Comments on: USA(DD)

By: lobotero

lobotero — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 14:02:59 +0000

ADD or as I have come to call it…..rational ignorance effect…..

By: LOUDelf

LOUDelf — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 19:24:48 +0000

I think you make a strong point about the mid-terms and how they often correct some of the hype.

By: Mr Pink Eyes

Mr Pink Eyes — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 12:06:34 +0000

I agree, I feel that people get all worked up around election time, listen to the soundbites on television to form their opinion and then vote based on the soundbites without ever really examining the issues. After the election they stop paying attention until the next election rolls afound, and the cycle starts all over. Luckily many of these people don’t even bother to vote in the midterms so we have the change to fix any mistakes.

By: Quin

Quin — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 14:21:06 +0000

Of course it’s everything – and it’s NOT just America either (although many Americans do appear to think that the US is the whole and complete universe).

In the UK and I suspect there’s a lot of this in the US too, the problem is not the politicians because anyone with any wisdom ignores most of them anyway. No, the REAL problem is the bureaucrats who are the CONTINUITY!

It doesn’t much matter which political administration you choose (they’re mostly all a bunch of inept jerks anyway) – the civil servants (do you call them that in the US?) remain the same and push politicians and legislation in the direction THEY want, which rarely seems to coincide with normal people’s idea of what’s wanted because they (the bureaucrats) frequently think there is intrinsic value in pushing bits of paper in quadruplicate around and pontificating instead of actually DOING anything.

By: LOUDelf

LOUDelf — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 20:25:51 +0000

Agreed, but since I’m focusing on politics, I thought my little hands might fall off including all of the other sections of society. Great points.

By: Daniel Alders

Daniel Alders — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 20:21:35 +0000

Those are great examples. It’s all part of the modern American make-up. We’re all concerned about the here-and-now, fast-food diners, downloadable movies, instant coffee… instant, instant, instant…

Of course, you might say that this has nothing to do with politics, but it does – it has to. Culture has no history… no past… unless there’s dirt on you, and even then not everyone will hold that against you. Our modern memory has no archives, and therefore the whole idea of “learning from the past” is moot. The past – what’s that?

So yeah – right on, except that it’s not just the voting public, and it’s not just political. It’s everything and everyone.