Growing Pains

   Posit:  When you're young, you have the thoughts and idea's of a child.  Now let's follow that train of thought a bit further.   Guess which country of all the modern industrial nations is the youngest?
   If you guessed the USA you're right.   As children grow they pick up habits from their parents, teachers and peers.  As you are aware many children are amicable and many are rebellious.
   America is the child of many peoples and cultures Native Americans, The French, Spanish and The English, not in order of their influence.   All these other peoples have been around for centuries and have matured overtime.   We don't have this advantage.  We are young, immature and we are the rulers of the planet.   Do you see what's wrong with this equation?
   If you cannot see it, think of it this way:  It's like giving a toddler a loaded gun.   They have no idea on it's proper use and will most likely hurt their self or someone else.   America has a great many teriffic qualities but suddenly we find ourselves mired in bullshit that we created ourselves.  Quite a few dictators have been propped up by us, this isn't broadcast on the evening news but dig a bit and you'll find it.
   We are a reactionary country, when something major happens we immediately swing the pendulum to the opposite end.  People we live in a Republic, semi Democratic with both Capitalist and Socialist aspects.  This seems to have worked well from FDR to Jimmy Carter but soon people got uber greedy and the whole thing ended up crashing around us.  Pray long and hard before this next election, it's gonna mold the country for several years to come.
AMF...