From a post from Slade that got moved to the new Libertarianism thread:
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Anyway, as far as the debate at hand goes, who is supporting who and why? Is there any way to get of this big international mess? Can we repair the horrible damage that has been done to everyone but the wealthy corporations in the US in the past eight years?
Well, my family is like, upper-lower class or lower-middle class or something, and we haven't really suffered any "horrible damage." I don't think Bush's presidency has affected
everyone, nor has it affected most people
horribly. Healthcare for non-rich people was shit before Bush, taxes didn't really change for not-rich people, and not everyone has an immediate relative that got shipped out to Iraq.
However, the fact that most people haven't felt the effects of the government's decisions over the past few years is a big part of the problem. Many people are ignorant of problems in their country until they feel the effects of it. I think if this war were affecting us here in our comfy homes more than it is, people would do more to stop it than just bitch about it to each other. "Wah, wah, wah. Bush is an idiot! He should pull the troops! Bitch, bitch, bitch." But do they do anything about it? No. Half the time I think people say that kind of thing just because it's the new cool thing to agree with and say.
There's a phrase I heard a lot with each surgery, and some other medical things, too - just about any time I've gotten put on any medication: "It will get worse before it gets better." Sometimes I wonder if that's what it's going/what it's
got to be for this country. Because while things are crappy enough for people to bitch about it, it's not crappy enough for people to do anything about it yet. Maybe if it gets crappy enough that it directly affects more people, people will want change enough to actually make it happen.
It's a sad prediction, but I'm afraid it might be reality.
This post has been edited by Spoon Poetic: 25 September 2007 - 05:14 PM
I am writing about Jm in my signature because apparently it's an effective method of ignoring him.