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reply posted on 17-4-2004 @ 06:40 PM by junglejake
I agree with you to a degree dz, but I put the blame elsewhere. I put it with the media. The media is more interested in making a quick buck and airing a catch phrase rather then air something accurate.

And our government was designed to be overthrown, so to speak. It can happen every 2 years, and often does, when one party gets into office over another.

I agree that most Americans are lazy. Our land is so incredibly rich, and we don't even realize it. I remember back in my uneducated highschool days, I was driving behind someone whose speed was varying between 65 and 70. I got pissed, wondering why the heck he didn't turn on cruise control. Then I moved away from home, and realized...cruise control isn't typical (7 years ago). I think Americans are largely the same way. I'm fairly open to new ideas, but if I don't know the idea even exists, how can I get there. We look at countries like south africa, Ughanda, Somalia, and think, well, just go vote, because that's all we've known. And we also assume that as long as we pick a candidate our party tells us to pick, things will work out. And they usually do. The two parties, dems and reps, are largely the same. We elect a middle of the road president with this title or that, and then are shocked when things don't get better, but feel good when they don't get worse.

We need to make a concerted effort in this country to not only make political debates less taboo, but to force it on people. We run our country, let's start looking into how to do that outside of soundbites.
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