A Teen Trying to Change the World...

[The House of Petain]

Stopped reading half way through. Forwarding your IP to the NSA.

Don't be a dick, regardless of how much you made me laugh.

[United Provinces of Atlantica]

First of all, the US spends a ton of money already on Liberia, and second of all, I thought we were done with colonialism (this isn't even neocolonialism, it's downright colonialist annexation). Besides, I don't think Liberians would be happy with the US invading their country.

[Farnhamia]

It matters what they think because this dude is proposing an idiotic idea.

Why are you such an ass? I'm thirteen years old, and I am trying to help people that are suffering. You can just say that my ideas, although with good intent, are flawed, instead of saying that my ideas are idiotic.

We don't call people names here. Knock it off.

[Stagnant Axon Terminal]

OP were this at all feasible (and what Liberians wanted) I would wish you luck. But its not. Sorry darling.

[Constantinopolis]

Leaving aside the specific proposal in the OP (which has been addressed more than sufficiently by now), there's another, more general point to be made here:

Unless you are one of the luckiest people in history and just happen to find yourself in the right place at the right time, you cannot change the world by yourself. You cannot. Do not try. It will only end in disappointment.

However, political movements CAN change the world, and you CAN make a contribution to such a movement. So figure out what your political values are, choose a political ideology to support, and go join the political party/organization/group that best represents that ideology in your area.

You cannot change the world by yourself. But you can change it if you've got a few thousand comrades standing with you. So go find them.

[Anglo-California]

Leaving aside the specific proposal in the OP (which has been addressed more than sufficiently by now), there's another, more general point to be made here:

Unless you are one of the luckiest people in history and just happen to find yourself in the right place at the right time, you cannot change the world by yourself. You cannot. Do not try. It will only end in disappointment.

However, political movements CAN change the world, and you CAN make a contribution to such a movement. So figure out what your political values are, choose a political ideology to support, and go join the political party/organization/group that best represents that ideology in your area.

You cannot change the world by yourself. But you can change it if you've got a few thousand comrades standing with you. So go find them.

Oh yeah I've just got tons of armed followers right now.

[The Stalker]

Leaving aside the specific proposal in the OP (which has been addressed more than sufficiently by now), there's another, more general point to be made here:

Unless you are one of the luckiest people in history and just happen to find yourself in the right place at the right time, you cannot change the world by yourself. You cannot. Do not try. It will only end in disappointment.

However, political movements CAN change the world, and you CAN make a contribution to such a movement. So figure out what your political values are, choose a political ideology to support, and go join the political party/organization/group that best represents that ideology in your area.

You cannot change the world by yourself. But you can change it if you've got a few thousand comrades standing with you. So go find them.

Oh yeah I've just got tons of armed followers right now.

I personally recommend cult followers, a little charisma and LSD in the water goes a long way. Think of it, Cult leader of Liberia, the power you'd have to make the country a better place and it's people happy, or to exploit for fun. Most likely the worlds gonna beat the cheerful idealism you hold out of you anyway and one day you'll wake up a terrible cynic like the rest of us. When that day comes I suggest you're a cult leader.

[Kingston-Atlantis]

Well, I must say... this is pretty well written for a thirteen year-old... (I too, am 13, but I live... in Asia, a small city-state). But I highly doubt that you will have a chance to actually make anything happen. According to your logic, the US can come into Cambodia, "annex" it, and develop it, and at the same time remove communism from Southeast Asia. But they aren't doing that, and for a reason.

[Bezkoshtovnya]

Uh, no. It's well written sure, but that doesn't change the fact that the proposal it is written around is weak. The US can't go around annexing the poorer places of the earth and that will somehow magically fix it's problems. Your motive is admirable but something like this is never going to happen.

[Benuty]

Teens have tried to change the world before. Keyword: tried

And why is Liberia more important than the other poor countries around the world?

Because of the fact we made it the special snowflake for telling freed slaves to get the fuck out because people were assholish enslaving cunts back then (as they do today).

[The greater holy roman empire]

Annex NOW!!

