Originally Posted by
JinxZ
Dalir, not to put you on a spotlight, but I have to ask; do you feel that all these things you listed: the pseudo-patriotism, love of hegemony abuse, disregard for morals, dislike of our current president, and pioneering in the art of corrupted media - apply to all Americans?
no. i'm very much guilty of prejudice and stereotyping, just like everybody else. i'm also equipped with a decent common sense, and assuming every single american thinks the same is preposterous. in hindsight, i was merging alot of different groups of americans into one big group - "the people" - and a governments actions does mostly not reflect upon its peoples general concensus. i also notice now that when i simply wrote "you" on some spots, i failed to point the finger correctly.
for example, the disregard of morals and basic "justice" was mostly directed at your corrupted government, but also pointed at your apathic and detached culture (although let's not have a debate over whether or not apathic behavior is immoral or not, or something to that effect, i'm neither equipped for nor interested in the matter - but i hope you recognize my point anyway).
also, i don't necessarily meant that you love the hegemony abuse, mostly that you sit by quietly and let it happen without outrage, or any kind of loud reaction. once again, pointed to the people as a whole. but don't worry, i realize that mass-anarchy isn't a simple thing to accomplish, and i'm not one to pass blame because i for one am too much of a coward to openly "rise up" for my convictions as well. this thread is however not about sweden and it's inhabitants, it's about america and it's inhabitants.
the dislike for obama, well. there was alot of slandering going on in many threads on this forum a while ago, and most of the example posters i'm about to bring up (sorry for using someone whose opinions you don't necessarily condone as a representation of your country, but that's just what i'll have to do) always said something like:
"Why did he recieve the nobel peace prize? He hasn't done anything for world peace. In fact, he hasn't done anything at all! He's a lying bastard, and the only reason he won is because he's black!"
...failing to realize that he's not as powerful as he should be. one thing i can identify with on this point is the hate for the establishment, as i'm quite young. fortunately, this shows that young people will hate anyone with the title, and just not obama, and push (not always constructive) criticism through various sources.
last paragraph, the media. once again, the corrupt media is not the wrongdoing of the people, it is that of the dreaded government. gov-hurting information gets censored, gov-promoting information gets pushed through and cheered on by, for example, fox news. media should never be controlled by a government in the way the american media is. look at china. that's where your government wants to take you.
which brings me to my last point. the blind following of the media is the wrongdoing of the people. it is the peoples responsibility to look past what their channel is feeding them. this is where the psuedo-patriotism stems from. ill-educated, fed with "propaganda" ("" because it's a strong word that shouldn't be used lightly, but it actually does fit here), and you have a blind and deaf nation which looks the other way while thinking "god bless america".
sorry for the tl;dr, and sorry for making it seem like a hate-post. i didn't wish to insult you, and you seem like a part of the group which needn't feel hit. i apoligize for any bad wording, it's 06:00 AM over here, awful time to try to seem intellectual. :>
I have also been watching alot of boston legal and x-files, oh dear.
Last edited by dalir; May 23, 2010 at 06:01 AM.