The prompt asks for inhumane situations we've personally experienced. I've not really seen any injustices to that extent, so bear with me.
Living in the United States is indisputably great. This country is not ran by drug cartels, it is not confined to the whimbs of a dictator, nor can it be ignored in a humanitarian disaster. Plumbing, elections, free speech, Taco Bell, winning, in sum: America. Let me reacquaint to you some of this countries problems; Republicans and Democrats won't agree on how to count to three without shutting down the country, the middle class is gone, major companies are receiving mind-boggling bailouts, BP just announced their safest year to date, and education is not a priority.
Now let me reacquaint you to some of the problems that humanity faces, genocide, genocide, genocide, for God's sake we have groups labeling themselves "Anti-Genocide". We have nuclear weapons that are missing. Our ozone is disappearing, the rain forests are being destroyed and the NFL has yet to agree on a labor deal. Such injustice in the world.
Many in this first world country choose to acknowledge these facts, many of those many say will say "Oh, my God, that's horrible." And then they'll go on eating their dinners (Hotel Rwanda). Who's to blame them, us? We have a hard time remembering to take the trash out on a Thursday. Injustices to the average American are wonderful things. Many mornings, people wake up and realize that their showers are a bit too cold, or that the hot water fogs up their mirrors. Occasionally trouble is had when locating a missing sock, which to be fair is a terrible thing. Early this month, a fellow American was complaining that he received everything he asked for for Christmas and now doesn't have anything to ask for during his birthday.
Yes, America is a wonderful and exciting place that may or may not be evolving into "Idiocracy".
No comments:
Post a Comment