With each passing day I've come to grips with the simple fact that this country is in serious trouble. And that catastrophe starts with the kids and makes it's way up. The over sensitivity, codling, and complete acceptance of mediocrity has brought our country to it's knees. The finger pointing and lack of taking responsibility for our actions has only sped up our demise. We live in a country where the ones running it have no accountability for the choices they make with our money, and the power we hand them. Well, in actuality the power they purchase with loans from corporations. And us as the sheep are not even led to the slaughter house, but to a lab. A drive through fast food lab, to be pumped full of hormones, antibiotics, and chemicals to enhance the taste of the poison we are fed. Which leads to our mental health system. This has to be by far the worst. They honestly make no attempts to rehabilitate these individuals, and the medication cocktails they are given only fix the problems shorty and needs to be adjusted constantly. In the long run it makes these people less stable. And this process spreads like cancer. No drug company, hospital, or government official is in the business of curing problems, but the big business of temporary management of what ever the problem is. Our overall attitude and ignorance does not make me proud to be an American, but I will not quit on this place or the people in it. I want to help educate and open eyes. If we wanna make changes in our country's dynamic it's very simple. Let's not support mediocre actions and hand out sixth place metals at kids soccer games. This alone shows kids it's alright to not be the best and shows them I don't have to even try and I still get praised. 2nd let's start holding each other and any official in power accountable for there actions. It's simple, if I stole money from you and you had clear evidence, would you let me get away with it? I know if I walked into a bank and robbed it, the police, bank, and any customer inside at the time of the robbery sure would hold me accountable for my actions. Now we let the government and big corporations do virtually the same things, and we just turn our heads, stand in line and buy whatever new popular item is out. If I came into your house because you had that popular item, food, or a "resource" with guns drawn wouldn't you defend your self or at least try? I know I would. So what would make another countries people any different? It's simple mathematics 1 + 1 equals if you misuse your powers, you are removed from that positions and shamed. Not given a full pension. I'm talking about police, government officials, doctors, Etc... You may think, "Well, it's impossible to regulate all of that". Sure it's not! They are so busy trying to catch all the guppies in the pond that we all miss out on the trophy fish. The focus is wrong. We need to simplify the goal we are trying to accomplish. Could we be any more blind to the fact the "American dream" has been taken from us. The "American dream" was the middle class. Normal people who wanted a simple life. With the death of the middle class, we've lost our American dream for the most part. Now I'm not saying I have answers to any problems, but an overall suggestion. It is with sincerity, compassion, and love I say to start with kids. And bring back healthy competitions with winners and losers. Let's celebrate there victories and encourage them when they lose. Not hide the fact someone was better. And let's start to hold each other accountable for our actions. From both sides of the field we need to come together. All colors, races, and creeds and realize we are all human with the same hopes and dreams for a better future. If we let the surface issues run us we'll never get to the true problems at hand. And that is accountability at the top. Starts with our governing and protecting officials. We get dragged in the mud and forced to fight amongst ourselves over things that don't even matter to our day to day life and general happiness. Lets not be afraid of taking blame for mistakes we make, but take pride in being able to stand up and say "Yes I fucked up, but I have learned from it and I will better my self because of it!" And support your kids no matter what, just don't baby them and let them taste defeat. As Americans we can not settle for mediocrity.
TAPS Guevara
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