America: Home of the Swindled
In an upcoming post, I will talk about the common logical flaws and mistakes made during debate. One of those is “generalization” in which a person takes a collection of items (Americans in this case) that possess a known common attribute (geography in this case) and applies another attribute (lack of intelligence in this case) to the entire group. So before I begin this rant, let me just preface with the fact that I do understand that the USA is made up of people, not all to whom this applies (Yes, I have American friends, at least prior to this post). The premise here is that the attribute I will imbue on the Americans seems to be abnormally prevalent when compared to other countries citizens.
This post was almost called “America: Home of the retarded” but I thought that was a little harsh, and “Swindled” fit my thought process more accurately in the sense that even though in general Americans seem to more retarded then most (and there is sufficient information to back this claim, see previous post “America is #1!”) they have been programmatically taught/brainwashed to be this way for so long now that at an individual level they can not really take full responsibility.
Let’s get into some details.
The most prevalent attribute (and this is public policy in the states) is simply that an American life is somehow intrinsically more valuable then the life of any other non-American citizen in the world. Some day, and I believe it will be sooner rather than later, this is really going to come back and bite Americans in the ass. This also applies at many levels; War, environmental policies, inclusion, education, economic, etc. All of the policy decisions in these areas become much more coherent when taken in context that an American life is more valuable than any other.
Ignorance. In today’s first world nations the availability of information is so wide spread that it really offends me when the average American can still not pick North America out on a globe. Here is another personal example:
Years ago soon after my wife had given birth to our second shortie, we had an American lady (university educated in the USA) up for a visit which included several meals. We had served milk on the table, in the standard 3 per 4 Litre (oh, to Americans that is about a 1/4 of a gallon you backwards imperial freaks) bag. The comment from our American friend was this: Is that breast milk? (I couldn’t make this up)
Breast milk? Seriously, we have to digest all the ignorance here. To not know that in some parts of the world milk is served in bags (I know it is served in jugs in the states), or that my wife could possibly produce that much breast milk, or that we would be serving it to guests to add to their coffee? Wow, wow, this is just stupid.
Or the classic (I get this all the time when visiting the states):
Do you have roads in Canada?
To all you Americans reading this: Nope, just dog sled trails over the Tundra. Friggn’ idiots. The most southern tip of Ontario is further south then the northern edge of California. It’s called an atlas you ignoramus.
The leadership in the states leaves something to be desired, and Americans now, and in the next 10 or so generations will pay for it, but I can’t feel that bad about them because rigged elections or not (did you know that the US REFUSES to allow foreign election officials in to validate election results as is standard for every other country in the world?) Americans elect the same moron, sorry did I say moron? I meant RETARD into the white house for a second term?!? I said it after watching the 2004 election, “Americans deserve what the get”, and globally they are getting kicked in the ass right now. Considering this beating, are they concerned? I would say no, they aren’t they are Americans and God is on their side right? Tell that to Osama, he’s in custody now right?
You can tell a lot about a people from their leader, so I will leave you with some of my favourite Bush quotes:
And let me say in conclusion, thanks for the kids. I learned an awful lot about bathtub toys – about how to work the telephone. One guy knows – several of them know their own phone numbers – preparation to go to the dentist. A lot of things I’d forgotten. So it’s been a good day.
You work three jobs? Uniquely American, isn’t it? I mean, that is fantastic that you’re doing that.
If they pre-decease or die early, there’s an asset base to be able to pass on to a loved one. [on Social Security]
I hope you leave here and walk out and say, ‘What did he say?’
Let me put it to you bluntly. In a changing world, we want more people to have control over your own life.
There’s an old saying in Tennessee – I know it’s in Texas, probably in Tennessee – that says, fool me once, shame on – shame on you. Fool me – you can’t get fooled again.
If this were a dictatorship, it’d be a heck of a lot easier, just so long as I’m the dictator.
I just want you to know that, when we talk about war, we’re really talking about peace.
The most important thing is for us to find Osama bin Laden. It is our number one priority and we will not rest until we find him.
SIX MONTHS LATER…
I don’t know where bin Laden is. I have no idea and really don’t care. It’s not that important. It’s not our priority.
The really rich people figure out how to dodge taxes anyway.
I know what I believe. I will continue to articulate what I believe and what I believe �” I believe what I believe is right.
See, in my line of work you got to keep repeating things over and over and over again for the truth to sink in, to kind of catapult the propaganda.
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