Patriotism is an interesting beast. It blinds you to believe that your nationality is superior to others. It used to be very powerful but now with the advent of the internet, national superiority is beginning to lose its meaning as everyone all across the globe are brought together by the internet and everyone is realizing that we are only human beings.
So trying to sell rhetorics of a superior nationality or more of the same dreams comes as trying to appease the dying breed.
When Obama was first campaigning, he gave the hope that he was going to be a global president, one who cares about the world and one will make the lives of US citizens better. But as years have passed he has shown that all he is good at is repeating his empty rhetorics and trying to sell dreams of greatness and empty promises.
How long will the US citizens take to realize what Obama is doing is playing with their emotions and patriotism? Not only Obama, many other presidential aspirees do the same thing. Being influenced heavily by the lobbyists and corporations during their journey into the presidency, they have no options but to be be puppets of the system and processes that may in fact not be beneficial to the common citizen, to whom they keep selling dreams.
He bailed out the industry of bankers and CEO's that make millions of dollars every month instead of getting to the root cause of the problem. Because of these people who are making excessive amount of money by playing with other common citizen's money. Allocating the common person's savings into black holes to increase their own personal returns. Banking and investment systems that are immorally setup to allow betting on negative performance. There is so much to be done for the hard working american public but, they have their own agendas dictated by corporations that survive by maximizing profits and increasing the disparity between the rich and the poor even more.
Patriotism however is a powerful weapon that politicians use constantly.
"Anyone who tells you otherwise, anyone who tells you that America is in decline or that our influence has waned, doesn't know what they're talking about."
*** standing ovation ***
They keep feeding the dream and the masses keep believing in them. Hundreds of thousands of americans lost their homes, lifelong savings during the real estate bubble. It is difficult to find a job if you are laid off. It is difficult to find a job if you are jobless.
Why are trillions of dollars being spent on the arms race when the citizens could have benefitted from better allocation of those funds? America is already the ultimate military and it will be difficult for any other nation to catch up. America already has weapons to decimate the earth. What more is needed now? Maybe there is a need to obliterate the entire galaxy? Why is so much money being spent on defense all over the world when the economy at home is plunging?
It is ultimate hypocrisy to pretend to do good all over the world, give donations, send troops to fight wars that are not American wars, when Americans are suffering due to the economic downturn.
This is a never ending topic. Maybe I will continue if and when I have more time.
