Thread: What Do You Dislike About the US?

Originally Posted by TiredPhil

Are you suggesting the problem may be with the way the suggestion is worded.
Or are you suggesting the problem may be with the way it is heard.
Perhaps a little more thought before people put their thought down into words, and a little more thought when reading would help.

Consider these two statements:

1. British people have sex with farm animals.
2. Two British farmers got caught having sex with their animals.

Is one of those statements less offensive than the other?

I do agree with the point of view you are putting forward.
It is all in the way the statement is worded.

And by the way, What is wrong with British people having sex with animals ?

Hey, as long as the animals don't mind, then it's no worse than backwoods American hillbillies doing it!!

A nation of free speech welcomes dissent. Unfortunately as Noam Chomsky has pointed out, the establishment has become exceedingly skilled at manufacturing consent. Expressing dissent is absolutely essential to the survival of our republic. Otherwise we risk dipping into fascism, which has already begun.
I find it is typically those of mainstream political pursuasion that can't stomach the criticism they hear poimted at their own country. Something about admitting a fault just isn't popular, who knew? There is no way to improve something if you don't know what there is to be improved.

The fact that the U.S is built around personal and corporate freedom is simultaneously its greatest strength and its greatest peril. Freedom is a high virtue, a stepping stone towards unconditional love. Such an environment of freedom has unfortunately allowed networks of individuals to amass enormous amounts of financial power, who are now in the process of attempting to covertly take over the country. A free society is in many ways a power vacuum, only with a few legal and governmental structures in place which slow the time it takes for those who love control to take control.

The solution? Awareness of negativity is to be balanced with action towards positivity. Research, discuss, expose those who wish to remove freedoms - however more focus should be put on one's own love of freedom. Take action towards love and freewill in whatever way is unique to you. Only when a critical mass of the population is focused on love will it be reflected into the macrocosm of the government.

The legal drinking age and the number of fat people. There's plenty to love about the US though! Like Buffalo Wings and the Grand Canyon and freedom.

Originally Posted by Chimpertainment

A nation of free speech welcomes dissent. Unfortunately as Noam Chomsky has pointed out, the establishment has become exceedingly skilled at manufacturing consent. Expressing dissent is absolutely essential to the survival of our republic. Otherwise we risk dipping into fascism, which has already begun.
I find it is typically those of mainstream political pursuasion that can't stomach the criticism they hear poimted at their own country. Something about admitting a fault just isn't popular, who knew? There is no way to improve something if you don't know what there is to be improved.

Now that was a reply worth agreeing with.


"Hey, as long as the animals don't mind, then it's no worse than backwoods American hillbillies doing it"
Are you saying "All" American hillbillies are doing it, or just some.

I have to get out of this thread, I am going mad.

the obsession with money

i also think a lot of kids (well at least where i live) glamorize the gang life and look up to gangs as potential role models. (the obsession for power i guess)

*Zealot patriotism/nationalism (goes for any country for that matter)
*The "We're the best" attitude
*Contradicting foreign policy (supporting dictators while bragging about freedom and democracy)

All the people who are easily swayed by religious and political ideology who are running us into the ground in the name of altruism.

Our systems of privilege and oppression.

I forgot, I also dislike all the people making themselves out to be victims.

Date system in America is the wrong way around
1 / 2 / 2013
1st Feb 2013
9/11 is the 9th of November

Everything is based off of time and the need to save as much time as possible. You know, for a rainy day or something.

Nah.

Whenever I'm waiting for an appointment (for whatever reason), and someone's late, I start to feel anxious. Even five minutes after the time of the appointment.

My Sociology teacher told us about how our society differs from those in Brazil. Apparently, most other nations have very lenient deadlines when it comes to time. In Brazil, people often come into class 10+ minutes late and nobody bats an eyelash. I was late for Econ by a good three or four seconds and was scolded by my teacher. I wonder how much of our desire for saving time comes from the idea that everything is also based on a value, and the more you work, the more money you have, so the more valuable you are.