I mean sure, if you look at the average citizenry. But if you look at the goals, it’s no surprise you are disappointed.
I’m a (non-combat, undeployed, medically discharged) veteran, and tbh I regretted it within a few years of joining up because I realized a lot of things. And it’s really the same thing as civic participation. We are sold a myth, and over time realize the truth is that the people we have to pick from don’t share the same ideals we were led to believe they would have.
So I totally agree with you, but our current crop are, indeed, unAmerican regardless of what the population has been led to believe is totally fine.
No, the options are entirely American, and that’s the problem.
It’s “the land of the free and the home of the brave”
Not the intelligent.
Not the compassionate.
Not the effective
Free and brave.
Cue Lionel Hutz:
"Oh no, those printers messed this all up.
It’s the land of the Fee and the home of the slave.
Better remove this bar logo."
I mean sure, if you look at the average citizenry. But if you look at the goals, it’s no surprise you are disappointed.
I’m a (non-combat, undeployed, medically discharged) veteran, and tbh I regretted it within a few years of joining up because I realized a lot of things. And it’s really the same thing as civic participation. We are sold a myth, and over time realize the truth is that the people we have to pick from don’t share the same ideals we were led to believe they would have.
So I totally agree with you, but our current crop are, indeed, unAmerican regardless of what the population has been led to believe is totally fine.