On 10/10/07, marius schebella <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Mathieu Bouchard wrote: > > >> Americans today make ironic references to the "Axis of Evil" and the > >> "war on terror" and "homeland security" all the time. It doesn't mean > >> they buy it, even if the media makes it seem that way. > > > > Yeah but why do they still vote for one of the two big parties? > > why? I think because USamericans are fearful people. they are fearful, > because they never learned to talk about their problematic history. > genocide and slavery. they just inherit the guilty consciousness > unprocessed from generation to generation. therefor they only feel safe, > when they are protected by a big brother. they live with the idea of the > survival of the fittest (make the rich richer). they never gave black > people compensation for their exploitation (nor any other group). as a > matter of fact this is not only US history, but western history in > general, but european countries experienced worldwar II and I think they > changed their way on communal thinking about racism and so on.
Well I've only lived in the US and Romania, but Romania is Europe; and they are way way behind the US on racism, sexism, gay rights, etc. The Roma pretty much all live like animals. I think your reasons are broad generalizations. Well, most of them anyway. -Chuckk -- http://www.badmuthahubbard.com
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