The number one problem with America...
In my opinion, the biggest problem with the United States is that people no longer trust our government. The federal government has lost all of it's credibility, lies to the people, doesn't represent the people, and is far too powerful. Back in the 1700s and 1800s people trusted the government and the government didn't have all of these conspiracies they were performing against the American people. Our elected officials actually cared and were real people like you and me, not people like Obama or Bush or any of these clowns in Congress.
And to be honest, the people are partially responsible for this. Yes, it is important for the federal government to have some power, as to preserve the union, but we're hardly a union anymore, now we're just a single nation-state just like Russia or France. We're not a union or a confederation. People rely on the federal government for everything, instead of relying on their state governments.
The Constitution is a joke now, it's a wonderful document, but our own government only abides by it when it is convenient for them to do so. They have the CIA out there killing our own people simply because they "know too much," we have wiretapping and the Patriot Act. We have them keeping secrets from us and committing acts that are detrimental to the lives of Americans. We have horrible liberals who want to ban guns. We have abusive police forces and corrupt public officials who don't listen to the people. We need an honest government again, one that fully understands and respects the Constitution and that is by the people and for the people.
And to be honest, the people are partially responsible for this. Yes, it is important for the federal government to have some power, as to preserve the union, but we're hardly a union anymore, now we're just a single nation-state just like Russia or France. We're not a union or a confederation. People rely on the federal government for everything, instead of relying on their state governments.
The Constitution is a joke now, it's a wonderful document, but our own government only abides by it when it is convenient for them to do so. They have the CIA out there killing our own people simply because they "know too much," we have wiretapping and the Patriot Act. We have them keeping secrets from us and committing acts that are detrimental to the lives of Americans. We have horrible liberals who want to ban guns. We have abusive police forces and corrupt public officials who don't listen to the people. We need an honest government again, one that fully understands and respects the Constitution and that is by the people and for the people.
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Also, after reading the title, I was really hoping for a "Americans are all fat and lazy" to watch the anger unfold.
Their are 10s of 1000s of businesses and leaders on varying levels in this country, things change, time changes, people change, the world changes. There is no America, only people living off a land and what was left behind. There is no "America".
"America" is a philosophy of land, a concept. My name is Brian, I live on a piece of land, and America, America(n) has little to do with who I am . It's all about who is currently in office, the current state of the world/ land...it has nothing to do with "America".
I don't foresee any well-reasoned discussion. The premise is too general.
At every corner the states have distrusted federal authority to properly supervise it. Andrew Jackson, as president, famously refused to obey the Supreme Court. Citizens of the early 20th century accused the government of manipulating circumstances to get the U.S. to enter both World War I and World War II. Citizens were famously cracked down upon during the witch hunts of the Communist trial.
In the 1700s Quakers resisted the government of Pennsylvania at every turn and tried to upend the government to their own desires. The United States' slaughter of indigenous people in the occupation of the Philippines drew attention to soldier's behavior in war in the exact same way that the Vietnam War would do a century later.
All that said, there has never been a rosy time in America.
If a government is unworthy of the people's trust, trusting it anyway will just encourage more trouble. Frankly I feel one should always be skeptical about governments (as well as other entities with great power).
Although the death of the American educational system has been slightly exaggerated, we certainly do need to push at higher standards.
I just have this to add: The reason conspiracy theory's are abundant these days is because of the internet. Previously, the chances of meeting some deranged individual who thinks their country is out to kill everyone were slim. Now those people can discus things together over the internet, sharing supposed evidence to back themselves up.
I always wonder where the more obscure fetishists got together before the Internet. Or was it just "Yeah, that's Bob over there, he has a peculiar obsession with balloons, we just leave him be"?
Maybe they used the yellow pages to advertise.
It's because of the Whopper. We foreigners love the Whopper.
*through clenched teeth* That was a CONFIDENTIAL conversation...
You can't escape, change that, a problem with America? HAHAHA, the delusion of a problem, hahaha. It's the natural order, absorption of the human race upon nature, it's a force out of control. There is no problem, only the natural proceedings of experience and existence!
