Isaac Brock
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- Sep 28, 2003
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Originally posted by Moi
My take on it is that the freedoms people in this country enjoy and the democracy that we are (meaning people have the ability to vote for those who espouse their views) are the reason that there is a seemingly large amount of racial strife here in the US.
Let's face it, you can't exactly hide when your citizens enjoy the type of freedom of speech, press and association that we do here. Also, it seems to me that the world is completely enthralled with everything that happens here. One of the reasons that you think there's so much strife that it resembles a Jerry Springer episode is that you even know what Jerry Springer is. I doubt most rank and file americans know a single tv show from another country let alone watch it enough to draw similarities between it and other actions.
Lastly, the vast majority of our strife runs across economic lines as well. So, since the US has such a high degree of middle and high income as opposed to other countries, there is much more said about it. All that press serves to liven up the bunch now doesn't it?
Great explanation! Very interesting theory!