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Originally Posted by Bond
What happened to our culture of service? Our culture of volunteering? Our culture of putting our own collective interest before our self interest?
What happened to the America that helps herself? Government can't solve our problems. Government creates our problems.
If you see a wrong, right it yourself. Don't wait for the government to intervene. Volunteer. Help your community. Donate to charity. Help people in a personal way. You'll be better for it, and so will they.
We aren't Eastern Europe. We aren't socialist. We're America, and it's time we return to our federalist state.
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That part of America is dead it seems like. I really don't think this election will make a big difference in that respect. Most people are unwilling to listen to reason, they just hear how much it will benifit themselves financially, and stances on irrelevant social issues that have been around 20+ years and has not changed for a reason.
Its gonna take something big to wake people back up, but I hope its not too late when it happens. As it stands now, what the people want is what they want, and its going to lead us in the wrong direction. People draw from other countries as examples to show how bad america is for medical care and what not, but there's a reason America is still overall a better country to live in then anywhere else (In my opinion). And mirroring them is probably not going to move us up.