There has been something weighing on my mind as of late, and even though it doesn't really have much to do with "baby dellosa", I felt the need to express myself in blog form. Well, in all fairness to the baby blog, I suppose I could say that in honor of the anticipated 4th-of-July (or close to) birth of my daughter, I am reflecting on the greatness of this country that she is about to be born into... or rather the lack of greatness.
I want to know why are people so disillusioned that the United States of America is such a great country? I mean, honestly. Don't get offended by that question, I want you to think about it with me. When it boils down to it, I am actually embarrassed to be a US citizen. I'm nervous to bring my daughter into this messed up country because all I see is a world of hate and deceitfulness. Don't know what I'm talking about? Let me explain:
Ever since I began working as a Certified Nursing Assistant, I was hurtled directly into the eye of the storm. Not like I wasn't fully aware of the existence of nursing facilities or anything, but when you work in one, you become so much more aware of the wrong that this country is committing to it's residents. I don't mean the isolated mistreatment of nursing home residents by staff. I mean the general mistreatment of the citizens of this country! What is wrong with us? How can we, as a country, stand by and watch while our parents and grandparents fall ill with life-destructing diseases, lose their minds and become totally banished from the family and dependent upon caretakers for the next decade of their lives before they finally die a horrible and dishonorable death? Does the majority of this country actually believe there is nothing wrong with that? Or that even if it is a horrible thought, do they really think nothing can be done to change it? And if so, why don't they try?
What I'm getting at is that our country is currently a sloppy pile of crap. Just like most of you, I was born and raised here, pledged the allegiance to the flag of the United States of America everyday of my life in school, sang the Star Spangled Banner, watched the firework displays every fourth-of-July and waved the American flag proudly believing we were the greatest country on earth, completely unaware of the truth that lie underneath all the deceiving red, white & blue stars & stripes. We are not a sweet land of liberty, and despite what we were taught in grade school, this is among one of the most UN-free countries I've ever heard of! Don't fool yourselves. America the great is not letting freedom ring. Just take a look around you, if you still don't believe me. This country is a toilet! Everywhere you go, people here are self-absorbed, materialistic mercenaries! They walk around with this "I'm better than you" attitude and never lift a finger to help anyone except to make themselves look better. No one truly genuinely cares about anyone else but themselves. They're rude, racist, sexist, ageist, and just plain biased. Hardly anyone ever takes the time to get to know anyone anymore. There's too many of us. This country is so big, that's part of the reason we are so culturally divided. The government does nothing to mend that problem because it actually IS the problem. Splitting us up into groups of political parties and allowing freedom of religion and all that other junk is only dividing us further. We are divided into religions, and then because this country is so "diverse" we divide ourselves into nationalities, as if we are actually all just a bunch of mini-countries in one. If you happen to be in the wrong "mini-country", you stand out like a sore thumb and become the object of their distaste. Bullying and teasing are the least of your worries in that situation. Then, as if that wasn't already over the top, we further divide ourselves into class judged by how much money you make, what you do and/or what you are worth. The sad thing is that this is how people interact with strangers in this country.
What's better is that we are so selfish, we even hate spending time with our own families. It's dreadful to think about family gatherings and holidays in this country. No one really looks forward to them because of the stress and differences we all experience in spending time with our family members. Disparaging comments and bickering turn the once anticipated family events into horror shows that nobody wants to see. We make fun of our old, failing grandparents, crazy aunts & uncles, annoying, bratty cousins and all their completely insane ideas and opinions about everyone's life. This negative image has caused us to dread family because it is a natural defense mechanism to recoil from things that cause us stress, discomfort or pain. And this is the reason for the development of nursing homes. No one could handle the stress, discomfort and pain of watching their aging parents lose their minds and die a slow and horrible death in front of them. Their lives are simply too busy to have time for that, and besides, it's just too hard, so they developed a place to send them where other paid workers could take care of them until they die.
So, how did this all come to be? Why are we so negative? Why is our country like this? My insane opinion on this matter is that our country is simply too large and the founding fathers whole idea to create a blissfully free country went totally wrong. There are too many laws, and yet there are not enough of them. We find loopholes in everything and everyone fights to the death because they expect to always get what they want. We don't have true values in this country anymore. The "freedom" idea is out of control. People's freedom to practice their own beliefs is destroying us because guess what? Not everyone has the same beliefs in this country and most of them downright clash. There is hostility, gangs, rapists, disease, suicide and murder all because of our blessed American freedom. All this "freedom" has seeped into our water, contaminated our food and intoxicated our environment and now we are all killing ourselves unknowingly. Before you know it, we'll all be dead. All in the name of freedom.
I'm reading a pretty awesome book called "Healthy at 100" by John Robbins. You may think it's a book for old people, but I think the sooner you read it, the better off you'll be. It's an insightful and eye-opening book almost about this very topic and how our society is killing us. It highlights remote civilizations that live far better in their small lands than we do in our huge technologically advanced country, then goes on to explain how we can break ourselves off from the pressures of society to make the necessary changes in our own lives. One by one, maybe we can "make a difference" and turn this country around. If not for us, then how about for our children?
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