Moontanman Posted July 17, 2012 Share Posted July 17, 2012 Americans Revolt Billions of Times a Day http://www.forbes.com/sites/jerrybowyer/2012/07/08/july-4th-question-part-iii-americans-revolt-billions-of-times-a-day/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smellincoffee Posted July 27, 2012 Share Posted July 27, 2012 The United States calls itself a Republic, "the public thing", but I'm given to believe that in the 21st century, the public thing no longer exists. When a politician speaks of community or society he's booed down as a socialist: we're seemingly a nation of self-obsessed individuals, content with amusing ourselves and utterly oblivious to the greater world that exists outside of our homes, outside the state, and outside the present moment of time. Such a thought is discouraging, and yet I resist it by pretending the Public Thing still exists, by contributing daily as I can to the bank of the common good which may have failed long ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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