Since the United States is completely screwed at this point, I thought it would be fun to make a thread to bitch about how completely hopeless this downward spiral is :good: And because it's not right to invade the UK thread.
Broken:
Starting from the top, consistently corrupt government. Corporations can buy politicians and the mainstream media with ease. I often can only get the actual news and intelligent unbiased political debate from European and even Russian outlets, because American media is so trash.
Apparently, you've only gotten your news from the popular new outlets like Fox, if your looking for fair and balanced commentary then look at
The Drudge Report which isn't as liberal as some of the other sources are.
The general population isn't informed because the media is so useless. In order for democracy to function the voters need to be informed. It's really no wonder absolutely evil fuckers like the mayor of New York and countless others nationwide have such a powerful grip.
The population is well informed, it's you who is illinformed. Most people have wisened up to the what the government is up too, this is why we're starting to go against Barrack Obama, and and his policies like Health Care.
Also what the fuck does Michael Bloomberg have to do with being evil, if anything he's one of the best Mayors they've ever had. He's against the whole Conservative Christian nation thing, supporting Abortion
"Reproductive choice is a fundamental human right and we can never take it for granted. On this issue, you're either with us or against us."
He's also for gun ownership, which is stated as a fundamental right in the constitution.
Not all of these things accumilate into being a good leader, but these are just two good examples I was able to come up with.
You might be thinking of Rod Blagojevich, who was the Governor of New York, and tried to sell Barrack Obama's Seat in Congress. Bloomberg and Blagojevich are no where near the same in terms of politics.
The men with the biggest campaign funds will win. In the end everyone votes for one rich greedy manipulate lying fucker or another rich greedy manipulative lying fucker. And with the mainstream media bought out or extremely biased, this is a recipe for the disaster of American politics.
Again not true at all, while your right in most cases those with the biggest funds are able to win their seats because they can fun all the campaign tactics they use like Rallies and commercials, this is not always the case.
Take Scott Brown, who is a perfect example. People listened to what he had to say, and they voted him. It's not because he had a big bank account, which might I add is probably the lowest of all Senators. Although he is a RINO he was still voted besides the facts of his bank account.
The basics of democracy are not there. Open, honest debate is dead. The voters are uninformed. And the people running for a position can just buy out the popularity or be bought out by a corporate monopoly bigger than them.
The Greeks would be ashamed.
I laughed at this, the Greeks are in far worse shape than we are. Greece in case you didn't know is near bankruptcy, we on the other hand are still in rough shape but we are holding on.
Examples of potential Discussion:Unfathomable debt and inevitable inflation. US Dollar will be like toilet paper in the worst outcome.
Misuse of funds, complete disregard for the public's opinion.
Wars and the military industrial complex. It's like the only remaining American industry.
Seriously dude, the military are not the only remaining industries, while it may seem like it. You've got gun manufacturing, computers and internet are all rapidly rising industries in the United States. Car manufacturing while it may be outsourced, its not entirely with most American made Car Corps. still functioning in the States.
Outsourcing + lack of domestic industry. Corporations being corrupt greedy fuckers with continuous employee layoffs alongside massive CEO raises.
I'll actually agree with you on that, since the guys down at AIG did use the relief money they got, and gave it to their executives as Bonus money.
Illegal immigrants + them taking the remaining jobs. Oh yeah, huge and still rising unemployment and Liberal denial.
Unemployment has been on the verge for a while now, so no one really knows if its about to go up again or, start falling. Also, I don't know for a fact if Americans want those jobs, but I know that a big problem is the lost income the the government needs, so lost taxes and other funds they get are going away. That's a big issue of it.
Liberal bias + generally corrupt mainstream media.
Obama just continues the same policies as Bush, seriously.
Enough Bush bashing, Jesus Christ. Bush may not have been the best, but Obama is far worse. Bush set up a major debt for the U.S, but in one day Obama Spent mulitple times more than that with the recovery plan, then again.
Universal healthcare bill was fucked up with revision, and now it's a huge mess. Also, government incompetence and no funding for such things.
Fundamentalist Christians being delusional morons with no grip of reality, or what "freedom" means.
You do realise that they've always been this way, it's not just now that their delusions are springing out of their heads.
I also wish death upon the mayor of NYC for encouraging the skyrocketing city rents and luxury redevelopments, like a cancer that's now spreading outside Manhattan. This Billionaire fucker is a perfect example of what's wrong with American politics. Hates and fucks over the common working class, helps his Wall Street friends, misuses funds against public opinion or need, and then buys out the media to maintain public image. Great example of a fascist monopoly type thingy.
I was not aware Bloomberg supported this, but your overlooking other critical points of Bloombergs career to date. You've missed the part, where's he's taken initiative to help the crumbling Public education system.
"Bloomberg has also shown involvement in education reform as mayor, replacing the school board set up by the state with direct mayoral control over public education. He raised the salaries of teachers by 15% while the test scores of students in the city and the graduation rate rose as well. Bloomberg is opposed to the promotion of students to the next grade level for strictly social reasons citing that students should only be promoted when they are adequately prepared for the next grade level. He favors after-school programs to help students that are behind. As mayor, Bloomberg strengthened the cell-phone ban in schools."Finally, the American people can't really protest. The SWAT will oppress even peaceful protests, and the media will downplay it, before completely burying any message the protesters may have. Protesting a corrupt corporation is virtually impossible, it's not like in France where the working class can actually have a voice.
*This is Me*
Trust me, every government will try and quash a protest if they feel threatened, so don't be led into believing that it's only the United States that does this. I would appreciate civil conversation. I wrote a lot of basic concepts, and I hope we can start by just choosing one or two subjects to talk extensively about
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