Just thinking about life in general and the actions of most humans..look around you're completely surrounded by these people too.If we all lived with having only the tings that are absolutely mandatory maybe we wouldn't have so many issues today.
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I have been talking about this a lot to the father of my children, who is constantly complaining that "everyone" else has more than we do. I point out to him that we have plenty of food, shelter, clothes, two beautiful, healthy children, entertainment on some nights....We really lack for nothing...Granted we are considered to be well below poverty level based on our income..and can't fly off to Europe....But as I tell him, Look as the victims of hurricane Katrina, or the tsunami victims...read "Angela's Ashes...We have it great! I think part of this syndrome has to do with what is shown ot us on T.V....everyone has nice cars, they go out and by great flat ware and whatever and we think that this standard of living is normal the world over. We Americans are very blessed and need to realize it!
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As what you had said, "Some are and some are not."\nAs diverse as the whole universe is, so are people's principles in life. We are entitled to have our own belief in life. The thing is, there are times we couldn't help to be tactless or disrespectful while others tried to save not only themselves but the world.\n\nOlder people born from generations where there was scarcity of job or modern technology. But I don't agree with you that most older people are the ones that are biased. I do believe that the older you are, the more wisdom you learned and to share. Older people have more good moral and right conduct than the current generations where as young as 6 years old, kids don't respect their parents and it saddens me to see it. I remember when I was young, I couldn't do it to my parents or I'll be penalized or suffer the consequences and you know what, it helps me to be a better person than them letting me go astray.
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I think americans aren't so much as ignorant as they are just  out of touch with the world around them. It happens a lot here, everyone has busy lives, families to support and their own problems; it makes it kind of hard for people to stay up to date about what is going on around them. People focus more on trying to survive then on issues in the country.
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I think that you're starting to see some resentment from younger people in the country, but I seriously doubt that anyone would take that kind of initiative for protests.  There have been nationwide protests of the Iraq war in the past, but they didn't get nearly as much media attention as Vietnam protests did.  I think that young people today are also a little bit more worried about things.  Personally, I'm in school full time and work a full time job.  As much as I'd like to get involved on something like that, I simply can't afford to walk away from my job and continue to pay for school.  I think that a lot of people my age are in similar positions.  Back then, it was a lot easier to get away with something like that because a college degree was not a requirement to having a successful future.  If I took any time off school, I would suddenly become an older student and less appealing to employers once I earn my degree.  There's simply too much at stake.
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Its not just you, people have too much free time today...just think of it as one of those days.
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Some people are jus' plain hipocrits.  People jus' won't get over themselves, think we all have to look alike, act like, live alike.  People jus' need to grow up.
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Some people are just like that. Its life. Not everyone is going to have a positive  mind. Not every ones going to care about others. Those people are the most unhappy. Those who treat well will ve treated well in return . Those who instigate and disrespectful would be treated exactly like that, or worse. Its called karma.
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I think we all feel this way at some point. Life is not easy or fair, but dwelling on the unfairness will only get you down and not solve anything. Dwell on the blessings we do have, like the freedom to choose to live our lives how we want to.
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HI,I CAN TELL YOU ONE THING.OUR SWEET LITTLE WORLD HAS ALWAYS HAD PROBLEMS ,BUT ONE THING IS FOR SURE ,WE HAVE NEVER HAD SUCH A FULL COVERAGE OF EVERY EVENT IN OR AROUND THE WORLD.TO GET THE BUSINESS GOING MASS MEDIA SOMETIMES EXAGGERATES.WHAT YOU SEE OR HEAR IS NOT ALWAYS WHAT HAS HAP PEND.AFTER ALL OUR  WORLD HAS EXPERIENCED FAR MORE WORST THINGS IN IT`S  LIFE.
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I don't think it's so much a matter of people being too dependant on authority as it is a matter of people not wanting to take responsibility for themselves any more. People need to be told what to do nowadays because they don't like thinking for themselves, don't like having to be the one responsible if something happens that they don't like, don't like being the reason for something happening that doesn't benefit themselves.\n\nIt's a sad world that we have birthed, and our children are going to pay dearly for it.
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wow thats some thinking. never thought of it that way. that could be true when concerning religion. but how about other stresses in their daily lives? bills, family, tax it could be that some atheist may have more stress because of these things while a Christian could only have to deal with religion
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I agree that there is too much of we're the bad guys syndrome going on in America. Compared to most countries outside the western world not only are we more economically well off, but have freedoms the majority of the world only dreams of. I hope that we can once again gain a sense of pride in not only who we are, but what we have achieved. In psychology not only can we project on the world, but also project upon ourselves. Let's try projecting something positive for a change.
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I think we tend to focus on the negative because in the early days of mankind it made good sense to focus on the problems; predators, food etc. No we have far fewer problems, but still retain the evolutionary trait. This then leads to modern malaises, such as depression, vanity and such like. As a race, we just need to get over ourselves. \nHello Back BTW\nPhil ;)
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Yes, \nregarding all human activity in this nation we are too much of loners. We need to learn to have communities again. We are way too isolated.
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Oh I know.  People are in too much of a rush these days.  Most are in a rush to get nowhere.  I think people give themselves too much to do.  It seems that the more conveniences we get, the less time we have to enjoy life.\n\nWe need to enjoy life while we have it.  Tomorrow is not promised and it can be taken while we spend our lives trying to be better than the next person.
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well 2 points as a start:>\n\nthis is the only positive thinking i have on my mind right now:S other than that ....WHY IS IT SUCH A HARD LIFE?!
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Yes...just one of many "concerns". More is happening than most people realize. The US is,  of course,  working on all of it continuously. The task would be easier I'm sure....with less whining and complaining from it's own citizens.