the beautiful thing about college (at least for me) was the fact that i have been exposed to how fucked the world is. oblivion is a wonderful thing. ignorance is bliss. ive been exposed to how my country has exploited (in one way or another) every inch of the world. one thing that has struck me recently is this fear of socialist ideas. i watched "sicko" the other night and i was really struck by how the reason we do not have universal health care is because of its socialist roots. SOCIALIST roots??? are you kidding? if we are in fact the greatest country in the world (and i think in a lot of ways we are), then how come we are so inept at taking care of our own citizens? sicko is a michael moore film, and so its hard for about half of the country to get out and see it, just because he is so leftist. just like al gores inconvenient truth, half of people wont want to see it because they think its a political movie. theres something wrong here. deeply wrong. anyway the film itself is really well done and very revealing and i have been constantly struggling with the idea that universal health care might not happen in my generation. it makes no sense to continue the way we have gone thus far. i am embarassed that i am american when it comes to this issue. the united states is truely behind in the times, and as long as individuals like dick cheney and others run the country, nothing will get done. there was a quote from a former member of british parliament tony benn in the movie and i will do my best to quote it. "if you have have the funds to kill people, then you have the funds to help people." why are we devoting so much time and money to kill people around the world, while we neglect our own citizens at home?
college has made me frustrated, but i am glad to be educated since now i have the opportunity to do something about the things that frustrate me. where to start?
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