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Grammar snipers are suppose to be timely, aren't they? I suppose floating isn't the only thing you excel at doing slowly.
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There's certainly some truth to stereotypes like the ones presented in the original post, but we've been fucked in the ass by the government so many times, you'll have to forgive us for feeling a bit powerless.
I hardly watch TV, I always vote, I try to get involved when I can with important issues (though not as much as I could), and I keep relatively up to date with the news. And most people I know are the same way (aside from the TV thing). Point being: I do what I can, most of the time, and so do a ton of Americans. But despite all that, most of us are still pretty convinced it doesn't mean shit in America. Politicians are 100% corrupt, and the country is run by money. So when Europeans bitch about "lazy Americans," I can't help but think they're just as ignorant as us. |
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the surprising thing is is this statement is true, however I think the most accurate generalization regarding Americans is apathy. |
I'm not encouraging apathy, but it's a natural reaction to a fucked up government. What do you expect when you pay your taxes, work with activists, boycott here and there, actually give time and energy, and are still reduced to an "apathetic American"?
If "feeling frustrated" with American politics was all it took, Los Angeles alone would change the fucking world. Talk to the guys in charge of American Apparel; they do make a difference, and they don't give a shit. Walk out to Main and San Pedro and ask someone if they're frustrated. I've done it. Walk into any "off-limits" building in the Garment District with a video camera, right passed the "No Tresspassing" sign, right passed the showrunners, right into the sweatshops. I have a friend who does it for a living, and I've been along with her. She gets the tapes to the people who should technically be able to do something. But those shops are still there, and what happens to the workers even if they do get shut down? Yeah, I'm a little apathetic at times. The power of the almighty I can be a little disappointing. And Americans didn't elect Bush (the first time). We elected Gore. |
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"A rising sun loomin' over Los Angles Cause for Raza livin in La La Is like Gaza on to tha dawn of Intifada Reach for tha lessons tha masked pass on And seize tha metropolis It's you that it's built on ." This is truth, if they hadn't built all this crap here, Los Angeles would have become like Mecca or Jerusalem, one of the most powerful spiritual locations in the world, a certain energy eminates from the place, however, alas, no body even notices cuz they are to busy with their electronic/concrete world to realize. Lucky for the world, Jesus Christ is real, otherwise we'd all be in some surrious shit. |
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   or you could take a more apathetic approach, the typical American response:  |
who the fuck needs more war right now
as if it could fix much do we need an ayatollah? |
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its not war, after all, "we don't neeeeeeeeeed, no more trouble, what we need is love, to guide and protect us all!" the point was that there are more appropriate reactions then apathy. George Washington supposedly led america againt the tyranny of british rule in the americas, made a move and took one back. Emperor Haile Selassie, though pursuing peace diligently, defended himself and his country, even manning the guns himself against the Italian invasion. The EZLN is making moves against a corrupt system devolved from the slavocracy of the Vera Cruz region. It is not the violence is the answer, it is that these men were dedicated enough to the truth and to their cause in order to if necessary, give theirs lives and take the lives of others who threaten the truth. In America, we let Americans run around the world with guns killing folks, and our American money is spent on the same cause, and yet, all we apathetic americans do is ignore it, and moderately complain at best. the truth, is not that pissed off Americans should start offing their landlord of the pig on the beat, but rather, that if they were even half down enough to, perhaps the positive and non-violent moves would be that much more effective, as the Vietmihn land reform policies were in the 1940s and bringing about change in the face of the worst, as are the EZLN schools today. It is their dedication, not the use of force itself, which must be admired and taken to heart. |
I'm not really hearing any options. What is a "positive and non-violent move" besides voting, complaining, and watching where you spend your money? You can't just snap your fingers and pass a reform.
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"voting, its the least you can do" you can: volunteer database volunteer: homeless shelters, local school, NGO fundraising/awareness, etc work at a youth/community center organize/centralize your local neighborhood hold bible studies/political meetings activism visit yr local jail [not under incarceration] get an extra job and dedicate the money to a cause sponser a kid in another country to go to school organize a rally/protest its not that the government or laws will solve the problems, rather community initiative is the solution. there are literally a million things you can do in yr own neighborhood or city. The key is communication. Speak to the people, let them know the truth. represent. the more we communicate, the more change will happen. etc etc etc |
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That's simply my defense for American apathy. In general, though, you're right. That's the attitude we should take. |
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only 39% of the 32% that actually vote |
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the only appropriate response to this is.. :rolleyes: NEXT. |
what gets me is the fucking trial withoput Jury where the judge let off the fucking PIG COPS that murdered that one guy in NYC leaving his bachelor party, 57 fucking rounds fired at three unarmed black men in a car by plainsclothes PIG cops, and the judge lets them off completely, based on what he says is a "procedural error" and not a human CRIME
this fucking country is going to shit so fast, and if you think that it cannot be changed, consider how fucking different our country is now and our reputation and standing in the world is now, to before george "retard monkey" Dubya Bush and his cronies and puppetmasters got into office. |
well yeah everyone knows the cops in america suck and they'll harass you for no reason.
what's staggering is not that we elected bush in 2000, but that he was RE elected in 2004. i was struck dumb. |
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