December 02, 2009Is It Because Americans Are Resilient?Perhaps I just wasn't in the mood to write about the latest ginned-up justification for medicating small children (a study I'll get to later today) or maybe I was just reflecting on something a friend and I were discussing the other day, but it strikes me as remarkable in a very good way that American society hasn't melted into social unrest this year. The economy is terrible, the unemployment/underemployment rate is at about 20 percent of the workforce and there are millions of more Americans who've had their pay cut to do the same work (in some cases to do more work, as some of my pay-cutee friends tell me) and the stimulus package has had negligible results so far. Those are usually the conditions that have people marching in the streets and so on. But that's not happening and I don't even see a hint that it will (aside from the intermittent political protest). Is it because we are fairly resilient as a people and are sucking it up and pressing ahead, hoping for things to get better? Is it because folks are so beaten down they can't express their discontent? Are we all zonked on Zoloft? (I'm joking there.) I see loads of discontent on peoples' faces every day and yet it's not taking things anywhere bad in a broad cultural sense. I really cannot account for that. I'm curious what you all think. Posted by Philip Dawdy at December 2, 2009 12:03 AM
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we won't march in the streets for revolution and overthrowing the govt. we are doing it by other means, like electing a marxist for president, and accepting his many appointments of marxists to all the czar positions, and socialing major industries including auto and health care. the prez is on record that the constitution is incomplete and needs rewriting, and his regulation czar has made a career out of this very topic. we are about to put our businesses under global productivity governance to make things fair. also, all schoolyard bullying will be a thing of the past. journalists will only report pleasing, inspirational stories of the successes of our hope and change, after we put the news media into "nonprofit" status, under govt tutelage, and make sure we have all views presented equally - that is why you have not been hired anywhere yet. these things you note are just growing pains on the paths to a superior, worldwide government of comradeship, where no one will lack health care or get their feelings hurt by off-color jokes. get with the program. and take your meds. or i will report you to whitehouse.gov Posted by: medsvstherapy at December 2, 2009 05:58 AMPeace be with you Philip Revolution has historically had very little rhyme or reason. The thing that makes one society revolt doesn't necessarily make another (compare 1770's US with 2000's US). It seems that one thing that does help people transform their society is truthful education. When you think the person you give your money to will do the right thing your more likely to part with your cash, but if you know that person is not going to do the right thing you withhold your cash. Also I wouldn't play down that Zoloft thing quite yet. Between the chlorine and fluoride water supply (note the two main ingredients in Prozac), the large amount of excitotoxins in our food supply, the constant use of heavy metals in food containers and/or cooking utensils (especially aluminum), the near 100% of the population that consumes at least one pharmaceutical, and the ready availability of drugs like booze, is it any wonder we can even think? I always wondered why no one ever coined the term "apathism." It seems an "ism" to me. Good luck on this pursuit. love eternal I've noticed that too... people look really tired and overburdened these days... I don't know what it will take to "revolt". Posted by: kimbriel at December 2, 2009 09:13 AMI will never understand why. 1. Barack Obama is a "Marxist"?! Hahaha. Someone 2. The well-documented opiate-like effects of medsvstherapy. That was the best post I have read in months.Brilliant! Thanks Posted by: Dr John at December 3, 2009 09:55 AMPost a comment
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