Mikeg19, I echo your sentiments.
Watching the film last night, I couldn't help but think that we're essentially divided into two camps in this country:
1. Risk-averse people who are happy with the status quo and fearful of changing it.
2. People who recognize that the status quo is the enemy, and are ready to bust their ass, take calculated risks, and make investments in a more prosperous future.
We really do need a renewed sense of community and shared purpose in this country to move forward. I don't know why we're all so afraid to say that we depend on one another.
We need to find a way to let the naysayers and pessimists fall by the wayside so we can move forward. From my own personal perspective, our nation is well on the path of decline and I'm sick and tired of it. We now need 60 senators to vote on taking the Capitol trash out to the dumpster. If 41 of the 100 decide it's easier to sit on their asses and do nothing, we all suffer.
This is not the future I want for me, my kids, or my grandkids. I'm tired of people saying that we can't, as a society, make investments in our future because we'd rather have more money in our pockets to piss away on Skoal, mudflaps, and underwear at Walmart. What can we do?
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