you breed corruption

america's culture of corruption is worse than you think. you can't even donate to disaster relief without fear it will be stolen and sold for profit. it might not even be prosecuted because government employees stole stuff too.

trust is breaking down in our society as greed and selfishness rise. all this talk of individualism means less compassion, less care, less thought for others. it means we become callous and unfeeling towards our fellow humans, our fellow americans. politicians like to blame movies and video games for violence and desensitivity to violence. i disagree. i blame politicians. the same day harris and klebold opened fire on their school, clinton was bombing kosovo--both instances of using violence to solve problems. the republican push for the rights of the individual has driven many to believe they alone have rights, and the rest of us should follow what they believe.

if i had a gun, i'd still never be able to buy/make/steal enough bullets to put an end to this. american society is in decline, all because we want to have it all, and share nothing. give me satisfaction now, and damn the consequences.

al-qaeda does have a point, but their tactics mean we won't think about corruption in our society, we won't address it thoughtfully, we won't do anything to change how corrupt we've become. we'll only get worse: less tolerant, more self-centered.

not that i support his views or his proposed vision of a solution. i see the breakdown of society as a horrible problem with no easy solution. too bad we're all too lazy and selfish to work at changing things.