10-24-2012, 05:30 PM
Quote:Yes. I agree that our spending on defense is not as great a share as welfare programs; medicare ect. Fiscal crisis is more worrying.
I began this thread just thinking of the parallels between Rome and the U.S. So far, nobody has commented on how our Society has decayed moraly and socially. This is where I feel we have fallen.
We value Kim Kardashian and Sports figures, actors. Political debates are graded on 'entertainment' value as opposed to content.... :?
Sad, indeed.
Well what do you expect of a democracy and capitalist system, fully oriented toward pleasing the average joe? It's real dumb to put actors and entertainers on such a high pedestal, but that's what the present system ensures. I doubt there will be real change until a severe crisis shakes up this fantasy world, and forces people to realize we've got to value those who can actually accomplish something in the area of statecraft.