I see no difference between Republicans and Democrats anymore. They all work to cater to corporate America. Jobs, wages, interest rates, import/export, illegal immigration, taxes...It is all made to get more money to and from big corporations. The average American matters not any longer.
We say we have the best country ever because of our system. I am beginning to think that is not true. We lack honor amongst thieves. We lack honor amongst our government, our people, and our families. Common sense has been all but forgotten. Friends, family and meaningfull relationships have been abandoned for a "right here, right now" type of mentality. Corporations have catered to this idea, again, to make money. They flash flesh in front of us every moment they get. They flash new gadgets and toys in front of us like carrots to a mule. They brainwash us into thinking there are all these things we "need" when in fact that is not true. I believe the Empire of the United States is quickly declining. Our reign is VERY short lived when standing next to some of the other great Empires of history.
Look at ancient Greece. They stood for 1200 years. They attained democracy, while still catering to the average citizen. There were, of course, many in power who wanted to do wrong...but the people stood against these individuals and took their country back. After the Revolutionary War and the Civil War, we will never do that again in America. Taking the law into the hands of citizens is thought to be wrong now. I looked back at some historical data. When cops were killed, when citizens were killed, when children were raped...mobs went out, caught the offender and hung them in the streets. Since when did it become wrong to stand up for justice? Since when did it become wrong for the citizens of a nation to uphold the laws of those nations? Since when did the citizens of the USA become pansies who whimper and cry in the face of danger rather than stand against it honorably and fearlessly? There are facets of these good qualities in our country here and there, but NOWHERE near the level it has been in centuries past. Our country is being filled with carebears and like the fake, stuffed animals...we will soon be forgotten and put into the history books, remembered as a fun plaything for the world.
I love this country and what it has stood for in the past. I can not say the same for what I am affraid it may become in the future.