'm saying it needs to be a private, not political, issue.
Unfortunately, not many people seem to see where the US could improve and those of us who do are passed off as unpatriotic communists. I long for a day where our country does the right thing, for the good of the people, not for the good of the religious right or for the good of the corporation.
Until then, I'll just rewatch all of The West Wing and eagerly await the return of The Newsroom. Life is much nicer in the Sorkinverse.
I ask the question "who is more patriotic:" The person waving an American flag made in China who is completely oblivious to the failings of his or her country, or the person who actively seeks American-made products, shops local for as many things as possible and knows that there is room for improvement and wants the US to improve those areas that are lacking?
I want the US to be the greatest nation, but it just isn't the case and unless we, as a nation, remove the wool from our collective eyes and ears and move off the couch and into the street, we will continue to be behind most of the world in, well, every area.
"Corporations are people, my friend." This concept/statement is part of the reason our country is not as great as it could be. Corporations are way too powerful and unregulated in the US. People think back to the "good old days" when banks, airlines, etc were more civil and products were better made. Guess what? They were also heavily regulated. In those good old days corporations actually had responsibility instead of trying to find loopholes to exploit and profits to maximize. If corporations are people, they suffer from antisocial personality disorder.
The US has forgotten the values that made it the greatest nation. Over the years, we've stopped investing in the US. We no longer reinvest our money in infrastructure, US manufacturing, or education. The country is like a child. If you nurture that child, educate her, invest in her health and well-being, she will grow up to be a productive member of society. If you abuse and neglect her, you will create a child who can never function in the world. The US is deteriorating from neglect, but she's not lost yet, but she's spiraling into wild-child territory.
We need to nurture and invest in our country. We need to educate our populace. We need to invest in infrastructure. We need to reign in and regulate corporations who have a stranglehold on our education, our food, our money, and our economy. We need to enforce the separation of church and state and not let religious dogma control our progress. It's no wonder in most of the countries that are doing it right the majority of the population is atheist. I'm not saying religion should be abolished, I'm saying it needs to be a private, not political, issue.
Unfortunately, not many people seem to see where the US could improve and those of us who do are passed off as unpatriotic communists. I long for a day where our country does the right thing, for the good of the people, not for the good of the religious right or for the good of the corporation.
Until then, I'll just rewatch all of The West Wing and eagerly await the return of The Newsroom. Life is much nicer in the Sorkinverse.
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