Since America was founded, it has been synonymous with the word “democracy”. The country was based upon democratic principles and had a democratic system of government. As time progressed, it began to work great and the future looked bright. Other countries even started to look up to us and role models and modeled their own systems of government after ours. But, when I look at the US today I wonder what in the hell happened. When I think of our country now the word democracy does not come to mind. Instead, I think of the book 1984 and Big Brother.
I often (almost continuously) criticize George Bush for being the stupidest person I have ever seen. But, I do have to give him credit for one ingenious thing that he has done. Like many Communists societies, he has taken a major event and used it to warp the minds of the American people. September 11, 2001 will not be remembered for what happened, but instead for what it was used for. Bush managed to take the deaths of many innocent lives and turn it into propaganda against the Middle East and the Islamic society.
We all know that the war in Iraq was not a war against the extremist terrorist group of al-Qaeda, a war over the possibility that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction, against terrorism, or to free the Iraqi people from their oppressive form of government. Instead it was revenge for what happened on 9/11, a war against Muslims, and a chance for Bush to show that he could do something better than his daddy. At the time of the attacks on the World Trade Centers, many Americans were in an emotional, vulnerable state. George Bush was able to take advantage of this and used it to turn the American people against the people of the Middle East and the Islamic culture. Everyone hung on to his every word and believed all of it, even though the majority of it was a lie. Once this all started, there was no turning back. The president now had the American people in his hands, and he still does to some extent.
The society of America has also changed. It seems as if we are becoming more and more conservative, which is not a good thing in my opinion. The majority of people here don’t want any change, which is the only way for progress to be made. One common misconception that the US citizens have is that we are the leading nation in this world and are the best at everything. That is very wrong. In my opinion, the whole continent of Europe is ahead of us by many, many years and we will never catch up to them at this rate. The main reason for this being the leadership that we have. Instead of trying to progress and liberate, Bush is trying to oppress the people and simply brainwash them. One of the main things that began this was the Patriot Act. One of the greatest things about America was that we are supposed to have so many rights and freedoms that can’t be taken away. Or so we thought. Now, the Patriot Act allows the government and the NSA to spy on any “terrorists” and listen to any phone conversation to see if they can hear terrorist-type conversations. George Bush is also trying to pass a law allowing the government to lock-up anyone for any reason without having evidence or any real cause for that matter. Both of these go against amendments that are found in the Bill of Rights, and are leading to the oppression and “brain-washing” of the American public. Nobody seems to be questioning anything any more and don’t want to know why the government does the things they are doing. It seems like we are all satisfied to sit back and accept all of their decisions as the right ones. Apparently, we have also lost our freedom of speech. Recently, Rosie O’Donnell was on “The View” and said that extremist Christians are as much of a threat to America as are extremist Muslims, and I agree with her. Not so much a physical threat, but a threat to our mindset and American society. But, by saying this she sparked much controversy. Many people now want to boycott ABC, take “The View” off of the air, and make Rosie O’Donnell apologize. Someone on the show “Scarborough Country” even said that it was an un-American thing to say. To me, this just shows that we are slowly and gradually losing our freedom of speech. Everyone is entitled to their opinions, no matter if people disagree with them or not. Just because a Christian bigot now rules our country does not mean that we don’t have the right to disagree with him and his way of ruling in a “Christian” way.
When I was young, I do not remember America having this many problems or this much controversy surrounding all of our actions. It seemed like the US was everything it was supposed to be. But now, it has drastically changed. The actions of our president are prejudiced and brash, the American people are completely brain-washed and don’t seem to care anymore, and we are slowly losing our rights. To me, this nation does not seem democratic at all anymore. It is becoming more controlling and theocratic everyday, which disappoints me so much.
