How Do You Feel About America?

You wouldn't happen to be a UN sponsored psychotherapist?
Anyway, Welcome to a2k that's a bold yet vague first question you have there.

If there is a valid reason you would like to know my answer could you provide it then perhaps I'll answer.

I feel that America is like anyplace else, except that we have Bob Dylan and they don't.

We also got the Shake Shack too! I think that qualifies us as the one true Holy Land!

Tentacular upon the jentacular and ever so cautiously optimistic.

All of America, or just the United States?

Welcome to the forum.
I feel toward America that legally, it was better around 1880.
I support laissez faire free enterprize & Individualism.
We had more freedom n less socialism.
Freedom is good. Socialism is bad.





David

America (the US) is dying, correction killing itself, as all great civiisations do.

being a resident of New Mexico, I find it easy to avoid thinking about Amerika. I just think about Hatch's chiles and blue corn tortillas.

I constantly worry about what US governments are actually up to.

But I think the ordinary folk are pretty OK.

Let see top dog on this planet.

Save the rear end of Western Civilization a numbers of times in the last hundred years.

Ongoing guardian now for the same Western Civilization.

The driver for high technology growth in the last two hundred years or so.

All and all a beacon of light in an otherwise sad world.

Americans in general allow themselves to be bamboozled by govt and big business. Right or left makes little difference. Polititians tell the public what it wants to hear, but once elected follow a course that is set by themselves and lobbyists. The powers that be are experts at allowing us to act as free citizens, so long as nothing upsets their agenda. By controlling media with an ever shortening leash, public opinion gets manipulated most handily. The freest information is on the web, but they work there to misinform also.

Democrat candidates may pander to left wing constituents, but they no longer act left wing, except an occasional bone that says "I'm trying." Right wing beats the drum against 'socialism' but they generally mean anything a Democrat says or does.

In medicine, it's our bodies, but they make the rules, seeking to keep us on prescriptions and doctor visits our entire lifetimes instead of seeking cures.

The common Americans I know feel put upon, but, like myself, do little about it. Those three squares and a bed look pretty good when peeping around at some other situations.

Hear, hear, EB . . .

Is that a Kafka reference?

kafka smoked a roach in New Mexico. Aldus Huxley ate some peyote in New Mexico. We are enchanted.

I guess being enchanted might be fun for some.

I do love blue corn tortilla chips. With hummus and/or salsa of many spicy varieties.

That's the Roman Empire you're talking about, right?

That's the Roman Empire you're talking about, right?
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Roman Empire two with at least another 800 years to go.

We are now by the way are in the same position as the Eastern Roman Empire<Byzantine Empire > as the main shield for Europe from the Muslin hordes.

One threat to civilization the former USSR down now we are beginning to deal with the raising threat of the Muslins once more.

Love that how no matter how silly a religion happen to be you can find followers willing to try to imposed it on the world by the sword.

you won't understand the irony in your post, bill. so I won't bother to point it out...