Good one.
But I would say this country's biggest problem right now is that we have no credibility in the rest of the world at the moment, which kills our international business relations, kills our ability to garner collective intelligence to support global anti-terrorism activities, etc. Our own idiocy as viewed overseas has suddenly lent credibility and legitimacy to crackpots like Hugo Chavez who should have been laughed off the face of the earth -- but now seem semi-reasonable by comparison to a lot of people.
I mean, we were that close to brokering a real degree of peace between Israel and Palestine not all that long ago. Now we're looked at like idiots firing off guns at random who can't be trusted and deserve ridicule and indignation instead -- there is no way this country has any credibility to do things like that right now.
That's probably the most completely f*cked up and wasted opportunity part of America today.
I see a distinct difference between politics and business. Maybe in some of the smaller nations in Europe, etc., politics still rules in elections and means something. And by politics I mean getting behind ideas and ideals of how a nation and its leadership, citizenry, and government can work.
Instead, there's far too much money on the line in the U.S. for that to ever happen. Elections are all about money and economics. That's it. Chuck any political ideas aside. That's what it all boils down to, and thus the country can only function in elections under economic terms. :money:
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