All this government nonsense

At any one time in this country there is someone complaining about how the government fell short or didn't provide enough or was inconsiderate. All I can say about that is that people in this country are becoming far too dependent on their federal and state governments. Without a people there is no government and the latest generation is having a hard time understanding that what they do, what they say, and what they think has the greatest effect on the direction of our government. However, fear has enslaved the common human. We are told to be wary of the throngs of bearded turban toting men that want nothing more than to blow us up and our families. We watch the news every night and discover that there has been seven stabbings, four shootings, and countless acts of violence and assault and we sit in our chairs watching, distantly through a tube that puts out light, and respond with apathy as if this is the way it's supposed to be. We sit and ask, "please, leave me alone in my own home. Let me have my toaster oven, my television, and my computer". Well, these problems are not going away and they are only going to become more prevalent as this culture of violence, greed, and selfishness continues to propagate with itself. The way forward is to live bravely, to not want to hide behind the walls of our homes and unite against this fear that is convincing people to sacrifice what rights they have to the government in exchange for "protection". Protection from what? Terrorists? We need as much protection from terrorists now as we needed protection from "commies" in the sixties.

Occupy Wall Street

The only thing that feels right to post on is this movement against corporate influence in federal politics known as the Occupy Wall St movement. This movement advertises openly their disapproval of the unique treatment that corporations in America get due to their power derived from wealth. The protesters want the money that these corporations have to stay out of the law and regulation making process altogether. Things like large businesses funding a presidential candidates campaign in exchange for certain privileges upon that candidates inauguration or any other case of bribery and corruption. There is undoubtedly an unbalance of wealth in America and, whether or not it is just, somethings gotta give. People are waking up each morning, drinking their coffee, and going to work at such under stimulating jobs with almost no hope for promotion or any sign of life ever getting any better. The number of people who wake up every morning and ask "why?" is rising daily. The concept of money inevitably leads to greed and boundless desire, this is to be expected, but the leaders, owners, and ceo's of the largest corporations have forgotten something. It is the people that work for them that give them there power. Not their own cleverness or their fitted suits or Italian shoes. It's their employees that push their business along. Instead of showing their appreciation with reward they decide to spend their companies money on buying politicians, scoping more land in South America, and creating more stock shares to make even more money. All I mean by all this is that there is undoubtedly something awry with the way Capitalism functions in the US today. Every middle class man and woman is starting to notice there is not a lack of wealth in the US at all they just don't have a shot at it. Except maybe the lottery.

This is a video I saw recently that gave me some perspective:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WibmcsEGLKo