[Risottia]

...the US should make an example of Africa's potential and the generosity of the American people. I am asking for a grant, amassed to the amount of one billion dollars. This one billion dollars will be put towards "annexing" the nation of Liberia.

Generosity => let's annex Liberia as a colony.

[Bezkoshtovnya]

Annex NOW!!

No.

[The Sotoan Union]

So what do you want us to do take it over?

Some people want the US to the the world police. Others don't. The government will never not take shit.

[The Sotoan Union]

Leaving aside the specific proposal in the OP (which has been addressed more than sufficiently by now), there's another, more general point to be made here:

Unless you are one of the luckiest people in history and just happen to find yourself in the right place at the right time, you cannot change the world by yourself. You cannot. Do not try. It will only end in disappointment.

However, political movements CAN change the world, and you CAN make a contribution to such a movement. So figure out what your political values are, choose a political ideology to support, and go join the political party/organization/group that best represents that ideology in your area.

You cannot change the world by yourself. But you can change it if you've got a few thousand comrades standing with you. So go find them.

That's really just a response to the title, and has little to do with the OP. The mods generally aren't fans of these posts, largely because they don't contribute to the discussion the OP wants.

[Berdanvia]

Goob job with your letter, but you know what's gunna happen once it gets to the government. Goes straight in the trash. Do you really think the government reads every single letter every citizen in the US sends to them? HELL NAH!!! Your sweet sweet dreams of a better Liberia are obliterated because the US frankly only cares about our nation and no other.

[Furry Alairia and Algeria]

Goob job with your letter, but you know what's gunna happen once it gets to the government. Goes straight in the trash. Do you really think the government reads every single letter every citizen in the US sends to them? HELL NAH!!! Your sweet sweet dreams of a better Liberia are obliterated because the US frankly only cares about our nation and no other.

That's why we're in almost every other country with our military trying to protect American Civilians.
Oh, and their civilians, but who cares.

[Bezkoshtovnya]

Goob job with your letter, but you know what's gunna happen once it gets to the government. Goes straight in the trash. Do you really think the government reads every single letter every citizen in the US sends to them? HELL NAH!!! Your sweet sweet dreams of a better Liberia are obliterated because the US frankly only cares about our nation and no other.

Yes, that is the reason. And it is not like the US has gone into Europe on two separate occasions, Vietnam, Iraq and Afghanistan either. All poppycock.

[The Sotoan Union]

Goob job with your letter, but you know what's gunna happen once it gets to the government. Goes straight in the trash. Do you really think the government reads every single letter every citizen in the US sends to them? HELL NAH!!! Your sweet sweet dreams of a better Liberia are obliterated because the US frankly only cares about our nation and no other.

Except for all the Ebola relief the US is providing in Liberia. Not like that has been happening or anything.

[Pan-America under the United States]

because the US frankly only cares about our nation and no other.

It's not like we gave away 50 billion in foreign aid back in 2013 or anything.

[Kelinfort]

There are bad ideas and there are terrible ideas. And then there's this.

[Pan-America under the United States]

There are bad ideas and there are terrible ideas. And then there's this.

Ouch.

[United States Kingdom]

There are bad ideas and there are terrible ideas. And then there's this.

The truth's the truth.

[Furry Alairia and Algeria]

because the US frankly only cares about our nation and no other.

It's not like we gave away 50 billion in foreign aid back in 2013 or anything.

Well, actually, that's nothing compared to the rest of our spending. "If the whole US economy was represented by a dollar, our spending on foreign aid would equal .08% of our total spending. You couldn't cut a penny and see that part" - Bill Nye

[Pan-America under the United States]

It's not like we gave away 50 billion in foreign aid back in 2013 or anything.

Well, actually, that's nothing compared to the rest of our spending. "If the whole US economy was represented by a dollar, our spending on foreign aid would equal .08% of our total spending. You couldn't cut a penny and see that part" - Bill Nye

So, what exactly does that have to do with Americans caring about other countries? If we didn't care about other nations, we wouldn't give other countries anything. Especially impoverished nations.