Welcome to the human race a flawed race, a flawed existence!
We're a vile, pathetic race of creatures, undeserving of such a beautiful planet.
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At our roots we're all human. You can't escape that, it's the human experience shared by all. It's your experience, their experience. Greed corrupts as greed is natural. Power corrupts as power is natural. It's in our wills, it's in your experience. As we are natural beings who exist it also exists. We've put greed, power, all these things and more into the world out of our own human nature, out of our flawed nature.
Everything you see is a natural process unfolding. Our teachers, scientists, politicians, philosophers, everything. No one can escape that any more than they can not be a functional part of the human race.
You are merely the recent evolved model of "the human", totally confined and existent in the natural order , natural way of existence. You are a natural being of life, a being of evolution.
Witness human nature as a witness, you can't escape that.
I honestly can't stand people who do nothing all day but complain about how the government is crap and that they don't do they're job right. Obviously barely anyone here has had near the amount of education that the politicians has had. At least try to respect people who are trying to help run your country.
The government isn't trying to screw people over. If anyone, it's the people's fualt. We neglect to pay are taxes, put ourselves in debt, and become lazy when it comes to school. It made things the way we are and now we're trapped becuase not paying things made things more expensive, thus making people neglect to pay more.
Don't cry, emo kid.
And as an American who has lived in or visited quite a number of other countries, I can say that it's really not such a bad place. Certainly not without numerous problems, but that is true of any place, as has been so melodramatically implied. And as to the original point, I don't think there is a government in existence that is particularly loved or trusted by its citizens.
Just because other places have it worse does not make it any better. That's like saying that a woman getting raped shouldn't complain because she wasn't murdered. I've traveled to several countries, and yes, America is doing a bit better than some of them. That doesn't excuse our faults.
Why are you trying to make me appeal to authority? And even when you're pulling that card, a good amount of individuals are pretty well educated.
I'll respect people who deserve it. Blindly respecting anyone who doesn't deserve it is foolish.
Nope, politicians are just trying to make lots of money. Screwing people over is just a by-product.
Shifting blame. Yes, citizens should carry more responsibility, but that doesn't excuse the government's faults.
I love this country, but that doesn't mean I think it's perfect.
The United States was founded on the principle that government can't be trusted.
This, the whole system is built on checks and balances. Government should always always be under the highest scrutiny, it keeps things heatlhy
Quick, hide! The Canadians are invading! Blame Canada!
And while that may be true for some it is not true for all. The Founding Fathers wrote persistently about the corrupting nature of power. Thus to dilute the corrupting nature of it, power needed to be dispersed between various bodies. Even then, the federal government's role had to be checked by the states. And the states themselves had to be accountable to the people.
Now, you have a solid argument towards elitism if you consider what 'people' means, since the Founding Fathers were fairly split between concentrating voting power to elites versus the rabble, and as the years have progressed the 'rabble' notion has prevailed in popular American consciousness. I have an issue myself with uneducated voting. I don't mind you hating my presidential or senatorial pick, but at least tell me accurate reasons why you do. Don't spout what you've been told via television.
In that sense the elites still govern because there is a large segment of the population that votes on trends or momentary, fleeting emotions. This is why American broadsides and pamphlets were so well reasoned versus their English counterparts. Political voices of the 18th century were trying to reason with their audience. Not to say they didn't get petty and angry, but for the most part they tried to apply a sort of logic to why the colonies should or should not rebel.
Meaning you can't play the majority of great games on any of those systems, seeing as how the best ones were very often produced in the UK.
Europe had a lot more quality games for all those machines, but obviously all in PAL format... trying to run these on NTSC machines most often end up in various glitches/freezes/etc.
So this is a biggie!
(Of course when it came to consoles, it was nearly always better to have an NTSC one... PAL ports were lousy, black borders and even slowed down gameplay because of the different framerate PAL offers... anyway, I say we disregard this fact as everyone knows REAL gamers use computers and not consoles :cool::D:p).