- America is the standard by which all democracies should be compared
- All important inventions of the last 200 years came from America
- Americans enjoy greater prosperity than any other nationality
- The US military is strong enough to defeat any threat
- America has the best standard of living

Yes, many Americans - probably most of us - believe this nonsense. There is a reason for this.

The most influential U.S. media are owned by a few large corporations. These media have no interest in providing the public with information that would do anything but make these corporations more wealthy, powerful, and strong. Since Ronald Reagan became president, the media have been consolidated. TV, radio and newspapers that were once independent and local have been purchased by huge conglomerates and combined into media monoliths. The only stories that get a fair telling are the stories that fit into the narrative of the (usually) conservative network.

You shouldn’t hate Americans. You should pity us. We are fast approaching the end of our Grand Experiment, soon to be replaced by a brand, an entity, a slogan.

Monkey See, Monkey Do! Monkey gets a cell phone all monkeys have to have one.

Watch American Chopper on Discovery channel. It is a violent animated show not about how motorcycles are made but how the disfunctional family works together. The producers tried the same concept for selling violence on the Swamp People but the Swamp People didn’t buy into it.

How can this happen? Because, and I am guessing, that nearly 90 percent of people in the United States are either dumb as a box of rocks or just don’t pay any attention to what is going on. Here are some facts that back that statement up. It is that “I got to punch someone in the face” mentality to make a point.

1. Watch the commercials on TV. They are designed to sell idiots a product who rational thinking people would never buy, and don’t buy.

2. Look how the government plays on this mentality every day. It would be easier to sell an Eskimo a regrigerator than try to make common sense work.

3. CNN and FOXNEWS play on this mentality every day by inserting non-facts or just plain lies and the people go around repeating what they just heard on the news. Mis-information is the weakly game show because most people if not all just don’t bother to research what may be the facts and/or the truth.

4. MTV and other youth related bebop shows tend to sell immorality rather than good music. A half dressed teenage girl is much better to watch than a nerd selling peace and prosperity.

So as in most of the un-original posts on the blog nothing is cured because most are just parroting what someone else has said with a few colloquial additions.

Yep, Monkey see, Monkey do! If you want to know what is wrong with this country,,GO LOOK IN THE MIRROR!!

kraken - “Americans always feel a need to be on the edge of life threatening crises, one after another…which explains their craze for horror and action movies over all other genres.”

A good point. It also explains why movies based on comedy or sensual themes don’t manage much of a headway in the American market. Most of them get relegated to the ‘B-grade’ category and in some cases, get moderate box office successes abroad (especially Europe, where such movies are better accepted).
 
In fact, one of the biggest complaints that Americans make of European cinema is that the movies are too ‘tame’ for not having those ‘on-the-edge’/apocalyptic action scenes.
 
I can understand why an American nationalist would be outraged at this provocative article by Dmitri. He made a very true-to-life analysis of American outlook towards violence, which would be as comfortable for Americans as being stripped in public. Some can take it, but most can’t.