DC Protest - Where's the Media Coverage?, page 1

Originally posted by loam
In my view, a far greater threat to our nation than terrorism, natural disasters, or disease, is the apathy of its populace. "Ignorance" is a term, I believe, historians will one day use to describe our country, much in the same way they use that term to describe other great civilizations of the past, who failed for the very same reason.

Most people just don't care about what is going on...they are only concerned with their own lives, and how to make their own lives better. Nothing more. But hey, I guess that's the modern American way of life, isn't it? It just comes down to greed and ignorance...if we didn't have those two things, I believe the world's problems would disappear.

I don't care if you have a phd from harvard in some field and make a lot of money...if you can't be bothered to take the time and look around, formulate your own opinions on actual important national/international events, and have some intelligent input...then you are ignorant. Maybe ignorance of sociological issues is just a conscious decision made nowadays--not to care. As long as someone has a good life, and they get what they want, they simply can't be bothered to care about anything else. This way of thinking will only take us so far, and we certainly won't be "united" along the way.

We need to make a conscious effort, as individuals, and as a society, to CARE about what goes on in our world and the world of others with whom we live. We need to realize that in a system of DEMOCRACY (hah), the society will only grow because of different ideals and beliefs, and they must be heard and respected as everyone else's...and that it is not a crime to speak out against the government, because all we want is for it to become a better system, thus making our country better. It's not the same as "bashing America", one retort that I love hearing from people who are too ignorant or uncaring to do anything other than follow the norm, or follow the system they were taught never to question. This is wrong, and everything MUST BE questioned.

People need to become active members of society and express their opinions logically. I have no problem arguing about politics with someone who has a legitimate reason for their stance, and has obviously taken the time to think about things, even if I think they are wrong. But the majority of the people I encounter simply have their beliefs because of what they were raised to think in their families, or just because they adopted those beliefs from their social groups, or the kind of lifestyle they have or wish to have...they don't actually take the time to sit down, read about things, and actually question themselves about what they truly believe to be right or wrong. But they're the first people I would go to if I wanted to know what happened on last night's episode of family guy or real world. Hey, wake up, this IS the real world, and it's passing you by.