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Its always been a shit hole. Let it burn and rot in hell.
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Free registration at the forum removes this block.It is a very easy time to hate on America right now.
I'm from the UK so my American History probably isn't as good as others on the thread, but I thought the Founding Fathers wrote things like the US constitution and the Declaration of Independence before building a whole new nation.But where's the evidence for you to make baseless assumptions like that? Do you know me personally?lol. I'm sure those smart motherfuckers included something productive in or after their complaints, instead of just a jumbled plea for attention cumulating with "I think we're F*cked."
Its always been a shit hole. Let it burn and rot in hell.
Don't hate America. Just hate the sad negative ideologies that threaten to ruin all the good things in life.Vigilante I missed that call - I was traveling all day. Enjoy that smoke though buddy!
I always loved my time in the states - everyone is super friendly, you can taste the opportunity in the air, and you can easily reinvent yourself and go chase your dream.
It is a very easy time to hate on America right now. You can pick and choose from dozens of options and have all the data you need to back you up. But it is just as easy to see it as the best time ever in the most free country on the planet (and in history).
It is all about perspective. Everyday you decide what to focus on.
If you want the government to look after you while you live a normal life on auto-pilot like pretty much everyone else - then you're right. There's a lot of shit that needs to be improved in the "do nothing and still get ahead" department of the US Government.
If you have ambition and a strong internal locus of control - then you live in one of the best places on earth and it's pretty F*cking hard to deny that.
You live in a place that is better than many, many, many other places on earth, objectively speaking. Everything is so damn good that you have to complain about things that basically boil down to nit-picking on the grand scheme of things. Even the bloody homeless in North America live better than many other parts of the world.
Your government isn't stealing or destroying your homes, your police aren't demanding bribes to get out of made up charges, you aren't starving in the street, you are a country with a damn near fully educated population, you have the ability to vote and that vote means something instead of being tossed out the window while whoever is in charge proclaims another "glorious democratic victory" for themselves for the 10th, 15th, 20th year in a row. The military is organized and isn't a rogue faction hiding out in the hills waiting to descend upon your towns, nor is it a direct arm of your president to be used however he damn well feels like it. You have free speech. You can be a public nuisance and nuisance to your government without being killed for it. You have human rights - that's more than a lot of places can say. You have access to insurance for when your house accidentally burns down or your car gets t-boned by some jackass. You have legal recourse to just about every wrong that can come your way.
Call the US 'not perfect', and that would be correct but holy hell I could write all the "positives" of your country all damn day.
Put down the news and start placing your energy and effort in things you CAN control. Because you live in one of the best places on earth to exert that control.
I would have liked to post more introspectively on this thread but I was too busy building and selling a company in the United States to speculate on how my life might have been better in some 3rd world country.
The American dream is still very tangible, very achievable, and very real.
I have an opus X cigar that I bought for a special occasion but time came and went and I never smoked it on that special occasion. When I get back to Tampa today, I think I will light it up on my patio under my palm tree sitting next to my fire table with a drink in hand as I count my blessings for living in a country that you can still become something.
Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in awhile you might miss it.
The USA has it's issues, and it certainly can't be called the greatest country in the world anymore, but it's still very much a land of opportunity with a ton to offer. I mean, you could do a whole hell of a lot worse.
Rather than creating a thread complaining about every bit of unfairness, why not do your small part in improving it? Or just move?
Oh enlightened one, I do not possess the intellect, self-restraint, and selflessness that you do, please teach me your ways. Aren't you just the modern day Gandhi/Henry Ford?
On a real note, the United States was founded on a bunch of smart motherf*ckers COMPLAINING about the British and their ways of governing.
This is my home, why would I just leave it, even if it turning to sh*t? Plus it's not that easy, what a dumb comment. I hate people when make that "why don't you just move" remark.
What if the Founding Fathers said f*ck it and decided to go to Mexico
Education is pure sh*t. Degrees usually cost a high 5 figures, 6 figures even, and it does very little to prepare you for the modern day job market, which has become the Wild Wild West.
Healthcare is sh*t. Costs are ridiculous, the system is broken, doctors and pharmaceutical companies are in bed together to get as much money possible from patients, and the quality of care is pure sh*t.
Politics is as decisive as ever. I feel like people don't even care about what policy is most reasonable and beneficial to the country as a whole, they just wanna impose their ideological views and spew out rhetoric. Washington has become a sh*t show man.
Capitalism and free enterprise has essentially become corporatism and a bunch of wealthy people (the elites as they say), in bed with politicians, doing whatever they can to rig the system and sustain their power.
Compared to what? We literally had a civil war at one point.
Dude, things are just different, on all fronts. People are afraid more than ever, you can just sense the fear, it doesn't help that this fear is being perpetuated by the news, social media, entertainment, etc.
Corruption is rampant and now visible, people are seeing how fu*cked everything is. All these leaks, all these scandals, it's crazy.
Culturally and morally, I don't wanna get too deep into this one because I might have some controversial opinions. But just look at the entertainment industry, the music industry, what kind of values and lifestyles are being promoted to the youth, it certainly isn't positive or constructive. It was never this bad.
You DEFINITELY hit the nail on the head - The (D) and the (R) could easily well stand for Divide and Rule in addition to the official Democrat and Republican. We see it every living day. Politicians go at each other's throats when it comes to running the country, but at night - they're dining at fine restaurants - Together; they party hearty - Together; they sit in the same circles and puppeteer the world - Together and if people cannot recognise this, then those of us who don't recognise it are more at fault than the politicians who are playing and winning at the game they've created.I love my country.
I hate my government and the media that serves it.
Politicians are the scum of the earth, and it doesn't matter if there's a (D) or an (R) next to their name.
For the machine to work, it needs conflict.
CNN/MSM is in the business of conflict, and it's not a true representation of America. That was seen on the streets of Houston in the aftermath of the hurricane. Peace and harmony doesn't sell tickets, clicks, comments, viewers, or ratings.
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