"It would be a great cause for concern if we becam...

2009-04-13T12:43:00.000-07:00

"It would be a great cause for concern if we became a nation of individuals who care only about conventional success and pleasure."

But America is a nation concerned with little more than the success and pleasure of each individual. Point to any of the current social economic or social problems and look for a root cause. At the root of any of these problems are a large group of individuals who only cared about themselves. Take the failing auto industry... if that business model had been set up with any sort of moral principal it would have had a maximum as well as a minimum wage in place and not just a cut throat every man for himself type of model. In so capping both ends there would not be such an enormous disparity in the range of wages and the excess (an believe me 30Mil in bonuses is EXCESSIVE) could go into stuff like R&D (to sustain the business and grow the tech) and infrastructure support (have you seen the road in MI and looked at the medical system).

The country that has pioneered a nation built under "one god" has also lead the way for humankind to be the most selfish narcissistic pandered and irresponsible it has ever been or ever will be in it's history. You cannot turn the new on without seeing someone bitching about some problem and saying "Someone has to do something about this!" Yes they do.. if you see it happening you have a moral responsibility to try and help. But the US lacks those morals that a religion should have offered and instead you quietly walk away saying "it's not my problem."

Since the practice of using religion has OBVIOUSLY failed, what then? Stop using it as a crutch. The Constitution does allow for complete separation and it should actually enforce it. But, that said, good citizens should be rewarded. There needs to be a paradigm shift. If everyone started right now and stopped saying it's someone else's fault and bore part of the blame for the problem the country faces then perhaps in a generation the children growing up right now may have kids of their own who give a damn about something other than their own personal money and would revel in seeing the group succeed.

Labeling people does nothing for society. It just removes them one step and allows you to point a finger at them and say "they are to blame, not me."

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