Topic: Opinion on the US - page 8. (Read 18959 times)

not really, that is a total passive way of dealing with problems
the correct way would be to forbid offering people to shoot themselves

more generally when someone does stuff and you don't like any of the options, change the way it works

Are those even required anymore?

Got birth certificate?

Satoshi, the write-in candidate for 2016

I wrote in Elizabeth Warren in the last election.  Hopefully I'll have the chance to use a convenient mark in the next one.

I like how Mr. Carlin puts it in this clip:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PUywG-VXhug

+1 - Totally agreed

I am an american. Deliberately not capitalised. I did NOT vote for Obama. Nor his "rival". If he had not been deliberately shut out, I would not have voted for Ron Paul either, even though I think he's the closest thing to a good man in politics. When you are given a choice of two pistols to shoot yourself with, the correct answer is "NO!". If you vote, you can't bitch, because you HAVE accepted the clearly illegitimate system as legitimate. As Emma Goldman said, if voting could make a difference, they would outlaw it.

I would like to say to the non americans who read this, the Imperial Court in the foreign nation called the District of Columbia does NOT represent America in any meaningful way, other than being our defacto owners. We have about as much choice in their decisions as any slave, but we are given a biannual illusion of participation that doesn't even hold as much realism as a good Hollywood movie. Or a bad one, really.

Unfortunately, and I have been all over the country, most americans either turn a blind eye to the system, or, more frequently, feel that there isn't anything they can do about it. I'm not sure what should be done, but shrugging your shoulders and bending your knee isn't the answer. As near as I can tell, the last time that the american people had any real control over their nation was 1788. For damn sure it ended in 1861.

he probably isn't even an American which makes him ineligible to vote

EDIT:
Just checked his profile
Location: Latvia

you have been mistaken
just because we actively discuss US problems doesn't mean we're Americans  

I can bet you just vote for Obama yourself... And if you did not vote, at least you support his socialist ideas.

So, why don't you move? Yeah, probably in Amsterdam or Switzerland money will no be a primary motivation...

They are just kind of brainwashed for many years by their media and their government so probably the average american
doesnt think to much about politics and stuff like that,they are more concerned about  their every day lifes.

Let me tell you something, people don't choose their leaders they can only make a choice
between the ones that are offered. Take America for an example they have only two real parties who lead the same politics made by the rich and powerful people
behind them. So what real choice do they have.

big city life in the US kinda sucks. money is the primary motivation. everybody is in a hurry. few people are friendly to a random stranger. the american dream is dead for all but the rich. the US isnt as great as it was back in the day. would rather live in canada australia new zealand UK switzerland amsterdam.

yes, since the last few years the number of atheists and agnostics has been rising and the Christians aren't really respecting their ethic as they aren't so religious, this greed is ruining modern society and we are we will see it crash (after USA every single country will crash along altough some are already down [Greece,Spain..]).

You can always ask to bankers...

There's nothing wrong with ambition but a society functions smoothly only when all members fill that role honestly and ethically.
Capitalism is not honestly and ethically, it's amoral and promotes greed.

However capitalism is born in a Christian ethic, and with that eroding, we now only have self-interest, modern Capitalism is based on property without responsibility, while Christian Capitalism is, or was, based on property with responsibility.

Given time, or maybe a bigger push - those two can merge again, and become a recognizable power in the region. North cheap labor and army + south money and tech. Maybe it will happen in our lifetime.

Interesting whats up with bitcoin in both Koreas?
*Gone googling

If there wasn't of the USSR and the USA, there would definitely be a united Korea today, the cold war did this.
North and South Korea are no different from West and East Germany, they were splitten up for the advantage of USSR and USA but after the USSR and USA balance failed and one regime was stronger then the other.One of them failed while the more succesful side wanted to embrace their brothers over the border.
South and North Koreans are the same nation but as communism in Asia is just recently starting to fail (China is leading this trend),same thing might happen here in a 100 years or so.
This is NOT the communist fault, it's just that one regime will overpower the other and when one side overpowers the other for such difference they will finally surrender the fight and realize they are the same alotough their relatives live on the other side.

Yes. I agree with you on that. It also brings the society together in most countries. Im not sure whether that's the point in an huge country such as the USA, but it does in for example the country I live in (The Netherlands). This 'bringing the people together' can has some disadvantages too, especially for outsiders who are placed 'outside the society' by some people.


I think it's more realistic that the world will explode than North+South will regroup, hehe.

North Korea could have been a really nice state if America (and USSR) wouldn't fuck it over. In fact it could be an even nicer (North+South united) Korea.