It's not conspiracy when you cen see it is happening. Americans just do not want to believe it. There is a huge difference.
I'm sure there are many forums specific to this topic. That it isn't addressed much here, is no surprise. Americans have been conditioned to buy, buy, buy, and to "compete wiht the Joneses". TV has been a major player. Americans want a giant house, a new BMW, Mercedes, Corvette, nice name brand clothes to show off their worth, etc. Status is way more important here than character or education. Americans have been mesmorized by reality tv (that isn't realy reality in most cases). They care more about the Houseives of whatever city, Honey Boo boo, Kardashains, etc, then they do politics. Nearly half of Americans get their news from FAUX news and beliebe whatever opinion served as news and swill fed them. They base their votes on 30 second videos horribly distorting the truth, so they have more time for video games, watching movies, etc. Think I am exaggerating? Look at how fat we have goten. That is another thing, nobody cares about the dshit they stuff in there face. Nobody seems to understand the importance of only 4 corporations producing all of the food, or 4 corportaions owning the vast majority of media here, or Monsanto's control of the Soy market. That wall street has been able to do what it has is the clearest indicator of all that nobody is paying attanetion. There is no accountability and the thieves have taken over.
I'd like to think that it is just self fulfilling prophecy and I am mad, but I cannot see it any other way. It's all around, just open your eyes and look! Americans do not want o think that the "dream" is over. They are driven by materialism. I don't know what else to say.
Yeah, all of that is a fucking mess. And none if it has to do with conspiracies. I think our government is screwed up too, and that is not because of one man or another or because of one party or another. And, based on that belief, I think the government screws up so much that they would be likely to screw up all these conspiracies they are supposed to be managing. I just get tired of the nonsense paranoia about FEMA coffins and Obamacare Death Camps or whatever.
A while back, someone figured out to make quick, fast food for American's on the run. American's liked this. More people made fast food, more Americans paid for it, and now we have companies that devote research to making the food cheaper, faster, easier to mass produce, and perhaps even more addictive - and most of all, more profitable.
Where's the conspiracy? Greed, laziness, etc. That's all there. It doesn't take a conspiracy for things to get all screwed up.
The media might condition us, be we have to take responsibility. We whine about what the media does to our kids, yet we abandon our kids to the media on a regular basis. And, unfortunately, better parenting isn't the "simple" answer.
In addition to the issues you mention in your second post, American's spend too much time finding immediate causes to a problem by singling out one group or another, don't look deep enough into causes of real issues, and focus to much on make-believe problems like robots and FEMA coffins and whatnot.
When I look at the problems in our society - greed, laziness, lack of responsibility, etc., etc. - I see problems and not conspiracies. I wish I could see solutions - I really think ending the War on Drugs and shifting money into primary education is one big solution. Drugs can still cause crime and problems, but I think if we had an education system that was the envy of the world, we would see a
lot less crime, drug abuse, and all sorts of other problems. Maybe that's just a faith I try desperately to hold on to and nothing more.
To be brutally honest, I would get the hell out of dodge before the shooting starts. I'm an outsider looking in and the U.S seems to be imploding, the country has some very serious issues it needs to attend to.
I hope {seriously} that the "conspiracy" theorists are just quacks and that the things I'm seeing is just hyperbole.
I feel for you guys {my fellow North Americans} and want you to know....my door is always open
Canada has requirements last time I checked - ones I do not meet. They actually have a test on-line somewhere, or used to. We're lucky - we have somewhat decent and stable jobs - as far as any. If I ignore my pessimism about America, I would really, really, really like to move to another state. Can't do that - too damn old to pick up and start over since we are stable. With that being the case, I don't see how I'll ever get out of the country.