I've already been doing that, though. Trying to suggest anything about the system people depending on being corrupt instantly makes one the enemy though. Or an idiot. Or a lunatic. I mean its like most people have some kind of deep seeded phobia of the truth, and they react violently and irrationally if you give them the slightest taste of it. Example, suggest the federal reserve is responsible for almost all of America's current problems, and see what kind of a reaction you get out of people. Many would actually raise their voice at you, and accuse you of being a terrorist or something. If anyone is interested in what I mean by the federal reserve being bad, I refer you to this simplistic and easy to understand cartoon.
Anyway, yeah. You didn't really answer my question. I'm generally seen as an asshole, because I consistently and aggressively oppose this fantasy in every way that I can, with every chance that I get. Because its been getting worse and worse for a while, and its getting worse faster and faster.
I oppose it in a different way....actually (and this is without viewing that vid so I apologise if I say anything that doesn't need to be said) but the american dream-so called- was always a lie.
In fact, I don't blame anyone except the american people for the fuck ups this country has gone through. it started out with genocide, slavery, elitism, and incredible phobia and prejudice against most people and cultures in the world...including women, the poor, etc etc etc etc etc.
People turned the other cheek, let this stuff happen. Not much has changed...there is still a tendency to look away, or place blame on someone else when things are rotten. Like mentioned, ppl are comfortable feeling like an innocent bystander, they don't care to take personal responsibility for horrible horrible things, which would actually make them less horrible in the end.
It angers me that our entire society exists at the expense and suffering of others. It is common knowledge most products are made in sweat factories, etc...but do ppl care? Same thing when ppl were living off of slave manufactured products....same kinds of laissez faire, innocent bystander, 'its not my problem' attitude that allows businesses and govts to get away with atrocities. its our own damn fault when we choose to look the other way.
No one has compassion for other people...they scoff at the poor, disadvantaged, the sick, the ones at the bottom of it all. They keep trying to distance themselves from "that" and rise to the level of the indifferent wealthy. They care not about the earth, about their impact on other ppls lives, about anything but their own piece of the pie. They play the same game that the politicians do, except at a lower level, with smaller stakes. But its the same game, with the same consequences.
/rant
