86% of Americans "tired of having a country".

[Guest]

"Among the 86 percent of poll respondents who were in favor of discontinuing the nation, the most frequently cited reasons were a lack of significant results from the current democratic process (36 percent), dissatisfaction with customer service (28 percent), and exhaustion (22 percent)."

[Art Eatman]

Sounds like too many people identify country with government, for one thing.  Then, figure how many expect goodies to flow from government, and they don't realize that society is always a two-way street--or it doesn't work.  There is way too much of, 'Let's you and him...":  Clean up the environment, conserve energy, fight the wars, but not me, not me, not me.  They don't call it the "Me!" generation for no reason.

The national penchant for instant gratification in all things is strongly contributory, IMO.

I think Tom Lehrer's comment from some 50 years back applies:  "Life is like a sewer.  What you get out of it depends on what you put into it."

Art

[Tallpine]

Art, did you notice the source....?  


Seriously though, IMO we are overdue for a Third American Revolution.  Most likely would be a USSR style implosion and independent states or regional confederacies of states.

[Gewehr98]

Texas would be a nation again.  

And there'd be some type of Somalian warlord system for those who grew weary of the current form of government.  

[charby]

Texas would be a nation again.  

And there'd be some type of Somalian warlord system for those who grew weary of the current form of government.  

I guess this Iowegian would become a Texan then.

I do quite a bit of community involvement activities though the Jaycees and always trying to recruit others to be part of it and it really hard to find people to get involved in the community. Most people answers are I don't have enough time (singles that work a 40 hr week job) or you have "God" in your creed and I can't be part of an organization like that.

You can a see a decline of membership in a lot of groups that give back to the community, people bitch and bitch about problems but very few step up to correct the problem.

Charby

[Gewehr98]

Yeah, unless Florida did something useful, I'd have to emigrate to the Nation of Texas, too.  

[Balog]

I'd think Alaska would go it alone before Texas. Then, they could authorize privateers against the Canadians.....