We were once a nation to be respected and feared. A nation that wasn't afraid to drop big ass bombs on cities to CREATE peace. Now we cower and bow down to all manner of other nations, both friendly and foe.
Worse than that we've grown weak internally. As now we are just as content to sue our neighbors rather than wait for or accept their apology.
Then we have gov't trying to manage our personal lives like Donald ******* Trump on a real estate deal.
Our children watch vile cartoons on the cartoon network and comedy channel and think that it's ok to act out what they see. We have utter filth on tv EVERY SINGLE NIGHT during prime time. The time when families USED to gather around the tube together.
We have an entire generation of kids killing each other over a ******* pair of Nike's or a dime bag and NO ONE tries to intervene that has any clout. And when someone on the right tries to bring it up instead of praise for being brave and facing the issue they are labeled racist or intolerant.
Businesses are being sued for once trivial bullshit and losing because we have grown into a weak society that thinks all our problems are someone elses fault.
Now we lock down entire cities over terrorism and then coddle the fuckers when we catch them. What kind of god damn signal does that send our enemies? You can kill our citizens and we'll give you 3 hots and a cot?
We are so god damn affraid to offend each other that we walk on egg shellsand pretend that being sheltered rather than outgoing is normal. Wanna start a new business? Well here's 9 miles of red tape and regulations to make sure you don't offend anyone, including that damned endangered spider in your back yard.
I am not that old and I can remember when this nation was great. When it ment something to be successful. The ambitious and daring built this country and now the weak and sissified are tearing it down.
It's an odd thing about the so-called "good ol' days." People tend to look back nostalgically with a memory that's, at best, incomplete. Those wonderful 50s weren't wonderful for everyone. Back in those days, certain classes of people were treated pretty badly. Which naturally gave the privileged few an unrealistic view of how good and easy things were.
But there were other problems, of course. Drunk driving wasn't taken very seriously since the penalties were pretty modest. Child abductions and disappearances didn't get the press or the attention they do today. Infant deaths were almost always written off as SIDs. Spousal abuse wasn't considered to be much of a law enforcement issue except in the most extreme cases. Hell, even airplane crashes were far more common than today. But that interfering federal gov't decided to stick their nose into the matter and helped make flying (AND driving) safer than it was before.
Speaking of drunk driving, how about those days of prohibition? Some people talk about violent video games today as being an influence on crime, but what about all those gangster movies of the 30s when criminals actually had automatic weapons which they USED. Sure it was a reflection of real life, but did those movies truly influence people to become more violent? Did conservatives complain about THOSE movies? Maybe somebody could research that. But at the time, our gov't realized that having automatic weapons and drum clips floating around in the general population was not such a great idea, and they were restricted. Understandably so. It sure hasn't resulted in Americans being disarmed though, has it? I don't know if 2nd Amendment fans were up in arms at that time because of the restrictions, but it certainly hasn't resulted in Americans being unable to defend themselves with firearms if they feel the desire to own some.
But you go ahead and remember the good ol' days!
