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'Global Apathy', 'Self-absorption', 'Americocentrism', and 'Ignorance', and the division of humanity via 'nation-states', is.
The above question by the BBC is just another instance of the microcosmicised and self-absorbed mindset that it took to bring about all these problems in the first place.
ed-infinitum
“What's your favorite carol or holiday song?”
“What is the best present you have ever given?”
“Write your own Wikipedia entry for yourself (or share the link if you already have one).”
“What's your favorite kind of homemade cookie? Share the recipe if you have it.”
Ever get the feeling that you’re being talked down to with the above QOTDs?
No, probably not. Everyone simply lurrrrves to talk about themselves. Nothing wrong with that. It reinforces one’s significance. Not a bad thing. But where is the complementary prod to concern yourself more with the interests of others. On an international level, there is no doubt that Vox thinks America as the centre of the world as evidenced by its focus on American ‘this is good’ pics, American politics, American pastimes, etc. How typically American. Sad. On an individual level, the self seems to be all that matters. One mirroring the other. Interesting. Egocentrism-cum-Ethnocentrism. Great proportions of each. I suppose that is what the ‘great’ in, ‘america is the greatest nation on earth’, refers to.
If one was to think about it, one would realise that the questions we ask later in life is significantly determined by the questions we were asked in our youth, or on a daily basis in our ‘adulthood’. It is the latter that determines what is worthy of focus. Of course, we cannot expect Vox, who opened up ‘vox’ for the sake of profit, to realise these things. (I remember informing them of the ‘bloggers 7-day strike for a free burma’ and they never even bothered to respond.) It takes genuine empathy to see further than one might otherwise do.
Don’t let Vox, America, the majority of ‘bloggers’, etc, underdevelop you. They, being abject ego/ethnocentrists, will fail to incite or respond to critical inquiry. It is the truth that suffers in the end, and along with it humanity – which America will predictably put down to ‘evil men’, ‘natural calamities’, ‘God’s will’, the late arrival of spidermen et al, and so on. The truth can never be ‘out there’ if America, and all those idiotic minds that it has played a significant role in retarding, has anything to do with it. It’s up to you. The truth can only be out there if you resolve to discover it, and put it ‘out there’ despite the intellectually ignominous tendencies promoted by the Juvenile State of America.
Ed-infinitum
p.s. no offense intended to my 'american' friends whom i view as 'despite' and not 'because of', America. But it must be admitted, that even they keep silent when other americans come by the spew forth inane rubbish mistaken for rational argument.
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lyrics
Refrain:
We're all living in America,
America is wunderbar.
We're all living in America,
Amerika, Amerika.When I'm dancing, I want to lead,
even if you all are spinning alone,
let's exercise a little control.
I'll show you how it's done right.
We form a nice round (circle),
freedom is playing on all the fiddles,
music is coming out of the White House,
and near Paris stands Mickey Mouse.We're all living in America...
I know steps that are very useful,
and I'll protect you from missteps,
and anyone who doesn't want to dance in the end,
just doesn't know that he has to dance!
We form a nice round (circle),
I'll show you the right direction,
to Africa goes Santa Claus,
and near Paris stands Mickey Mouse.We're all living in America,
America is wunderbar.
We're all living in America,
Amerika, Amerika.
We're all living in America,
Coca-Cola, Wonderbra,
We're all living in America,
Amerika, Amerika.This is not a love song,
this is not a love song.
I don't sing my mother tongue,
No, this is not a love song.We're all living in America,
Amerika is wunderbar.
We're all living in America,
Amerika, Amerika.
We're all living in America,
Coca-Cola, sometimes WAR,
We're all living in America,
Amerika, Amerika.
Time to get the star-spangled totem out of your ars#s for a good annual polish.
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