Lyinginbedmon wrote:I have a partial theory, amongst my alternative and primary theory of two levels of American society breaking up their intelligences, that the size of the American population is actually contributing to it's downfall.
See, most of the millions of Americans can legally vote. That's an extremely massive selection between the various states, so you'll pretty much end up with the average person's opinion of how things should run. Now this doesn't just apply to American humans, but the "average person" is something of an idiot.
So basically, America is so massive, that it's own population is averaging out to covort against them. Just a theory, I'm not sure I'd want to do the field work to prove it, because I'd probably get shot.
That proves (a smidge) the whole "foot down throat" theory of international insight:
Only about 10% ish of those that are eligible to vote actually do. So...The ones that are voting are the ones that actually are somewhat educated on average, and likewise somewhat informed on the issues.
I HAVE done the field work. Belive it or not for this such an occasion.
And really, folks, would it be fair if a bunch of funny Unitedstatesian knotheads that normally acted friendly started insulting YOUR country with no evidence except for a few mostly accurate observations taken from the outside?
And then! Then! Imagine that they would not stop, because the logic of stupidity dictates that the more people are making fun of something, the more that that thing "needs" to be made fun of. And hey, they keep doing it, no matter how bigoted they sound. Most Americans that hate foreigners hate foreigners because foreigners hate americans because americans hate foreigners because foreigners hate americans because americans hate foreigners because foreigners hate americans because americans hate foreigners because foreigners hate americans because americans hate foreigners because foreigners hate americans because americans hate foreigners because foreigners hate americans because americans hate foreigners because foreigners hate americans because americans hate foreigners because foreigners hate americans because americans hate foreigners because foreigners hate americans because americans hate foreigners because foreigners hate americans because americans hate foreigners because foreigners hate americans because americans hate foreigners because foreigners hate americans because americans hate foreigners because foreigners hate americans because americans hate foreigners because foreigners hate americans because americans hate foreigners because foreigners hate americans because americans hate foreigners because foreigners hate americans because americans hate foreigners because foreigners hate americans because americans hate foreigners because foreigners hate americans because americans hate foreigners because foreigners hate americans because americans hate foreigners because foreigners hate americans because americans hate foreigners because foreigners hate americans because americans hate foreigners because foreigners hate americans because americans hate foreigners because foreigners hate americans....
You get the point? At least somewhat of a point?
Basically, stop claiming mastery of what it's like to be a citizen of said country and, in fact, to be in said country until you actually have that mastery.
And BC is one of the most beautiful friggin' places I've ever seen/been to, and if I ever had to live somewhere else, it's #2 on my list (after Scotland, before New Zealand).