Honest question. Do you feel a sense of loyalty or pride to your country of birth?
You see, I'm an American. I voted twice for Obama hoping for real change and so far nothing. Now, understand that I still feel Obama was the better of two evils; however, everyday more and more I begin to see Obama is nothing more than a less extreme version of a Republican. Now personally, I'm not loyal and hold nothing but contempt for the United States of America. Why should I be proud of my country? We're one of the most advanced and prosperous nations on earth except that our people struggle on a day to day basis to keep a roof over their heads, pay their bills, and more and more Americans find themselves working jobs that pay so lousy that the government is required to subsidize worker's income. We get sick and go to the hospital and return home having to file for bankruptcy. Great nation, right?
I see my parents for example. They love the USA. Who wouldn't if they got the opportunities they had? My father worked for the Dept. of Sanitation and Dept. of Transportation in New York in his early twenties before quitting because "he didn't like it". He then stumbled into landing a job in the US Postal Service. My mother and father both met while working at the postal service. They're both retired now from USPS collecting pensions that pay more than double what a regular worker makes working his ass off for 30-40 hours a week. Do not misunderstand my tone. Workers should be able to retire and live comfortably. I blame the government for not giving enough protections so that workers can form unions to demand from their employers the benefits that my parents received because of their union.
We're talking about two young adults who, to get the job they got today you'd have to sell your soul, had fantastic pay, excellent benefits, a pension, the whole nine yards. Me? I don't have that same opportunity. Neither do others my age. I mean, we're so god damned bitter that the generation before us had the world and we have nothing but misery in our future.
Personally, I'd light a cigar and watch this nation crash and burn and cease to exist and not a single fuck would be given. I'm so envious of Europeans and their governments who actually seem to care about their population. You guys hit the lottery and probably either do or do not know it.
