Jul 25th, 2005, 07:19 PM
I think you get into dangerous territory when you use voting stats (which were actually up in 2004) to rate civic involvement.
"Americans don't have enough to answer to in today's world and it would probably do our population a shitload of good to look itself and the rest of the world in the eye, look past their SUVs, neatly trimmed lawns, high-paying office jobs, or better yet, their slums, drugs, and grunt work, and grow the fuck up a bit."
I don't necessarily disagree with you, but I'm going to go out on a limb and guess that you don't personally have the SUV, trimmed lawn, and the job.....wait, let's word that more appropriately: The three kids, the mortgage, the doctors visits, all the other bills, the mid-level job that probably doesn't pay you what your worth, etc.
People work very hard in this country, and they do so with the hope of having the family, raising the kids, and living the so-called American Dream. I don't think it's that people are voluntarily disconnected, I think it's often all they can do just to get by and stay up to pace.
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