2008-07-21, 12:45 AM
[SIZE="1"]Not sure how to respond to this thread without sounding like a complete uneducated boob. (You make me feel dumb <_____<
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I concur in the sense that I do not believe much will be solved by political leaders who are bound to trying to maintain the favor of those who put them in power and the largely ignorant public. While I admit to being one of those who do not follow politics as of yet (Only 17, won't be eligible for voting till the next election anyways), I do think that as a whole, nothing will happen unless something truly revolutionary happens as a nation overall. Obviously, this involves the individual getting involved and actually attempting to take responsibility and "make a difference".
Call me pessimistic, but I don't see this happening anytime soon, if at all. Being an avid gamer, one of the issues that is getting increasingly more annoying is the tendency to blame video games on violence. In a way, I see this as a parallel to the overall mindset of this country - we only concern ourselves with what DIRECTLY benefits us with using the least amount of effort. This is also partially shadowed in a sense, with hacking on online games (yeah, best thing I can come up with in a way). The whole mentality of "Why should I have to do legitimately? I'm special, I'll take the easy road, and expect all the benefits once I show up those other losers" is evident in some of the excessive materialism of our culture. This all really loops to how people are concerned with their own little bubbles, nothing more, nothing less.
The media is in part to blame for this as well. The oversensualizing of the news and dive towards "sensationalism" that mass media shits out is detrimental to a successful democracy. They find something that the public will love and just completely play the entire thing out. Over and over and over again. In the end, it doesn't really matter anyways. People just remember little sound bytes, political slander, and singular arguments about candidates. "Oh, he's the guy that has one view that's sorta like mine, I'll cast my vote for him" . "He's the guy everyone calls unpatriotic, I'll vote for the other guy just in case". "My friend said he's dumber than pomegranate, why should I vote for him?"
I think I've lost my point somewhere in there.
"tl;dr" version - I agree.[/SIZE]
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I concur in the sense that I do not believe much will be solved by political leaders who are bound to trying to maintain the favor of those who put them in power and the largely ignorant public. While I admit to being one of those who do not follow politics as of yet (Only 17, won't be eligible for voting till the next election anyways), I do think that as a whole, nothing will happen unless something truly revolutionary happens as a nation overall. Obviously, this involves the individual getting involved and actually attempting to take responsibility and "make a difference".
Call me pessimistic, but I don't see this happening anytime soon, if at all. Being an avid gamer, one of the issues that is getting increasingly more annoying is the tendency to blame video games on violence. In a way, I see this as a parallel to the overall mindset of this country - we only concern ourselves with what DIRECTLY benefits us with using the least amount of effort. This is also partially shadowed in a sense, with hacking on online games (yeah, best thing I can come up with in a way). The whole mentality of "Why should I have to do legitimately? I'm special, I'll take the easy road, and expect all the benefits once I show up those other losers" is evident in some of the excessive materialism of our culture. This all really loops to how people are concerned with their own little bubbles, nothing more, nothing less.
The media is in part to blame for this as well. The oversensualizing of the news and dive towards "sensationalism" that mass media shits out is detrimental to a successful democracy. They find something that the public will love and just completely play the entire thing out. Over and over and over again. In the end, it doesn't really matter anyways. People just remember little sound bytes, political slander, and singular arguments about candidates. "Oh, he's the guy that has one view that's sorta like mine, I'll cast my vote for him" . "He's the guy everyone calls unpatriotic, I'll vote for the other guy just in case". "My friend said he's dumber than pomegranate, why should I vote for him?"
I think I've lost my point somewhere in there.
"tl;dr" version - I agree.[/SIZE]