Alright, so you acknowledge the consequences of our way of life on the "wretched of the earth" but wouldn't do anything to change it. So actually you fall under type 1. In some ways be we benefit. If all you care about is getting your big mac, cheap fuel prices, our rat race society and the NFL than yes, it is beneficial. Btw, look at the relationship between our consumption and quality of life. We have a long ways to go.
its not all i care about, but yes of course i do care about those things, and i think you are starting to build a straw man agains the us and are forgetting to look at the rest of the world where in fact big macs, cheap gas, and futbol are what the masses care about as well. certainly in your travels you see nations are trending more TOWARDS the us way of life than against it. it is crystal clear, hollywood and capitalism are the US industrial complexes best weapons at this point, they have infiltrated every border, and unlike soldiers, these ideas pass freely into peoples homes and follow them throughout their day. relentless.
I didn't ask you about your health care. I'm asking you to think of the millions of kids in school right now practicing to pass a test so that the school can get federal funding. Trust me, I've worked in an elementary school and its depressing.
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Being "concerned" with global affairs is one thing. 700 military bases in 130 countries around the word is something different. As taxpayers we fund the largest terrorist organization in the world: US government (CIA, NSA, FBI, etc)
if this is really and sincerely what you believe, then you are no better than anyone else and you are the problem, you are the person you are pointing the finger at. you are admitting that you fund these organizations and benefit from the rewards they reap by murdering other people. you are worse than the ignorant flag waving american, because you see yourself as evil and still do nothing, where as he thinks he is doing something right. no wonder you feel so alienated, its not only the system you hate, its yourself (if you really believe this).
Yes there certainly are limited resources. But there are sufficient resources for everyone. 2.7 billion people live on 2 dollars a day. Actually the US has some of the world's best resources. Agricultural products aka FOOD.
I'm not gonna lie about this: I can't stand it here. Theres no culture. We live in a society based gaining wealth. What you don't understand is that it has hurt us. There is more to life than money. We are rich financially but poor culturally and within family.
I do love what America should stand for however. Freedom
this is a tired argument i hear frequently, mostly from disaffected people within the us. cause when i talk to people from other countries, they may trash our government, but they sing praises of our people. look man we live in a world based on as you say "gaining wealth" because as i correctly pointed out, nations are trying to acquire and secure resources for their people. and there is culture here, there are thousands of them in the US, that is our culture, thats why the us is so amazing. thats why everyone wants to be like us, they hate it when we say that cause we come off as arrogant, but then they admit it. its a shame that you in a land of such choice you cant even find one culture to embrace. you are only defining yourself when you project the opinions of yourself on the whole of america! how can you make a blanket satement about the most diverse nation in the histroy of the world? there are masses of people in the US who dont define themselves by money, there are genuine families, just look at the latin communities, asian communities, no culture? look at black america and tell me dont see culture. we have all the cultures in the world and we are only a couple hundred years old.
really though man, do what you gotta do to make yourslef happy, if it aint here, why are you wasting your time, just waiting to see if ron paul wins? thats not living.
